ISIC 2023, Miyajima, Japan
In 2023 SICRI announced its brand new network for early career scholars and island activists and practitioners.
It is a free network that helps connecting the dots between early career scholars all around the world.
The New Voices network celebrates “all things islands” and kindly invites individuals engaged in any sort of island-based activities, such as research, creative approaches, story-telling and activism to join our network.
Aim: The new initiative aims to support young and/or emerging researchers in the interdisciplinary field of island studies through providing a space for networking, project sharing and ideas generating.
"New Voices" in Island Studies Initiative
New Voices in Island Studies (NVIS) events and activities:
Quarterly online networking events are the cornerstone of the NVIS network. Our next event will be on Monday 16th September 2024 (times below) and will focus on getting the most out of conferences. Got questions about conferences? Want to help us shape the New Voices panel for next year’s SICRI conference? Join us for the second New Voices in Island Studies online event on 16th of September. This event is aimed at new and emerging practitioners, researchers, and academics who are interested in the field of Island Studies. Email k.gow.21@abdn.ac.uk and jens.westerskov_andersen@soc.lu.se to receive a link.
Following our recent quarterly meeting in September we are running an coffee catch up on 15th / 16th October. Join us for an informal chat about the New Voices in Island Studies network and plans for next year’s conference, and meet other new and emerging researchers and practitioners who are interested in island studies. This informal coffee catch up is hosted by the New Voices in Island Studies network and is open to all new and emerging researchers and practitioners interested in the field of Island Studies. The event is timed to suit those who are based in time zones which were most disadvantaged by the timing of the last quarterly meeting of the network. The event timing is:
(Tuesday 15th) 8am in Honolulu | 3pm in Prince Edward Island | 7pm in the UK | 8pm in Stockholm
and (Wednesday 16th) 7am in Wellington.
Sign up now at https://www.trybooking.com/uk/DYVW.
Date for your diary: The next quarterly meeting of the NVIS network will be on 10th December
Our events are designed to offer a mix of information and discussion to help those who are just starting out in Island Studies exchange knowledge and build networks. As a global network the timing of these events can pose problems for people joining from different time zones. Following feedback from our members we have agreed to:
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vary the time of day that meetings are held at to help ensure as many people as possible can engage with the network;
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record any presentation elements of events where possible, and make these available to those unable to join an event due to time zone issues;
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where there is demand, offer informal catch ups a few weeks after each quarterly event timed for those who could not make the event due to timezone issues.
If you would like to help organise these events or other activity in the network, please contact your co-convenors (information below)
Co-Convenors
The New Voices network is co-convened by Jens Westerskov Andersen (doctoral student at Lund University in Sweden) and Kirsten Gow (doctoral student at the University of Aberdeen and James Hutton Institute in Scotland). Feel free to reach out to them if you have any questions concerning the network or wish to become a part of it.
Jens is an islander by birth and a sociologist by training; his Ph.D. studies focus on the social reorganization of small islands in Denmark regarding the distribution and concentration of native islanders and newcomers, second home tourism, and seasonal tourism in the past 100 years. Listen to Jens here talking about his work and perspectives on island studies: Islands Conversation Podcast Series
Kirsten's research focuses on islands diaspora and return migration to Scottish islands with a view to using this knowledge to tackle island depopulation. Kirsten’s Research is funded by the Macaulay Development Trust. Listen to Kirsten here talking about her work and perspectives on islands studies: Island Conversations Podcast Series
Founding Group Members
Jens Westerskov Andersen - Co-Convener / Doctoral Candidate
Contact: jens.westerskov_andersen@soc.lu.se
Kirsten Gow - Co-Convener / Doctoral Candidate
Contact: k.gow.21@abdn.ac.uk
Yan Yan - Doctoral Candidate
Affiliation: Department of Chinese Culture, Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU).
Research interests: Epistemology, Li Brocade, Hainan Islandness, Anthropocene
Contact: 22041765r@connect.polyu.hk
Wu Yeiling - Doctoral Candidate / Curator, Art Writer
Affiliation: Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
Research Interests: Lamma Island, Anthropocene, Infrastructure, Public and Visual Art, Cultural Heritage; 2020 Asia Collection Research Fellow, Kadist Art Foundation, San Francisco.
Contact: weiying.yu@connect.polyu.hk
Chiya Amos - Singaporean artist and Research Fellow
Affiliation: Permanent Conductor and Advisor of the Hirodai Symphony Orchestra, Hiroshima University Research Fellow in Sustainability Science, and Representative for Music and Culture of the International Council of Environmental Law
Research interests: Music festival, rural communities, island communities, social sustainability
Contact: d225330@hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Christopher Cabrera - Doctoral Candidate
Affiliation: Screen Studies Program, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
Research interests: Documentary film, Oceania, archipelagos, representation
Contact: christophermcabrera@gmail.com
Paljaljim / You Ren Chung - MA - Island Practitioner
Research interests: Paiwanese traditional stone slab houses, indigenous community currency, technological agriculture, and circular agriculture
Affiliation: National Taiwan University and Taiwan Agriculture Tek Corporation (TATC)
Contact: paljaljimgadu@gmail.com
Kelly Rivera - MA student, international student from Ecuador
Affiliation: Prince Edward Island, Master of Arts in Island Studies.
Research interests: Housing crisis, international students, Island
Contact: krivera@upTei.ca
Eufrasio Maratas Jr.- Affiliate researcher/trainer
Affiliation: Restoration Initiative for Sustainable Ecosystems (www.rise.org.ph) & Visayas State University’s Institute Of Tropical Ecology & Environmental Management, Philippines.
Contact: fresh_maratas@yahoo.com