Island Cultures and Festivals

Evangelia Papoutsaki is SICRI co-convenor and executive editor of ePress at Unitec Auckland. Formerly, she was an associate professor at the University of Central Asia and UNESCO PNG chair for Freedom of Expression. Her research focuses on island studies and social change communication in Oceania and Asia Pacific regions.Sonjah Stanley Niaah, a Jamaican scholar and cultural activist, specializes in dancehall and Black Atlantic performance geographies. She earned the first PhD in cultural studies from the University of the West Indies, Mona. She was the director of the Institute of Caribbean Studies and Reggae Studies Unit and has authored books on dancehall and contributed to documentaries like Enslaved and Move.

• List of Illustrations / viiPREFACE: Island Culture Research and the Small Island Cultures Research Initiative PHILIP HAYWARDINTRODUCTION: Island Cultures and Festivals: A Creative EcosystemSONJAH STANLEY NIAAH AND EVANGELIA PAPOUTSAKIPart One: Art, Culture and Island Communities1Diagnosing Uneven Revitalization Outcomes among Declining Communities in a Japanese Island Art Festival MENG QU, YACHEN HE, A. D. MCCORMICK, CAROLIN FUNCK2The Norseman’s Home: Up-Helly-Aa and Shetland’s Performance of PlaceEMMA LANG3Mapping Waiheke Island’s Festivalscape:Community Activism and Festival Reclamation EVANGELIA PAPOUTSAKI AND JOHN STANFIELD4Promoting the “Creole Traditional Wedding” during the Seychelle Creole Festival as a Strategy to Sustain Cultural TraditionsMARIE-CHRISTINE PARENT Part Two: Music, Dance and Island Identity5The Traditional Daur Music and Dance Festival Kumule on the Island Meadow by the Amur River HOLGER BRIEL6Soca, Pleasure and Utopia SHAUNA RIGAUD7Rebel Salute: A Birthday Party the World Attends MELVILLE COOKE8A Celebration of Music, Movement and Memory:The Archival Significance of St Kitts “Sugar Mas” STANLEY H. GRIFFIN9The Sound of Citizenship: Performance, Politics and Transgression SONJAH STANLEY NIAAHContributors Index