Understanding Island Spatiality Through Co-visibility: The construction of islands as legible territories – a case study of the Azores
Year: 2018
Type: article
Abstract: This article explores how the island territory of the Azores (Portugal) emerges and is spatially defined in two cultural texts: Raul Brandão's As Ilhas Desconhecidas (whose title translates as 'Unknown Islands') and Vitorino Nemésio's Mau Tempo no Canal (published in English language translation as Stormy Isles: An Azorean Tale) and uses them to identify interpretative elements of the island experience.By categorising key island spatialities and sensory inputs, I propose the relationship between the observer and island space and assert that these spatialities converge to form a territory composed of water and land, synthesised via the concept of terraquée, and confirm the existence of an aggregate Azorean island spatiality, which is rooted in co-visibility.
Source: Shima
Author: Celina Vale
Institution: Universidade dos Açores
Language: English
Topic: Spatial and Cultural Studies
Subfield: Geography, Planning and Development
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2799657197