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Godfrey Baldacchino
Researcher at University of Malta
Publications - 223
Citations - 4249
Godfrey Baldacchino is an academic researcher from University of Malta. The author has contributed to research in topics: Tourism & Sovereignty. The author has an hindex of 33, co-authored 214 publications receiving 3925 citations. Previous affiliations of Godfrey Baldacchino include University of Prince Edward Island.
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Studying Islands: On Whose Terms? Some Epistemological and Methodological Challenges to the Pursuit of Island Studies
TL;DR: In this article, five dilemmas related to indigenous island geographies are presented and discussed, in a semi-autobiographical style, with the contributions of Grant McCall and Peter Hay to the sparse literature.
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The coming of age of island studies
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present insights into the emerging academic field of island studies, defined as the interdisciplinary study of islands on their own terms, by means of a critical and judicious review of the literature across a number of disciplines; and analytically in relation to what is probably the most popular scholarly piece of non-fiction based on an island society written to date.
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Islands, Island Studies, Island Studies Journal
TL;DR: The launch of the island studies journal is celebrated in this paper, in the context of a long and thrilling tradition of island studies scholarship, where the study of islands on their own terms enjoys a growing and wide-ranging recognition.
Envisioning the Archipelago
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors propose a research agenda proposing a robust and comprehensive exploration of the third and comparatively neglected nexus of relations between land and sea, and island and continent/mainland.
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Managing the hinterland beyond: Two ideal‐type strategies of economic development for small island territories
TL;DR: In this article, the authors consider a small territory's engagement with the external hinterland as a position on a sliding scale, a strategic mix of options located between two distinct development trajectories, of which MIRAB is one and the PROFIT model the other.