03380cam a22003854a 4500 111892 BJBSDDR 20260803170959.0 ta 110429s2011 fr ab b i000 0 eng c 2010674898 9789231041815 9231041819 16757943 (OCoLC)ocn707234416 BTCTA eng BTCTA PIT CRU COD UPM DLC eng pcc d------ HM 1271 I82 2011 Islands as crossroads : sustaining cultural diversity in small island developing states / [editor, Tim Curtis]. Paris : United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 2011. 224 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 23 cm. "Culture Sector; Natural Sciences Sector." Includes bibliographical references. pt. 1. Island cultures through time. Pacific islands as crossroads : ancient connectivities in an island world / Matthew Spriggs -- Austronesian migration and the establishment of the Malagasy civilization : contrasted readings in linguistics, archaeology, genetics and cultural anthropology / Claude Allibert -- Memory and cultural diversity in the small islands of the Western Indian Ocean : the case of the Mascarene Islands and the Seychelles / Sudel Fuma -- Memory, identity and heritage in a multi-ethnic island : the case of Mauritius / Jocelyn Chan Law -- 'A simple colonial philistine society' : cultural complexity and identity politics in small islands / Thomas Hylland Eriksen -- pt. 2. Contemporary crossroads. Preserving Caribbean cultural identity in the face of globalization / Gordon Rohlehr -- Shifting cultures and emerging rites : Kang Rom (chanting tales) as a way of building communities / Michael A. Mel -- Of Poteau mitans, bedis, váeváe and things : Caribbean island identities and cultural production / Patricia Mohammed -- Choreographing Oceania / Katerina Martina Teaiwa -- pt. 3. Economies of culture and cultures of the economy. The impact of the Diaspora on the society of the Grand Comoro / Aboubakari Boina -- Making policy to support living cultures : a case study in 'mainstreaming culture' from Vanuatu / Ralph Regenvanu -- Global technologies and the business of Jamaican culture : maximizing the potential of ICTs and new media / Hopeton S. Dunn -- The global creative economy and small island developing states / Keith Nurse. This book brings together information on various disciplines from the three main island regions of the world - the Caribbean, Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean - to explore the ways in which the peoples of small islands have lived, and continue to live, in their culturally diverse societies. Leading anthropologists, historians, economists, archaeologists and others provide information on the complexity and dynamics of societies in small island developing states. It reflects the outcomes of a UNESCO symposium held in the Seychelles in 2007.--Publisher's description. Multiculturalism Developing countries. Multiculturalismo 2449 Países en desarrollo Curtis, Tim 49950 editor Unesco. Sector of Culture. Unesco. Natural Sciences Sector. lcc BK YSL 47718 47718 0 0 lcc 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2023-04-10 0 HM 1271 I82 2011 00000058189 2018-10-24 00:00:00 1 2018-10-24 BK