In the aftermath of the forced evacuation of the island of Barbuda due to Hurricane Irma, the Barbudan people have experienced an exile and return to a ‘new’ geographical, political, and economic context, albeit on the same island. With the specter of climate change and the potential impacts on island communities and nations, we use Barbuda, sister island of Antigua in the Lesser Antilles, to examine the trajectory of nomadic identities as they navigate changes that threaten contemporary land relationships and culture. Since its first permanent settlement in the 17th Century, the island geography of Barbuda has been fundamental to Barbudan identity and provided continuity into modern Barbudan culture. The breaking down of this close relationship with the land and the introduction of a tourism monoculture reduces Barbuda’s ability to respond to crises such as hurricanes and pandemics. In the challenge of a post-disaster economic context, we will address the conditions pushing Barbudans towards a nomadic identity. We will discuss the nomadic in terms of forced exile and subsequent return to an island changed both by a severe weather event and subsequent policy that is disruptive to Barbudan identity, sovereignty, and way of life.

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身份混乱和游牧民族：小殖民地巴布达岛新殖民主义的灾后遗产

由于飓风艾尔玛，巴布达岛被迫撤离后，尽管巴布达人在同一岛上，但他们却经历了流亡并回到“新的”地理，政治和经济背景。考虑到气候变化的幽灵以及对岛屿社区和国家的潜在影响，我们使用安提瓜的姊妹岛巴布达（安提瓜的姊妹岛）来考察游牧民族的身份轨迹，因为他们应对着威胁当代土地关系和文化的变化。自17世纪首次永久定居以来，巴布达的岛屿地理一直是巴布达身份的基础，并为现代巴布达文化提供了连续性。这种与土地的紧密关系的破裂和旅游业单一文化的引入降低了巴布达应对飓风和大流行等危机的能力。在灾难后的经济形势下，我们将解决推动Barbudans走向游牧民族身份的条件。我们将就被迫流放以及随后因严重的天气事件和对巴布达的身份，主权和生活方式造成破坏的后续政策而改变的岛屿返回家园的方式讨论游牧民族。