[Commlist] new book: Island Cultures and Festivals: A Creative Ecosystem

*The Small Island Cultures Research Initiative **(SICRI)is delighted to 
announce the publication of a new book: "Island Cultures and Festivals: 
A Creative Ecosystem"***, edited by SICRI's Co-convenor, Dr Evangelia 
Papoutsaki and Dr. Sonjah Stanley Niaah (Director, Centre for Reparation 
Research, The University of the West Indies), and published by The 
Press, UWI.

A timely contribution to the corpus of island studies scholarship, this 
collection centres on key components of island cultural studies. It 
emerges from the jointly organised *15th International Small Island 
Cultures (ISIC) conference staged at The University of the West Indies*, 
Mona Campus (2018). It contains selected papers that shine a spotlight 
on the rich cultural field of island music, art festivals, and the 
creative ecosystem in which they find support. With an interdisciplinary 
focus, this volume also aims at promoting a critical research agenda for 
island studies in general. This edited collection is a must read for 
cultural enthusiasts, students and researchers, as well as entertainment 
and industry professionals.



*Table of Contents*

PREFACE: Island Culture Research and the Small Island Cultures Research 
Initiative
PHILIP HAYWARD

INTRODUCTION: Island Cultures and Festivals: A Creative Ecosystem
SONJAH STANLEY NIAAH AND EVANGELIA PAPOUTSAKI

*Part One: Art, Culture and Island Communities*
1 Diagnosing Uneven Revitalization Outcomes among Declining Communities 
in a Japanese Island Art Festival
MENG QU, YACHEN HE, A. D. MCCORMICK, CAROLIN FUNCK

2 The Norseman’s Home: Up-Helly-Aa and Shetland’s Performance of Place
EMMA LANG

3 Mapping Waiheke Island’s Festivalscape: Community Activism and 
Festival Reclamation
EVANGELIA PAPOUTSAKI AND JOHN STANFIELD

4 Promoting the “Creole Traditional Wedding” during the Seychelle Creole 
Festival as a Strategy to Sustain Cultural Traditions
MARIE-CHRISTINE PARENT
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*Part Two: Music, Dance and Island Identity*

5 The Traditional Daur Music and Dance Festival Kumule on the Island 
Meadow by the Amur River
HOLGER BRIEL

6 Soca, Pleasure and Utopia
SHAUNA RIGAUD

7 Rebel Salute: A Birthday Party the World Attends
MELVILLE COOKE

8 A Celebration of Music, Movement and Memory:
The Archival Significance of St Kitts “Sugar Mas”
STANLEY H. GRIFFIN

9 The Sound of Citizenship: Performance, Politics and Transgression
SONJAH STANLEY NIAAH


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