Fleeing to World’s End today (Floreana, Galápagos): Microislandness in a global changing world

Floreana, the smallest and least inhabited island in the Galapagos, is considered both a “hell” and a “paradise”; a remote and isolated place and, at the same time, a context that today has more comforts and privileges than the Mainland. Extensive ethnography developed over a decade, which analyses...

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Autores: Campo Tejedor, Alberto del, Ruiz Ballesteros, Esteban
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universidad Pablo de Olavide (UPO)
Repositorio:RIO. Repositorio Institucional Olavide
Idioma:inglés
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Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Islandness
Isolation
Connectivity
Tourism
Environmental protection
Galapagos
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spelling Fleeing to World’s End today (Floreana, Galápagos): Microislandness in a global changing worldCampo Tejedor, Alberto delRuiz Ballesteros, EstebanIslandnessIsolationConnectivityTourismEnvironmental protectionGalapagosFloreana, the smallest and least inhabited island in the Galapagos, is considered both a “hell” and a “paradise”; a remote and isolated place and, at the same time, a context that today has more comforts and privileges than the Mainland. Extensive ethnography developed over a decade, which analyses the practices, discourses and tactics of the islanders and other social actors, shows how Floreana residents live with high levels of transformation, resemanticise, and creatively blend elements of continuity and innovation. The historical and anthropological analysis of anthropisation on this island reveals a process characterised by dynamism, paradox, and ambivalence, resulting in unique tactics of empowerment by a heterogeneous population that has, nonetheless, generated a strong local identity. The study describes a complex microislandness, in which isolation and hyper-connectivity are compatible, and where State wages, environmental protectionism, tourism, the Internet, and other global features do not impede but rather favour the concept of fleeing to and living ‘at World’s End’ in an experience that resituates the local within the global.Institution for Marine and Island Cultures20262026-01-0920212021-06-2920212021-06-29journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/10433/25397reponame:RIO. Repositorio Institucional Olavideinstname:Universidad Pablo de Olavide (UPO)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:rio.upo.es:10433/253972026-06-13T12:46:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Fleeing to World’s End today (Floreana, Galápagos): Microislandness in a global changing world
title Fleeing to World’s End today (Floreana, Galápagos): Microislandness in a global changing world
spellingShingle Fleeing to World’s End today (Floreana, Galápagos): Microislandness in a global changing world
Campo Tejedor, Alberto del
Islandness
Isolation
Connectivity
Tourism
Environmental protection
Galapagos
title_short Fleeing to World’s End today (Floreana, Galápagos): Microislandness in a global changing world
title_full Fleeing to World’s End today (Floreana, Galápagos): Microislandness in a global changing world
title_fullStr Fleeing to World’s End today (Floreana, Galápagos): Microislandness in a global changing world
title_full_unstemmed Fleeing to World’s End today (Floreana, Galápagos): Microislandness in a global changing world
title_sort Fleeing to World’s End today (Floreana, Galápagos): Microislandness in a global changing world
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Campo Tejedor, Alberto del
Ruiz Ballesteros, Esteban
author Campo Tejedor, Alberto del
author_facet Campo Tejedor, Alberto del
Ruiz Ballesteros, Esteban
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author2 Ruiz Ballesteros, Esteban
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Islandness
Isolation
Connectivity
Tourism
Environmental protection
Galapagos
topic Islandness
Isolation
Connectivity
Tourism
Environmental protection
Galapagos
description Floreana, the smallest and least inhabited island in the Galapagos, is considered both a “hell” and a “paradise”; a remote and isolated place and, at the same time, a context that today has more comforts and privileges than the Mainland. Extensive ethnography developed over a decade, which analyses the practices, discourses and tactics of the islanders and other social actors, shows how Floreana residents live with high levels of transformation, resemanticise, and creatively blend elements of continuity and innovation. The historical and anthropological analysis of anthropisation on this island reveals a process characterised by dynamism, paradox, and ambivalence, resulting in unique tactics of empowerment by a heterogeneous population that has, nonetheless, generated a strong local identity. The study describes a complex microislandness, in which isolation and hyper-connectivity are compatible, and where State wages, environmental protectionism, tourism, the Internet, and other global features do not impede but rather favour the concept of fleeing to and living ‘at World’s End’ in an experience that resituates the local within the global.
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