A Phenomenological Study of Islandness as a Global Sense of Place: Focusing on the Animated Film Moana

This article explores the question of whether islandness exists, and if so, how it can be defined. Using phenomenological methods, it examines a cultural text relevant to this question: the animated film Moana, which tells a story set on a small island. Following phenomenological procedures, any une...

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Main Author: Kim, Taehee
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spelling ph-ateneo-arc.kk-10092024-10-04T08:30:03Z A Phenomenological Study of Islandness as a Global Sense of Place: Focusing on the Animated Film Moana Kim, Taehee This article explores the question of whether islandness exists, and if so, how it can be defined. Using phenomenological methods, it examines a cultural text relevant to this question: the animated film Moana, which tells a story set on a small island. Following phenomenological procedures, any unexamined preconceptions about islandness are methodologically excluded through the suspension of judgment (epoché); islandness is defined as the “sense of place of the island” through a return to intersubjective intentionality (phenomenological reduction); the “essence” of this sense of place of the island is identified through imaginative variation (eidetic reduction). This discourse will shed light on islandness as a sense of place that encompasses both the isolation and connectedness of an island created by maritime immobility and mobility, which can be defined as a “global sense of place” that exists in connectedness but still maintains a substantial attachment to place. Moana is examined as a unique example for exploring phenomenological findings in a single case study, portraying the eponymous heroine’s search for connection beyond the island’s isolation while still maintaining its sense of place. 2024-10-04T08:35:09Z text application/pdf https://archium.ateneo.edu/kk/vol1/iss44/10 info:doi/10.13185/1656-152x.1009 https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/kk/article/1009/viewcontent/3_20KK44_20Taehee_20Kim.pdf Kritika Kultura Archīum Ateneo (Global) Sense of Place Island Islandness Island Studies Maritime (Im)Mobility Moana Phenomenology
institution Ateneo De Manila University
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Philippines
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topic (Global) Sense of Place
Island
Islandness
Island Studies
Maritime (Im)Mobility
Moana
Phenomenology
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Island
Islandness
Island Studies
Maritime (Im)Mobility
Moana
Phenomenology
Kim, Taehee
A Phenomenological Study of Islandness as a Global Sense of Place: Focusing on the Animated Film Moana
description This article explores the question of whether islandness exists, and if so, how it can be defined. Using phenomenological methods, it examines a cultural text relevant to this question: the animated film Moana, which tells a story set on a small island. Following phenomenological procedures, any unexamined preconceptions about islandness are methodologically excluded through the suspension of judgment (epoché); islandness is defined as the “sense of place of the island” through a return to intersubjective intentionality (phenomenological reduction); the “essence” of this sense of place of the island is identified through imaginative variation (eidetic reduction). This discourse will shed light on islandness as a sense of place that encompasses both the isolation and connectedness of an island created by maritime immobility and mobility, which can be defined as a “global sense of place” that exists in connectedness but still maintains a substantial attachment to place. Moana is examined as a unique example for exploring phenomenological findings in a single case study, portraying the eponymous heroine’s search for connection beyond the island’s isolation while still maintaining its sense of place.
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author Kim, Taehee
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title A Phenomenological Study of Islandness as a Global Sense of Place: Focusing on the Animated Film Moana
title_short A Phenomenological Study of Islandness as a Global Sense of Place: Focusing on the Animated Film Moana
title_full A Phenomenological Study of Islandness as a Global Sense of Place: Focusing on the Animated Film Moana
title_fullStr A Phenomenological Study of Islandness as a Global Sense of Place: Focusing on the Animated Film Moana
title_full_unstemmed A Phenomenological Study of Islandness as a Global Sense of Place: Focusing on the Animated Film Moana
title_sort phenomenological study of islandness as a global sense of place: focusing on the animated film moana
publisher Archīum Ateneo
publishDate 2024
url https://archium.ateneo.edu/kk/vol1/iss44/10
https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/kk/article/1009/viewcontent/3_20KK44_20Taehee_20Kim.pdf
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