Welcome to SICRI

SICRI Background & Mission

SICRI was established in 2004 to facilitate communication and collaboration between researchers and cultural practitioners working with small island communities.

SICRI's principal aim is to research and assist the maintenance and development of the language, literature, music, dance, folkloric and media cultures of small island communities. It aims to identify potential research partners and appropriate strategies and funding sources to benefit small island cultures and those researching them.

Key to SICRI's activities is the principle that external researchers should develop their projects in consultation with island communities and should reciprocate such co-operation with appropriate assistance and facilitation of local cultural initiatives.

SICRI operates with reference to broader concepts of cultural heritage [see UNESCO, 2003: What is Cultural Heritage and Types of Cultural Heritage]; consideration of island communities as (simultaneously) isolated and connected; and is concerned to address the impacts and potentials offered by tourism.

SCU Island Cultures Research Projects

SICRI is hosted by the Division of Research, Southern Cross University (Australia) – www.scu.edu.au. The Division also supports the publication of the biannual online refereed publication Shima: The Internation Journal of Research into Island Cultures – www.shimajournal.org

SICRI News 2010:

• 7th International Conference on Small Island Cultures — Whitsundays (Australia), June 11th-16th 2011 — preliminary notice

ISIC 7 - June 11-16, 2011
 
An early acceptance program is now in operation - closing date December 1st  2010, successful proposers will be notified by December 20th 2010.

Standard proposals are due by February 10th 2011, successful proposers will be notified by March 1st 2011.
 
Send proposals to prhsicri@gmail.com - maximum 300 words, including title, keywords and institutional affiliation.

Archival Material Quick Links:

The following Refereed Proceedings are now online.

• Refereed Proceedings from the 1st International Conference on Small Island Cultures, Kagoshima (Japan) February 2005 are now online.
• Refereed Proceedings from the 2nd International Conference on Small Island Cultures, Kingston (Norfolk Island) February 2006 are now online.
• Refereed Proceedings from the 3rd International Conference on Small Island Cultures, Prince Edward Island (Canada) are now online
• Refereed Proceedings from the 4th International Conference on Small Island Cultures, Turku Archipelago (Finland) are now online

FMTR (Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia)

• Conference: From Marginality to Resurgence: European Island and Regional Cultures in the late 20th and early 21st Centuries. April 17-19, 2008