eprintid: 4569
rev_number: 4
eprint_status: archive
userid: 1
dir: disk0/00/00/45/69
datestamp: 2024-07-22 10:47:46
lastmod: 2024-07-22 10:47:46
status_changed: 2024-07-22 10:47:46
type: thesis
metadata_visibility: show
sword_depositor: 1
creators_name: Bassani, Rodolfo
creators_id: S5415365
creators_email: r231443@dac.unicamp.br
title: Hiking on an Island or Just Hiking? Scientific Review on Trails and Hiking on Islands Under a Nissological Perspective
ispublished: unpub
full_text_status: public
abstract: 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.
date: 2024
pages: 40
thesis_type: master
degree_programme: RS_IS
tutors_name: Ballas, D.
tutors_organization: Fac. Ruimtelijke wetenschappen, Basiseenheid Economische Geografie
tutors_email: D.Ballas@rug.nl
security: public
keywords_local: Nissology
keywords_local: Island studies
keywords_local: Trails
keywords_local: Hiking
keywords_local: Islandness
keywords_local: Scoping review
language_iso: en
date_issued: 2024-07-08
comment: I am about to submit this thesis, with adaptations, as a paper to a scientific journal. According to RUG staff, submitting it to the depository will not impact it. Except for this concern, I am not against making it public.
citation:   Bassani, Rodolfo  (2024) Hiking on an Island or Just Hiking? Scientific Review on Trails and Hiking on Islands Under a Nissological Perspective.  Master thesis.   
document_url: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/4569/1/Rodolfo-Master-ThesisIslandsFinal.pdf