%0 Thesis
%9 Master
%A Bassani, Rodolfo
%D 2024
%F theses_frw:4569
%P 40
%T Hiking on an Island or Just Hiking? Scientific Review on Trails and Hiking on Islands Under a Nissological Perspective
%U https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/4569/
%X This study deals with the scientific production regarding hiking and hiking trails on the contexts of islands. The underlying theoretical framework is provided by the concept of field, from Bourdieu’s sociology of science, and by nissology, defined as ‘the study of islands in their own terms’. A scoping review was performed and revealed that, regardless of the recent expansion of island studies, it has been little considered by publications on the aforementioned topics. Our discussion shows, however, that there is room for a change, since islands indeed do imprint particularities on trails networks and on the practice of hiking, such as regarding ecological and geomorphological processes, occupation patterns, imaginary and place-making. Spatial and philosophical characters of the central concept of islandness are explored, indicating possible approaches for advancing the investigation of the particularities of hiking and trails on islands under an island studies perspective.