Situating island resilience

Yunzi Zhang; Can-Seng Ooi; Gemma Sou; Dirk Steenbergen; Cristina Alexandra Trifan

Situating island resilience

Yunzi Zhang, Can-Seng Ooi, Gemma Sou, Dirk Steenbergen, Cristina Alexandra Trifan

Humanitarian Conflict Response Institute

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Abstract

Resilience as a complex concept has been recognized and employed to strategize mitigation policies and processes during disruptive events. Island resilience in particular is used to frame islanders and their societies as vulnerable entities combating uncertainties with limited resources and capacities. On the one hand, public discourse on island nations tend to centre around victimhood amid disasters; on the other hand, islands are portrayed as peaceful and idyllic paradise during regular times. This opening chapter uses the term “imaginary” to signify such discursive constructs that one’s understanding of island societies. We first outline the conceptual framing around the evolution of resilience. Then we elaborate on four prominent “imaginaries” of Small Island Developing States and island societies in general. By unpacking the term ''imaginary'', we aim to expose the dominant discursive framing of island societies to elucidate constructive avenues for locally owned progress and development in an increasingly variable and glocalized world.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Islands and Resilience
Subtitle of host publication	Experiences from the Pandemic Era
Editors	Can-Seng Ooi, Yunzi Zhang, Cristina Alexandra Trifan
Place of Publication	Singapore
Publisher	Springer Nature
Pages	1-15
Number of pages	15
ISBN (Electronic)	9789811999642
ISBN (Print)	9789811999666
Publication status	Published - 24 Apr 2023

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Name	Springer Briefs on Case Studies of Sustainable Development
Publisher	Springer

Keywords

Resilience
Island imaginary
Neoliberalism
Island paradise
Small Island Developing States

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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Zhang, Y., Ooi, C.-S., Sou, G., Steenbergen, D., & Alexandra Trifan, C. (2023). Situating island resilience. In C.-S. Ooi, Y. Zhang, & C. Alexandra Trifan (Eds.), Islands and Resilience: Experiences from the Pandemic Era (pp. 1-15). (Springer Briefs on Case Studies of Sustainable Development ). Springer Nature. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-19-9964-2_1

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Zhang, Y, Ooi, C-S, Sou, G, Steenbergen, D & Alexandra Trifan, C 2023, Situating island resilience. in C-S Ooi, Y Zhang, & C Alexandra Trifan (eds), Islands and Resilience: Experiences from the Pandemic Era. Springer Briefs on Case Studies of Sustainable Development , Springer Nature, Singapore, pp. 1-15. <https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-19-9964-2_1>

Situating island resilience. / Zhang, Yunzi; Ooi, Can-Seng; Sou, Gemma et al.
Islands and Resilience: Experiences from the Pandemic Era. ed. / Can-Seng Ooi; Yunzi Zhang,; Cristina Alexandra Trifan. Singapore: Springer Nature, 2023. p. 1-15 (Springer Briefs on Case Studies of Sustainable Development ).

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