Borderland
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''"A borderland is a vague and undetermined place created by the emotional residue of an unnatural boundary. It is in a constant state of transition. The prohibited and forbidden are its inhabitants."'' | ''"A borderland is a vague and undetermined place created by the emotional residue of an unnatural boundary. It is in a constant state of transition. The prohibited and forbidden are its inhabitants."'' | ||
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| - | The term borderland addresses the regions that surround international borders. These are places where power relations become particularly evident (Sparke, M., 2011, p 53) and where different cultures either mix or clash, creating a very (site-)specific political, spatial, cultural, economical and social situation. | + | The term borderland addresses the regions that surround international [[borders]]. These are places where power relations become particularly evident (Sparke, M., 2011, p 53) and where different cultures either mix or clash, creating a very (site-)specific political, spatial, cultural, economical and social situation. Which, refering to Soja, might be called a '[[Third space]]'. |
| - | Most studies on borderlands aim to create a discription of what could be called the everyday 'border-life': the daily practices, economic activities and cultural connections of people that live in borderlands, and that cross the borders of nations (see Sparke, M., idem). | + | Most geographical studies on borderlands aim to create a discription of what could be called the everyday 'border-life': the daily practices, economic activities and cultural connections of people that live in borderlands, and that cross the borders of nations (see Sparke, M., idem). |
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| - | The concept of borderlands is recently under the growing attention of (spatial) scientists and politicians, | + | The concept of borderlands is recently under the growing attention of (spatial) scientists and politicians, encouraged by the increasing governmental interest in cross-border regional planning. Within the range of researches and articles on borderlands, Sparke distinguishes two different interpretations of the concept-metaphor of borderlands: |
- Borderlands as a refocusing concept, studying cross-border regional development. | - Borderlands as a refocusing concept, studying cross-border regional development. | ||
| - | - Borderlands as a | + | - Borderlands as a "meaning remaking metaphor to disrupt normalizing notions of nation and the nation-state" (Sparke, M., idem). |
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| + | == Further reading == | ||
| + | * Albert, M., Jacobson, D. & Lapid, Y. (Eds.), (2001), ''Identities, borders, orders. Rethinking International Relations Theory.'' University of Minnesota | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
| - | * Anzaldúa, G. (1987) The Homeland, Aztlán. ''Borderlands/La Frontiera: the new mestiza''. | + | * Anzaldúa, G., (1987) The Homeland, Aztlán. ''Borderlands/La Frontiera: the new mestiza''. |
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| + | * Sparke, M., (2011) Borderlands, in: ''The Dictionary of Human Geography'', p 53 | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:03, 26 October 2012
"A borderland is a vague and undetermined place created by the emotional residue of an unnatural boundary. It is in a constant state of transition. The prohibited and forbidden are its inhabitants." (Gloria Anzaldua, 1987, p 3)
The term borderland addresses the regions that surround international borders. These are places where power relations become particularly evident (Sparke, M., 2011, p 53) and where different cultures either mix or clash, creating a very (site-)specific political, spatial, cultural, economical and social situation. Which, refering to Soja, might be called a 'Third space'.
Most geographical studies on borderlands aim to create a discription of what could be called the everyday 'border-life': the daily practices, economic activities and cultural connections of people that live in borderlands, and that cross the borders of nations (see Sparke, M., idem).
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Studying the Borderlands
"...borderlands provide usefully prismatic lenses on to the changing geography of power in the context of globalization."(Sparke, M., 2011, p 53)
The concept of borderlands is recently under the growing attention of (spatial) scientists and politicians, encouraged by the increasing governmental interest in cross-border regional planning. Within the range of researches and articles on borderlands, Sparke distinguishes two different interpretations of the concept-metaphor of borderlands:
- Borderlands as a refocusing concept, studying cross-border regional development.
- Borderlands as a "meaning remaking metaphor to disrupt normalizing notions of nation and the nation-state" (Sparke, M., idem).
Further reading
- Albert, M., Jacobson, D. & Lapid, Y. (Eds.), (2001), Identities, borders, orders. Rethinking International Relations Theory. University of Minnesota
References
- Anzaldúa, G., (1987) The Homeland, Aztlán. Borderlands/La Frontiera: the new mestiza.
- Sparke, M., (2011) Borderlands, in: The Dictionary of Human Geography, p 53
Contributors
- Page created by Isis Boot --IsisBoot 17:11, 8 October 2012 (CEST)
