User:Nissology

Nissology is defined as

"The study of islands on their own terms".

Published references:

McCall, Grant. 1994. “Nissology: The study of islands”. Journal of the Pacific Society 17, (Nº 2–3, Nº 63–64, October 1994): 1–14.

McCall, Grant. 1996. “Clear confusion in a disembedded world: The case for Nissology”. Geographische Zeitschrift 84(2, 1996): 74-85.

Depraetere, Christian. 2008. "The Challenge of Nissology: A Global Outlook on the World Archipelago - Part I: Scene Setting the World Archipelago". Vol III, Nº 1 (May): 3-16. http://www.islandstudies.ca

Sites using Nissology:

http://nissologypei.blogspot.com/