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- Special Research Seminar, 3 April 2015
16:30-18:00, The Interdivisional Education and Research Building , 5th
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「The Sark/Brecqhou Dyad: Jurisdictional Geographies and Contested Histories」
JOHNSON Henry (University of Otago, New Zealand)
Over the past few decades, the islands of Sark and Brecqhou have featured in much media and legal discourse. Such factors as jurisdictional contestation, tension and criticism have arisen either between the owners of the private island of Brecqhou and the jurisdiction in which it is located, or as a result of other factors that have an association with Brecqhou on the larger island of Sark. As a type of microstate with a contested history and distinct traditional ways of life, the jurisdictional geographies in the Sark/Brecqhou dyad are of particular interest to the field of Island Studies. I use the term ‘Sark/Brecqhou dyad’ as a way of emphasizing the distinct physical, political and social binaries that exist between the islands of Sark and Brecqhou. It is argued that key to understanding some of the points of contestation within and between this island dyad is a comprehension of some of the ways jurisdictional geographies and contested histories have been (re)interpreted. This article offers an interpretation of several significant points that help in comprehending this particular case of inter- and intra-island dynamics.
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