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.

Island Cultures Research Centre

SICRI is hosted by the Island Cultures Research Centre (ICRC) at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia - www.humanities.mq.edu.au/icrc.

The ICRC also publishes the biannual online publication Shima: The International Journal of Research Into Island Cultures - www.shimajournal.org

SICRI News 2008:

• 5th International Conference on Small Island Cultures – Sado, Japan June 24-30, 2009
• Refereed Proceedings from the 4th International Conference on Small Island Cultures, Turku Archipelago (Finland) are now online

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

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