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Abstract
On a bell hanging in front of the main hall of the Shurijo Castle in Naha, Okinawa, the following inscription is engraved: "Ryukyu is located in a blessed region in the South Seas…sailing on ships and serving as a bridge between all nations, the land is filled with treasures." This article, which is based on an ethnographic fieldwork in Okinawa in 2018, looks at contemporary young Okinawans' narratives and experiences of 'globalization' as part of their everyday lives and future perspectives. It explores the role of the history and culture of the country – connecting it to China, Japan, and USA – in the young islanders' local and global identities and networks. I use the Okinawan concept of chanpuru, referring to the art of fusing objects and ideas from different sources to create new cultural identities, to explain the way Okinawans reflect on global transformation processes, for example in relation to consumerism, militarism, tourism, and revitalisation of 'Okinawan culture' (e.g., local languages). Has the inscription on the old bell regained importance in the 21st century? How do young people from Okinawa capitalize from their cultural capital and international networks in a globalizing world? This article presents the view from an island community in transition.

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Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- About the Editors -- Contributors -- Chapter 1: Exploring Coastal Societies and Knowledge in Transition Across Generations -- 1.1 Coastal Communities in Transition -- 1.2 The Changing Values of Education and Knowledge -- 1.3 Education, Knowledge, and Sustainability -- 1.4 Researching Children and Young People: Theoretical Perspectives -- 1.5 Methodology -- 1.6 Mapping the Chapters of This Volume -- References -- Chapter 2: Coastal Communities Past, Present, and Future? The Value of Social and Cultural Sustainability -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Conceptualising Sustainability -- 2.2.1 Sustainable Development -- 2.3 Sustainability in Small Coastal Communities -- 2.4 Challenges of Coastal Sustainability and the SDG Agenda -- 2.4.1 Social and Cultural Sustainability - A Relational Intergenerational Approach -- 2.4.2 Bringing Culture In -- 2.5 Cultural Heritage and Collective Social Memory -- 2.6 Local Knowledge Transmission -- 2.7 Justice and Sustainability -- 2.8 Valuing the Past, Sustaining the Future? -- References -- Chapter 3: Growing Up in a Norwegian Coastal Town in the Nineteenth Century: Work and Intergenerational Relations -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Intergenerational Relations and Child Work -- 3.3 Shipping Industry in Porsgrunn in the Nineteenth Century -- 3.4 Young Boys at Sea -- 3.5 Changing Businesses and Child Work in Porsgrunn -- 3.6 Child Work and Intergenerational Relations on Shore in Porsgrunn -- 3.7 Work, Education and Intergenerational Relations in a Pre-modern Coastal Community -- References -- Chapter 4: `I´m Treading Water Here for My Generation´: Gendered and Generational Perspectives on Informal Knowledge Transmiss... -- 4.1 Introduction - Local Knowledge in Coastal Contexts -- 4.2 Setting the Coastal Context: The Transition from Working Childhoods to Educational Trajectories.