Une horticulture maritime  ? Pratiques et perceptions de la mer à Tongoa (Vanuatu) by Maëlle Calandra

“…On Tongoa Island, a small island located in the central Shepherd’s archipelago in Vanuatu, the sea is considered as an extension of the land. …”
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Světec, kříž a zbožný krab. Divertimento z barokní hagiografie mezi Západem a Východem by Pavel Panoch

“…Francis Xavier brought the cross, lost in a previous voyage in rough seas in the archipelago of the Moluccas. The study analyzes the propaganda role of this miracle in the Jesuit hagiography and the motive of St. …”
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High vulnerability of the endemic Southern Ocean snail Neobuccinum eatoni (Buccinidae) to critical projected oceanographic changes by Rosvita González, Luis R. Pertierra, Pablo C. Guerrero, Angie Díaz

“…However, in both scenarios, a reduction in habitat suitability is expected in certain sectors around the Antarctic continent and the Kerguelen Archipelago. By 2100, under the moderate emissions scenario (SSP2-4.5), the species is projected to move to deeper areas and lower latitudes, with notable expansions in the Weddell Sea and in the Southern Ocean surrounding the Kerguelen Archipelago. …”
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Ermenautica: A Way of Life for Another Kind of Republic? Some personal remarks by Tarek Elhaik

“…The author recounts a recent sailing trip with the collective across the Tuscan archipelago and presents their way of being together, their politics, as a floating republic – The Republic of Ermenautica – peopled by Ermenauts.…”
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Fiddler Crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Ocypodidae) From Coastal Ecuador and the Galápagos Islands: Species Descriptions and DNA Barcodes by Carl L. Thurman, John C. McNamara, Hsi‐Te Shih, Mariana V. Capparelli

“…In western South America, the coasts of Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, the Galápagos Archipelago, and northern Peru form the Tropical Eastern Pacific biome. …”
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Le mythe comme fondement des territoires et de l’ordre social dans les îles de l’ouest de Sumatra (Indonésie) by Dominique Guillaud

“…This demonstration is inspired by the works that Bonnemaison carried out on a privileged field, the archipelago of Vanuatu; the paper explores the same kind of correspondences between political and spatial order in two Indonesian island, Nias and Siberut, and tries to reveal the strategic dimension invested in myths and narratives of foundation.…”
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Les signes de l’interaction esprit-humain by Fanny Tilmant

“…On the Zanzibar Archipelago, the terms masheitani (sing. sheitani) and majini (sing. jini) designate invisible beings that share the world with human beings. …”
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Mayotte s'ancre dans la république française by François Taglioni

“…This departmentalization outside the hexagon is the result of a long political process begun in 1975 to the date of the first referendum that would thereafter Mayotte separate from the rest of the Comoros archipelago. This departmentalization comes within a social and political instability particularly acute for several months in the French overseas departments. …”
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Book Review by Muhammed Haron

“…During the decades of the 20th century, most scholars who studied these early ‘Cape’ figures that hailed from the Melayu archipelago, wrote short exploratory essays. Examples are Prof Adrianus van Selms’ bibliographical entry of Shaykh Yusuf Al-Makassari’s (1626-1699) and Prof Gerrie Lubbe’s journal article on Imam Abdullah ibn Qadi ‘Abdus Salam (aka Tuan Guru [1712-1807]). …”
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Mortalité et cyclones en Guadeloupe (Antilles françaises) by Frédéric Leone, Samuel Battut, Victoria Bigot, Guilhem Cousin Thorez, Thomas Candela, Freddy Vinet

“…This paper lays the methodological basis for a historical catalogue of significant and deadly hydro-meteorological events that have occurred in the Guadeloupe archipelago and the northern islands since 1635. For the recent period, post 1950, it is supplemented by a Geographical Information System used to locate and inform each victim with his profile, his behavior, the circumstances and causes of death. …”
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L’archipel des Antilles, terres d’Amérique ? : la nouvelle "New Frontier" et ses implications by Lionel Davidas

“…But is the West Indian archipelago a mere outpost of continental America or a distinct entity that circumscribes what Édouard Glissant has named "The hurricane basin"? …”
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Penjelajahan Orang Prancis dan Penelitian Sejarah Alam di Nusantara Pada Masa Kolonial by Gani Ahmad Jaelani

“…This article analyzes how the French naturalists made their research on natural history in the Archipelago. It examines as well the objects that interested them. …”
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A ascensão dos pobres a posições de elite político-administrativa no contexto do Cabo Verde pós-independente by Crisanto Barros

“…The administration of the modern Cape Verdean State, which results from profound changes instituted during the second half of the nineteenth century, is made largely by natives of the archipelago, whose recruitment was done predominantly within the most favored families. …”
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Shigemori Mirei : un regard créatif sur l’art des jardins by Murielle Hladik

“…Shigemori supervised an extensive survey throughout the whole Japanese archipelago at a time during which some of these gardens were falling into disrepair, or even disappear, whereas they are now considered as "National Treasures". …”
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Marie-Galante (Guadeloupe) à l’épreuve des sargasses : approches anthropologique et géographique d’un risque vécu by Florence Ménez, Colette Ranély Vergé-Dépré, Dimitri Béchacq

“…Since 2011, as in other parts of the Caribbean sea, the island of Marie-Galante (Guadeloupe archipelago), and in particular the commune of Capesterre-de-Marie-Galante, has been impacted by the massive and discontinuous Sargassum strandings. …”
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L'île d'Anjouan figure de la balkanisation de l'archipel des Comores by François Taglioni

“…It is embodied with the political affiliation of the fourth island of the Comoros archipelago, Mayotte, in the French Republic and with the separatist attempts of Anjouan and Moheli. …”
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L’espace marin entre un pluralisme juridique et la sauvegarde du patrimoine à Henua ‘Enana / Fenua ‘Enata (îles Marquises) by Giacomo Nerici

“…In this contribution, the marine space in the Marquesas Islands (Henua ‘Enana / Fenua ‘Enata) is addressed by reflecting on the recent processes of heritage-making and “sustainable development” projects promoted in recent years by the political authorities and cultural elites of the archipelago. In short, an attempt will be made to highlight how the centrality of the sea is linked to a concern for island spaces and species and a need to preserve human activities and the cultural elements associated with them. …”
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The Question of Metropolitan Form: Introduction by Anne Vernez Moudon, François Claessens, David Prosperi

“…Soja’s six metaphors (post-Fordist industrial, cosmopolis, expolis, fractal city, carceral archipelago, simcities) are being indicative of the wide range of possible images.[2] The eight papers in this issue of Footprint take an opposite approach. …”
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Coral Reefs: Beyond Mortality? by Charles Sheppard

“…The Indian Ocean was the worst affected with a coral mortality over 75% in many areas such as the Chagos Archipelago (Sheppard, 1999), Seychelles (Spencer et al., 2000) and Maldives (McClanahan, 2000). …”
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Comparative studies of the mountain Kinnekulle vegetation by Marina Voinova, Benny Lönn

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