This paper investigates the emotions of transnationalism, when coming from the small, remote British Overseas Territory of St Helena. This paper captures how St Helenian islanders migrate for new opportunities and to escape island monotony. Even though dispersed, the St Helenian islanders retain a strong sense of attachment and belonging to their island, often establishing emotional and material ties in two hemispheres. This paper thus captures the emotions of feeling torn and the contradictory emotions of islandness. This research draws from 68 in-depth interviews with St Helenian islanders between 2006 and 2008, following the return of British citizenship in 2002, but before the island had a functioning airport in 2017. This research captured the emotions of transnationalism when travel was expensive, complex and arduous, due to a fickle British national identity as well as the island's dependence on one single ship. At the point of publishing this research however, the UK was negotiating deals for Brexit and international air travel was limited due to the global Covid-19 pandemic. Mobility for this transnational small island community, thus remains uncertain and complicated, due to their post-colonial national identity and geographical isolation.

本文研究了跨国的，来自遥远的小英国海伦娜（St. Helena）的英国海外领地的情绪。本文描述了圣赫勒尼岛居民如何迁移以获得新的机会并摆脱岛屿的单调乏味。即使分散，圣赫勒尼岛的岛民仍然拥有强烈的依恋感和归属感，常常在两个半球建立情感和物质联系。因此，本文捕捉了感觉被撕裂的情感和孤岛主义的矛盾情感。这项研究来自于2002年英国公民身份返回之后，但在该岛于2017年启用机场之前，2006年至2008年之间对圣海伦岛居民的68次深度访谈。该研究捕捉了旅行昂贵时跨国主义的情绪，复杂而艰巨的 由于英国民族身份多变，以及该岛对一艘船的依赖。然而，在发表这项研究时，英国正在就脱欧进行谈判，由于全球Covid-19大流行，国际航空旅行受到限制。由于这些跨国小岛社区的后殖民民族身份和地理隔离，其流动性仍然不确定和复杂。