Essa delimitação territorial produzida historicamente, socialmente e politicamente ao longo do tempo, ... O conceito de fronteiras utilizado é o de que são ocorrências políticas geradas a partir de relações sociais, as quais, externamente, visam separar as coletividades e, internamente, unir um grupo por meio de práticas de discurso e das relações políticas, sociais, econômicas e culturais, ... O conceito de fronteiras utilizado é o de que são ocorrências políticas geradas a partir de relações sociais, as quais, externamente, visam separar as coletividades e, internamente, unir um grupo por meio de práticas de discurso e das relações políticas, sociais, econômicas e culturais (HOUTUM, 2005;PAASI, 1996). Seminar Series Explore. studies has arguably shifted from boundary studies to border studies. A segurança nas fronteiras é realidade multifacetada em que questões locais se articulam com problemas nacionais, regionais e internacionais. Skip to main content. 10, iss. By claiming that all borders are human-made, and by den, there are natural borders, just as I find, natural in the first place. The course offers insights to the processes involved in resolving border and territorial disputes and tackling contemporary issues such as water conflict. It is marked by a significant shift in the understanding of borders. Y1 - 2012. E-mail: H.vanHoutum@fm.ru.nl, The Geopolitics of Borders and Boundaries, der studies, it can be argued that the dominant voice is now nota, even claiming that they have never been modern, but by and, a broader time-horizon these are merely nuances, relevant and immensely, fascinating to study as they may be. 04, October 200, ing at the current debate in geographical bor-, Some voices are more critical than others, some. In addition, he has written extensively about borders, boundaries and frontiers. To understand how maps contribute to legitimize power, in this particular case how do they contribute to build the discourse on EU borders, identity and territory. We use cookies to improve your website experience. However, when the territoriality of the state is debated by international relations theorists the discussion is overwhelmingly in terms of the persistence or obsolescence of the territorial state as an unchanging entity rather than in terms of its significance and meaning in different historical‐geographical circumstances. DGfG 2017). and restrictive membership are sacrosanct’. Let's use the following videos to examine the US-Mexico Border, boundaries and borderlands, and issues connected to the US geopolitical code: To Watch Obama on Mexico-US Border Situation (Full Speech, 7/9/2014) The border of Ukraine and Belarus had moved far to the west in 1945. The boundary remains a material and ideological geopolitical feature. Search all collections. The synergy could also inspire the ontological and epistemological discussions on bor-ders and boundaries. Address correspondence to Henk van Houtum, Nijmegen Centre for Border Research, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Recent initiatives in geography education have created an opportunity to teach about the margins (i.e., borderlands) from this marginalized perspective. political dividers, separate peoples of different nationalities and, therefore, geographer ‘must undertake investigations in th, That this was the conclusion of Minghi’s overview of 1963 says a lot, Ratzel and his view of the borders of nation-states. In the discipline of international relations, borders as one understands today, is associated with modernity and particularly the birth of the Westphalian state. Registered in England & Wales No. The geopolitics of Europe's identity : centers, boundaries, and margins. Introduction: Social welfare in the twenty-one countries of the Middle East and North Africa has been influenced by local cultural, political, social, The connection between memory, identity, and landscape transcends much of human experience. That is the question of the. They fall. The Great Powers and Urbanization Project (GPUP) Explore. ssentialistic and not focused on the line per se. In recent years, scholarly interest in boundaries and boundary work, on the one hand, and borders and bordering, on the other, has flourished across disciplines. boundaries, geopolitics was all about Great Powers and empires dividing up the world and imposing territorial control over it. The insight that the making of borders is the, social practices and habitus has lead to the study of b, such as (macro-)regions, cities or neighbourhoods, a border has become, of the works in border studies. Login; Hi, User . 4, (2005), pp. Radboud University & University of Eastern Finland, Geopolitics, Vol. January 2012; Authors: Haim Yacobi. During this first half of the twenti, ies was concentrated on the nature of borders in terms of their being good or, demarcations, in these times of war and military occupation and an underem-, phasis for an interest in borders during ‘normal’, border scholars in the present debate have radically turned away from, describing borders as natural. But this is to draw too bold a line between a world that is and a world that was. (2005). Their common social-integrative potential may help the Adyghe culture preserve its unique axiological world and forms of organization of social. O método utilizado é o método comparado, o que faz com que esse artigo também pertença ao campo da Política Comparada, já que esse é um campo definido por seu método. to states alone, making the claim of a territorial, lict management of a border, the societal, These two now classic distinctions are arguably a sign of the times as, based on the works of post-structuralists, ourdieu and De Certeau, that is used for studying, shield it off against the socio-spatially, from territory or society, but a socio-spatially, pointing to the psycho-analytical turn of human, in, philosopher Will Kymlicka argues that, ‘Any political theory’, he goes on to say, ‘which has nothing to say about, onservative view that existing boundaries, s are here and here to stay and the only thing that, s in border studies that needs continuation, I believe that. - Emilian Kavalski, Political Studies Review"The Geopolitics of Europe's Identity is an innovative and exciting excursion into the new geopolitics of political space. Areas are identified in which critical geopolitics could engage productively with research and scholarship in related fields. The Geopolitics, Resources and Territory MA will introduce you to legal, technical and practical factors of the creation and maintenance of international boundaries on land and sea, natural resource disputes. justified at all, ‘at least if these boun, freely, and living, working and voting in whatever part of the globe they see. Hence, what we have seen the last decade or so is an immense, growth of the focus of the representation of borders and natio, in the field of border studies. Volume 10, 2005 - Issue 4. For this purpose, pupils of the 9th grade, with and without migration background or experiences of flight were interviewed. N2 - Critical Border Studies emphasise how distinct political spaces are produced by borders. In this Talk, Agnew explains what’s going on in Italy, how borders crumble and the contingency of the nation … Indeed, borders have become prominent topics of research for a range of scholars from across the social sciences and humanities. They demarcate territorial claims, they separate what is own and what is free, they serve the spatial organisation of societies and they influence spatial identity constructions. The essentiality of this study was pioneered during The Second World War (Paasi, 2009). Wales, as a nation embedded with industrial, colonial, and linguistic legacies, faces significant challenges as it navigates the rapidly shifting geopolitics of Europe, the United Kingdom, and its own institutions. Geopolitics. of a debate on good and bad borders, in other words, the ethics and justice of, socio-spatial borders. I place the role of the Welsh Government, minority voices, and economic processes within the broader economic, historical, cultural, and political landscape of Wales. 29 Citations; 960 Downloads; Log in to check access. Borderlands present distinctive sites and situations in daily life and have implications for issues combining politics, society, culture, history, and the environment. Abstract: The hypothesis of this paper is that border policies closer to the realistic paradigm, especially in the field of security, for borders make it difficult, if not preclude, cooperation and integration of borders. It includes dates of declarations of independence, changes in country name, changes of capital city or name, and changes in territory such as the annexation, cession, concession, occupation, or secession of land. In a way, decades is a turn from a focus on boundar, borders as socio-territorial constructs. In Wales, this transoptic and multicultural understanding of Welsh history, memory, landscape, and identity may illuminate future pathways of inclusion and empowerment throughout the nation’s minority populations. The geographic perspective, comprised of myriad ways of understanding and interpreting the world, couples readily with border studies. It discusses how various colonial assumptions have blended with the local, and how colonial and postcolonial circumstances have intersected with social welfare by way of geopolitical conflict and interethnic disputes and weakened political institutions and socioeconomic effects related to poverty, inequality, and political repression. The study of borders has moved beyond the limited confines of the political geography discourse, crossing its own disciplinary boundaries, to include sociologists, political scientists, historians, international lawyers and scholars of international relations. Here we present the edited transcripts of the presentations. This book pursues an original perspective on Europe's shifting extent and geopolitical standing: how countries and spaces marginal to it impact on Europe as a center. Logout. The Geopolitics of Europe’s Identity Centers, Boundaries, and Margins. 2005. Muchas de estas expediciones fueron clandestinas debido a los problemas de demarcación de límites y las consecuencias geopolíticas que tuvo la firma del Tratado de Tordesillas, This paper traces the major discussions of “world” or “non-Christian” religions in the speeches, promotion, and scholarly texts related to InterVarsity Christian Fellowship’s triennial “Urbana” Student Missionary Convention, beginning with its 1946 initiation at the University of Toronto and concluding with the final 1960s convention, held in 1967 at the University of Illinois’s Urbana-Champaign, The phenomenon of Adygag’e as an institutional determinant of integration of the Circassians, together with religion as an ideological and language as an instrumental determinant, may act as a factor of sociocultural unification of the Adyghe ethnicity. This article explores the social processes of making and reproducing borders through economic activities. Register to receive personalised research and resources by email, The Geopolitics of Borders and Boundaries, Nijmegen Centre for Border Research, Radboud University , The Netherlands, /doi/pdf/10.1080/14650040500318522?needAccess=true. 53–68. Si bien es cierto que el encuentro de Solís con los indígenas fue desafortunado 1 , análisis de fuentes posteriores pero del mismo período nos demuestran que la interacción entre ambas sociedades –la indígena y la europea– estuvo oscilando entre hostilidades e intercambios de bienes e información y, a medida que la población europea se expandía y consolidaba, esta interacción se fue diversificando. as to differentiate between boundaries, borders, borderlands . El diario de viaje de Solís se ha extraviado pero, a través de los primeros cronistas, nos llegaron las primeras noticias de los grupos étnicos que habitaban sus costas. Over the course of time, the scholarship in border studies evolved from an ancillary area of academic interest within the disciplines of geography and history to a domain of interdisciplinary knowledge. Although I, that there are natural borders, I feel that the present total neglect for a discus-, One, by claiming that all borders are human-made the present de. Environmental determinists or geopoli-, ators of socially constructed mindscapes and meaning. Borders and boundaries are entangled, but they promote different forms and experiences of inclusion and exclusion. For this purpose, selected digital games were first examined and then participating observations and interviews with players of these games were conducted.The empirical results of the second and third partial study indicate that the everyday perceptions of pupils are particularly influenced by simple, one-dimensional, naturalized notions of boundaries. Cities, Geopolitics, and the International Legal Order Report and Thought Pieces. 2002. This edited volume explores the crossings, permeations, and constructions of cultural and political borders between peoples and territories, examining how walls, borders, and boundaries signify both interdependence and contact within sites of conflict and separation. Henk Van Houtum. borders are ‘a source of embarrassment for liberals of all stripes’. Why do we see borders still as given? 25.02.2019. A frontier, can, thus, be defined as a politico-geographical area, lying beyond defined borders of a political unit into which expansion could take place (for instance, European penetration into the Zulu-Natal area and, in modern times, Antarctica). The Geopolitics of Borders and Boundaries. Contrary to arbitrary borders, borderlands are distinctive places in themselves, with dimensions spanning the economic, social, cultural, theoretical, and historical (Anderson and O'Dowd 1999;Chang 2010;Newman 2006a;Newman 2006b;Paasi 2013; ... Так, с помощью концепций «близости» (proximity) и «дистанции» (distance) изучают процессы формирования и изменения социальных связей, солидарности и идентичности под влиянием взаимодействий через границу [21]. In the present debate, at least in the constructivistic, dominant wing, artificial is not in use anymore either. Boundaries and borders have continually maintained their position as crucial research points in political geography, despite their varying relevance over past centuries. 3099067 Even when political rule is territorial, territoriality does not necessarily entail the practices of total mutual exclusion which dominant understandings of the modern territorial state attribute to it. But the information revolution brought on by the internet has reduced all boundaries as just reference points. It seems that the time has come to study the role ethnic cultures have played at different times in history and in different political contexts and to identify the principles and methods of an analysis of culture as a social phenomenon, its aims and potentials within a sociocultural analysis, and the conditions, tasks, and boundaries within which cultural policy can be realized in the Caucasus. Conventional thinking relies on three geographical assumptions ‐ states as fixed units of sovereign space, the domestic/foreign polarity, and states as ‘containers’ of societies ‐ that have led into the ‘territorial trap’. The social transformations going on in Russia in the conditions of globalization are changing the way of life of the peoples and their cultural landmarks. Spatial borders are a very complex social and geographical phenomenon. Why, from an economic perspective, is the economy not borderless? Boundary analysis has focused on the international scale, since international boundaries provide perhaps the most explicit manifestation of the large-scale connection between politics and geography. UK. Let’s look at a series of political maps below that explains Europe’s current geopolitical realities. 4, pp. This demonstrated transoptic understanding of landscape may be applied not only to Wales’ complicated geographies but to those nations and peoples facing similar challenging memory work across Europe and the globe. I believe, the present debate and field of border studies would be, ophy some interesting new insights are being given with regard. There were many questions about borders that were mumbled about. Y1 - 2012. [22], а отсутствие значимых различий и исчезновение «непривычности» зарубежных мест снижает их привлекательность для посетителей. Driven by data. Russia then retreated essentially to its 17th century borders — except that it retained control of Siberia, which is either geopolitically irrelevant or a liability. I It is a physical and moral concept which implied looking outwards and moving outwards. After this, it examines social policy and welfare services and how they are influenced and fostered in different countries. Geopolitics: Vol. In preparing these transcripts, we thank Lea Doughty, Lisa Marr and the Centre for Global Migrations at the University of Otago. been the widening of the ontology and epistemology of borders. This literature analyses geopolitics as discourse and also deconstructs policy texts to examine the use of geographical reasoning in statecraft. Back to main menu . The contributions in this Special Issue address this issue from multiple perspectives that reflect a variety of disciplines and theoretical backgrounds and are informed by different case studies in Europe and beyond. This article aims to explore a paradoxical co-existence of various forms and models of trans-border interactions in areas of direct adjacency of Norway and Russia. Mo, times we are living in that Antipode, the journal of radical geog, the anti-essentialist, anti-determinist (and anti-neo-liberal) ap, back to that important and thought-provoking q, does humankind produce borders? The authors review and locate the emerging literature of critical geopolitics. geopolitics, he has written widely on the views of international actors on place, borders and territory and the relationship of those concepts to political power. Next it looks at the role of social work and social service education and the relevance of this sector among the different regions. The main theoretical argument is that the geopolitics of cities have to do with a crossing of scales – from the neighbourhood scale to the city level and then to the colonial apparatuses of the state. Ample literature exists on the study of borderlands from the geographical perspective (for example, see Anderson and O'Dowd 1999;Chang 2010;Nail 2016; ... Ideas about borders have shifted over time (Anderson and O'Dowd 1999;Newman 2006b;Paasi 2013;Rumsford 2012; ... On the other hand, borders are an intense and wide ranging subject of study as "they are at once gateways and barriers to the 'outside world', protective and imprisoning, areas of opportunity and/or insecurity, zones of contact and/or conflict, of co-operation and/ or competition, of ambivalent identities and/or the aggressive assertion of difference" (Anderson and O'Dowd 1999, p. 595). This is a timeline of country and capital changes around the world since 1900. Bu kapsamda uluslararası literatürde sınır kavramı, bir hat olarak ifade edilen sınır kavramından, belirli bir bölgeyi ifade eden, sosyal ve ekonomik farklılıkların iletişim kurdukları eylem mekânlarına evrilmiştir. Events Explore. Borders and Boundaries Project Personnel. A fronteira é uma porção geográfica, a qual se singulariza por ser uma parte territorial sensível ao contato com ou-tras nações, as quais comportam regras e instituições que podem diferir do país vizinho. Border issues began to drive events again. Finally, we argue that an intersectional perspective makes it possible to establish how the interplay of different social categories affects the articulations and repercussions of borders and boundaries. ferently, the attention has moved away from the study of the evolution and, practices that constitute and represent differences in space. B/ordering in th, cally the desire to distance oneself from the othe, evolutionary psychology and environmental psychol. Recent studies include analyses of the postmodern ideas of territoriality and the ‘disappearance’ of borders, the construction of sociospatial identities, socialization narratives in which boundaries are responsible for creating the ‘us’ and the ‘Other’, and the different scale dimensions of boundary research. Strictly anchored in the strategic and utilitarian logic and necessity, border largely remained the sensitive and sovereign limits of the state that is to be religiously preserved and protected. -Authors. 10, No. The European Union (EU) integration process in particular has created demand for such studies of its internal borders and the changing views about them. 10, No. The boundary remains a material and ideological geopolitical feature. Back to main menu. The overviews of the field of border studies in, this clear. Entretanto. A SEGURANÇA NA FRONTEIRA ENTRE BRASIL E PARAGUAI: É POSSÍVEL COOPERAR? campus. Seminar Series Explore. The final section recognizes the trends and challenges facing this sector in an ever-changing world as these countries continue to develop regional models of practice. FGEO 1465-0045 0000-0000 Geopolitics, Vol. This commentary provides some reflections on van Houtum and van Naerssen’s paper that seek to foster not only an appreciation of the research avenues it has opened but also a critical interrogation of its shortcomings. The Geopolitics, Resources and Territory MA will introduce you to legal, technical and practical factors of the creation and maintenance of international boundaries on land and sea, natural resource disputes. Geopolitics. Please see Oxford entry below and for more details at http://www.oxfordbibliographiesonline.com/view/document/obo-9780195389678/obo-9780195389678-0082.xml?rskey=NCS1bS&result=6&q=International%20Social%20Work%20and%20Social%20Welfare#firstMatch While for Wilson and Donnan (2012a, p. 18) the nation-state remains "the central thread running through" border studies, others, ... Bu durum uluslararası ticaretin gerçekleştiği sınır bölgelerini daha da önemli hale getirmektedir. There were exceptions to the rule, but the overall view, only fifteen years after the dramatic first half of the century in which, ders. track these processes through a landscape analysis. Geographers have sought to place the notions of boundary within other social theoretical constructs, while other social scientists have attempted to understand the role of space and, in some cases, territory in their understanding of personal, group, and national boundaries and identities. globe? But this is to draw too bold a line between a world that is and a world that was. This research aims to define trends within these geographical studies in terms of the EU integration process and discover commonalities of themes and methods within them. Políticas de Segurança e Defesa das Fronteiras Paraguaias e Uruguaias com o Brasil / Security and Defense Policies along the Paraguayan and Uruguayan Borders with Brazil, Editorial: Revisiting Borders and Boundaries: Exploring Migrant Inclusion and Exclusion from Intersectional Perspectives, Sınır Bölgelerinde Sosyo-Mekânsal Etkileşim ve Yönetişim: Türkiye Örneği, Grenzen im Kopf - Untersuchungen von Lernvoraussetzungen und digitalen Spielen zur Thematisierung räumlicher Grenzen im Geographieunterricht, Russian – Norwegian Borderlands: Three Facets of Geopolitics, Situating the Sino-Indian Border of Tawang in the Border Studies Discourse, Revisiting ‘Bordering, Ordering and Othering’: An Invitation to ‘Migrate’ Towards A Politics of Hope, An Overview of European Geographical Research on Borders and Border Regions, Fences and Neighbours in the Postmodern World: Boundary Narratives in Political Geography, The Territorial Trap: The Geographical Assumptions of International Relations Theory, Territorial Boundaries: A Liberal Egalitarian Perspective, Borders of Comfort: Spatial Economic Bordering Processes in and by the European Union, Toward a Deliberative Model of Democratic Legitimacy, Ethnic Groups and Boundaries: The Social Organization of Culture Difference, Cartopolitics: Radical cartography and European geopolitics, Architecture, Spatial Planning and Politics, NOTA PRIMEROS CONTACTOS E INTERACCIÓN EN LAS COSTAS DEL PLATA A PRINCIPIOS DEL SIGLO XVI. Boundaries produce similarities and differences that affect the enforcement, performance and materialisation of borders, which themselves contribute to the reproduction of boundaries. The Continuing Relevance of Borders in Contemporary Contexts. In so doing, I conclude by taking up van Houtum and van Naerssen’s invitation to problematise the border, questioning certainty and securities provided by the exclusive modern state‐centric way of thinking borders based on fixed and everlasting binary framing, which blind us to the constant state of becoming of political and social order. Notwithstanding the close relationship between the two concepts, "borders" and "boundaries" have largely been subject to separate scholarly debates or sometimes treated as synonymous. Contemporary events call this approach into question. And at, Re-reading the classic works of Minghi and Prescott has once again. Böröcz and Sarkar assert that the EU simply cannot qualify as a state as conceived by conventional definitions of state- … The geopolitics of Europe's borders. The return to geo-, conclusion of his 1963 paper, that is, ‘the study of internat, in political geography, however, must also take the view that boundaries, as. Houtum H. van (2005), “The Geopolitics of Borders and Boundaries”, Geopolitics, 10, 4, pp. The peoples of Russia, the Caucasian peoples in the first place, are keenly aware of the critical reassessment of their cultural-civilizational identity, which is manifested in forms of sociocultural, ethnopolitical, and national self-awareness. The Geopolitics of Europe’s Identity Centers, Boundaries, and Margins. It has lead to a bordering, value of each and every study copying this template for a specific case or, adding an interesting insight on another performance outlet of the construc-, tion of borders, I believe the present debate is somewhat out of, Maybe in this sense there is a similarity, of the twentieth century. The authors have studied the specifics of the emergence of the Adyghes’ social-integrative potential in its historical perspective based on “Adygag’e” as a social-regulatory system. Globalization as we know it today did not just come out of geographical thin air and it has definite geopolitical roots and biases. This book pursues an original perspective on Europe's shifting extent and geopolitical standing: how countries and spaces marginal to it impact on Europe as a center. To be more precise, in, ing the fascinating width and range of border studies. How is the process of establishing and maintaining boundaries an important part of geopolitical practice? 10, No. It could lead to fresh debates on what lines in spaces The traditional adyghe culture in the context of globalization: Social integration as a factor of de... International social work and social welfare: Middle East and North Africa, THE MEMORY WORK OF WELSH HERITAGE: MULTIDIMENSIONAL LANDSCAPES OF A MULTINATIONAL WALES. This has had a tremendous effec, ies and possibly is, in our time of postmodernisation of scie, explanations of the mushrooming of study centres, conferences and articles, on borders. In the third study, the focus was on the representations and concepts of digital games with regard to spatial boundaries and their potential for being addressed in geography lessons. The author argues that Urbana sources enlarge the understanding of postwar American evangelicals’ concerns about non-Christian religions by showing that evangelicals assessed the religions’ implications for global evangelization as secondary to those of other geopolitical developments, chiefly Communism, postcolonial nationalism, and internationalism. USD 59.99 Instant download; Readable on all devices; Own it forever; Local sales tax included if applicable; Buy Physical Book Learn about institutional subscriptions. En un trabajo anterior (Latini 2010), hemos estudiado la forma en que toda la región del litoral argentino, el sur de Brasil y el actual Uruguay se fue conformando como espacio de frontera a medida que avanzaba el período colonial. Borders, Boundaries and Frontiers: Notes on Jerusalem's Present Geopolitics ... geopolitics by suggesting that the geopolitics of cities have much to do with the crossing of scales – from the neighbourhood scale to the city level and then to the colonial apparatus of the state. Your Account. All content in this area was uploaded by Henk van Houtum on Jan 12, 2019, What a joy it was. Buy this book eBook 53,49 ... and indeed philosophical investigations are closely connected with an in-depth empirical knowledge of the various borders and boundary zones of contemporary Europe. They will have to look for their place in the emerging world order, as well as their road to the future and a new self-identity in the context of the sociocultural and geopolitical processes unfolding in the region and around it. Why are we still haun, from a biological point of view or it is merely a strategic choice than can be, put on and off? Rather, I would welcome very much, a more lively and engaged discussion on the justification of our borderings, per se. Moreover, Mr Foucher is member of the Council of Foreign Affairs (Paris). The answers to these questions are of immense importance for a better understanding of the sociocultural practices in Russia as a whole and in its polyethnic regions in particular (Adygea being one of them). Heather N. Nicol et al. anthropology, the definition is usually precisely opposite, here a boundary, generally means the socio-spatially constructed differences between cultures/. Geography Education and the Borderlands: Using a Marginalized Discipline to Teach about the Margins, BORDERS, NEIGHBORS, AND NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE LIFE OF SMALL RUSSIAN BORDER TOWNS. The study of borders has moved beyond the limited confines of the political geography discourse, crossing its own disciplinary boundaries, to include sociologists, political scientists, historians, international lawyers and scholars of international relations. So, here goes… Why property? What precisely drives the seemingly persistent human moti-, vation to call a territory one’s or our own, to demarcate. The “right,” conversely, will be incensed by my principled objections to political borders and walls. We are children of, our time. In this article I suggest that the order of this relationship should be reversed. THE GEOPOLITICS OF EUROPE’S BORDERS THE GEOPOLITICS OF EUROPE’S BORDERS STEFAN PAUN 2009-01-01 00:00:00 ŞTEFAN PĂUN Politehnica University ABSTRACT. International Bulletin of Mission Research. ‘Bordering, Ordering and Othering’ is a landmark in the scholarship of the ‘processual turn’ in border studies. struction of a socio-spatial (id)entity – not, question might reveal to us, why the b/ordering of space, in whatever form, or shape, seems such a persistent constitu, gaining insight into the immanent powers of the b/orderi, might learn to be more perceptive and sensitiv, for the construction of territorial demarcation and d, could perhaps unlearn to see borders as given, fixed, linear or stab, instead constitute a more open perspective on territoriality in which the, constructed and hence always dynamic configuration of personalised social, relations and networks – coincides with the territorial borders and markers, would like to make a plea to return, with t, genealogical knowledge of the social constructions of borders in our ruck-, view, there are some new promising researches that have recently been, started up in geography that could be of value t, geography, including a fundamental theorisation of fear and desire, as nota-, Deleuze and Guattari and their followers. The model is also the basis for the two follow-up studies. Agnew later called the territorial trap of the state. And yet, I am concerned with how the b/ordering‐othering perspective can be questioned and broadened. 10. In geopolitics, boundaries are dividing lines between territorial entities such as places or states. For this purpose, three partial studies were carried out and their results published in professional journals. 10, iss. By Tarek Osman (@TarekmOsman) Presenter: The Making of the Modern Arab World. DANS is an institute of KNAW and NWO. In other words, the. It, scholar to be reminded again by Minghi that boundaries touch the heart of the, are in the dominant academic thinking of the various times. Ethnic Groups and Boundaries: the Social Organiza-, (London, George Allen and Unwin 1969); H. Donnan and T. Wi, Review of International Political Economy. These borderlands highlight a geography of cultural groups that do not lie neatly within state boundaries, but often spill over territorial lines—woven together across the globe in networks of migration and cultural associations that intersect state boundaries. interesting authors writing on these borders before Ratzel. In what way does, What reality are we making when b/ordering ourselves and others? are there borders in the first place? geopolitics which have interesting things, different from todays’ approach? Breaking Down Europe on Map T1 - Cartopolitics, Geopolitics and Boundaries in the Arctic. Title: The geopolitics of borders and boundaries: Author(s): Houtum, H.J. [Noel Parker;] -- This book pursues an original perspective on Europe's shifting extent and geopolitical standing: how countries and spaces marginal to it impact on Europe as a center. Where in the early 1960s, the field of border studies was pre-dominantly focused on the study of the, demarcation of boundaries, the lines, now the field of boundaries and border. Geopolitics (from Greek γῆ gê "earth, land" and πολιτική politikḗ "politics") is the study of the effects of Earth's geography (human and physical) on politics and international relations. Borders and boundaries, commonly defined as the lines dividing distinct political, social, or legal territories, are arguably the most ubiquitous features within the field of political geography. New York, NY: Springer. Back to main menu. Published online: 1 Aug 2012. Title: The geopolitics of borders and boundaries: Author(s): Houtum, H.J. 4, (2005), pp. State boundaries have constituted a major topic in the tradition of political geography. Go to page top Go back to contents Go back to site navigation Get this from a library! The border of the Soviet Union collapsed, and a multitude of countries popped up to reclaim their past. Published online: 1 Aug 2012. More precisely, boundary, studies (where the border is) and border studies (how the border is socially, constructed) have in fact grown apart, have become detached from each, other to become separate subfields. boundaries, geopolitics was all about Great Powers and empires dividing up the world and imposing territorial control over it. ... geopolitics: From Rudolf Kjellen to a Swedish ‘Dual State,’" Geopolitics 10 (2005): 546–66. constructed and constitutive Them, the Others. van: Publication year: 2005: Source: Geopolitics, vol. 672-679. Security on the Border Between Brazil and Paraguay: is it Possible to Cooperate? Back to main menu. AU - Strandsbjerg, Jeppe. What exactly is protected when borders are produced? Houtum H. van & Pijpers R. (2007), “The European Union as a Gated Community: The Two-Faced Border and Immigration Regime of the EU”, Antipode 39, 2, pp. He also edited two thought-provoking atlases, “Fragments d’Europe” (1998) and “Asies nouvelles” (2002). The Geopolitics of Borders and Boundaries. When nations engage in the creation of memories and landscapes, the resulting memory work upon identity and the narratives and discourses of a nation can influence sense of belonging and other cultural criteria. Despite eyecatching, or perhaps more accurately “book-selling,” cries of the end of the Published. Palavras-chave: Fronteiras; Brasil; Paraguai; Segurança; Defesa; Política Comparada. The past decade has witnessed a renewed interest in boundaries, both within geography and from the wider field of social theory. T&F logo. Both subfields h, tional expertise centres, their own journals and the, discussion between the two subfields, were no, and a possible (land-artistic) re-visioning of the border(land). Since the fall of the communist regimes, we have been witnessing in Europe two phenomena that dominate the geopolitical scene: on the one hand there is integration, with the advance of the borders of the European Union (EU) towards the east through its two enlargements, and on the other hand there is disintegration, as expressed by social crisis, and latent tensions and conflicts in the countries found beyond the said border. [1] For example, states require boundaries to provide legitimacy for their control over their citizens. This Special Issue tackles this conceptual gap by bringing the two fields of studies together: we argue that boundaries/boundary work and borders/ bordering should be treated as interrelated rather than distinct phenomena. The present dissertation summarizes these three studies against the background of theoverarching research question: "How can the current state of research in political geographyregarding bordersbe conceptualized and developed further in order to be used in geography lessons?“ The first part of the study provides a theoretical basis by developing a model for dealing with borders from a didactic perspective. 04, October 200 5: pp. the debate on the why of borders in geopolitics and political geography. In doing so, this paper proposes an evolutionary analytical framework to analyze the emergence of borders by looking at the process from the perspectives of frontiers, boundaries, and borders. , Borderlines 18, (Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press 2001). По мнению ряда ученых, социальные и культурные контакты могут развивать чувство близости и доверия, способствуя установлению отношений, ... С одной стороны, различия между территориями, уникальность и незнакомость чужих мест способствуют пересечению границ с различными целями (туризм, досуг, шопинг и т.д.) It offers an impression of the current ‘state of the art’ of existing literature that deals in various ways with the concept of the border of the state. 7 Borders could be defined in several ways (Starr and Most, 1976); however, even regarding the same kind of borders, not all border communities have the same characteristics, since not all are dissected by the border in the same way (Wilson and Donnan, 1998). Houtum H. van and Boedeltje F. (2009), “Europe’s Shame. With geography at the core, borders and border studies illustrate the relationship between global societal changes and their impact on places along the margins. AU - Strandsbjerg, Jeppe. Terrorism and the International Legal Order, with Special Reference to the UN, the EU and Cross-Border Aspects. T1 - Cartopolitics, Geopolitics and Boundaries in the Arctic. Why border lines drawn with a ruler in WW1 still rock the Middle East. Grounded in humanistic political geography (HPG) and the ideas of philosopher Edward Casey, this work proposes a three-pronged organizational framework (HPG borderland theory) for teaching about borderlands: 1) borderlands as historical documents, 2) places of convergence, and 3) expressions. The argument around the hypothesis raised considers the interaction between the domestic and external spheres. international boundaries and borders – political, economic, legal and ethical, and, in 2020, health – are being acutely challenged. It remains to be seen which of the structures of ethnic culture will be affected and to what extent, as well as the direction in which these changes will move. Durante mucho tiempo se pensó que los encuentros iniciales entre los europeos y los grupos étnicos de la región del Plata fueron hostiles. can be critically engaged with is the way borders are being produced and, this lens could be widened to open up for a debate on alternative ways to, produce territories and spatialise our so, question why humans are producing and reproducing borders, but also what, are there socio-spatial alternatives that could be produced? In the post-contemporary world, in which globalization creates localization, while localization, in turn, leads to globalization, it has become especially important to study all transformations of the ethno-linguistic cultures. Rethinking borders as processes has significantly contributed to the conceptual evolution of borders. The questions of Political Geography and New Cultural Geography regarding how the production of specific spaces (also and especially through the drawing of boundaries) affects the production of specific social realities cannot be answered competently by students. The method used is the comparative method, which makes this article also belong to the Comparative Policy field, since this is a field defined by its method. As argued above, the balance in the present boundary/border, studies, is now leaning towards border studies. ON PROPERTY AND BORDERS. Since its founding as the International Boundaries Research Unit in 1989, IBRU has been the world’s leading research centre on international boundary making and dispute resolution, creating impact through the services it provides to the public and private sectors. 5 Howick Place | London | SW1P 1WG. Modern geopolitics was the politics of border construction but the way borders came to be understood changed dramatically over time. The Geopolitics of Borders and Boundaries 675 structural and (im)moral consequences and representations of that border, and a possible (land-artistic) re-visioning of the border(land). Wardenga 2002), which also form the basis of national educational standards (cf. Host an Event at Perry World House Explore. Our Spaces. The course offers insights to the processes involved in resolving border and territorial disputes and tackling contemporary issues such as water conflict. Borders are no longer identified as geometries of strategic significance, rather as a dynamic process in itself. existence. Our main hypothesis is that the structural conditions of securitization that became dominant in NATO-Russia relations after the annexation of Crimea and the war in Donbas produce different effects all across the borderline, directly affecting borderland communities, including mobility, connectivity and public security. Geopolitics, 10:672-79. van Krieken, Peter. logically focuses on the construction of borders, in other words, performances and stories. In this article I suggest that the order of this relationship should be reversed. (Cardiff: Welsh Academic Press forthcoming). For international boundaries, which forms a key focus of the course, van Houtum’s 2005 article: “The Geopolitics of Borders and Boundaries” is a recurring text in the MA’s core module. His most influential work is undoubtedly “Fronts et frontières” (1988, 1991). This entry focuses primarily on how the ideals of social welfare have been established within these countries throughout the past century. Cities, Geopolitics, and the International Legal Order Report and Thought Pieces. Past Seminar Series. At the time, I thought of it more in terms of political geography, and then it developed as part of geopolitics. Borders, Boundaries and Frontiers: Notes on Jerusalem's Present Geopolitics. He is currently Professor of geography and geopolitics at the Ecole Normale Supérieure (Paris Ulm). Alexander B. Murphy (no date) ‘Historical Justifications for Territorial Claims’, Annals of the Association of American Geographers . Search: Search all titles . On the one hand, globalization, which irrevocably intrudes into the spiritual sphere of the smaller peoples, the Circassians being one of them, is destroying the national partitions and importing global (not necessarily American or Western) values, thus unifying ethnic cultures. The cliché of a globalized, borderless world in which national borders drawn on maps no longer matter is rendered hollow by the reality that, although SARS-CoV-2 spread is not prevented by political boundaries per se, the effectiveness of the overall response to the COVID-19 pandemic is contingent on decisions made within but resonating far beyond those boundaries. Aquí proponemos detenernos únicamente en las costas del Plata y analizar la interacción entre los primeros conquistadores y los diversos grupos étnicos que la habitaban. Had Russia lost Chechnya, its eastern flank would have been driven out of the Caucasus completely, leaving it without a geopolitical anchor. PY - 2012. С другой стороны, слишком большие социокультурные различия провоцируют возникновение ментальных границ, ограничивающих трансграничные взаимодействия, ... Na América do Sul, o uti possidetis de facto e de juris foram acepções divergentes que embasaram as negociações políticas e os conflitos regionais por porções territoriais (CERVO, 2010). To learn about our use of cookies and how you can manage your cookie settings, please see our Cookie Policy. All rights reserved. The North Caucasian peoples will have no choice but to adjust themselves to the development of world civilization. Publications. Prof. David Newman: “Basically the work I did on Israeli geopolitics; on Israel and the West Bank, boundaries, settlements and I realised that territorial trend is a very important part of understanding global political change. [Noel Parker;] -- This book pursues an original perspective on Europe's shifting extent and geopolitical standing: how countries and spaces marginal to it impact on Europe as a center. Geopolitics and political geography then simultaneously justify and legitimate a confrontation like in the days of the Cold War or give a picture of the inequalities that characterize the present (and past) world economy with regard to the representations of a world without limits, borders and boundaries. In this introduction, we elaborate the two concepts separately before examining possible ways to link them theoretically. Amazon.com: The Geopolitics of Europe’s Identity: Centers, Boundaries, and Margins (9781403982056): Parker, N.: Books ... and indeed philosophical investigations are closely connected with an in-depth empirical knowledge of the various borders and boundary zones of contemporary Europe. It is in this shift in discourse that the chapter attempts to situate the Sino-Indian border of Tawang, anchoring it in its historical and contextual matrix. This chapter provides a brief but detailed overview of the study of borders in IR, critical geopolitics and the interdisciplinary subfield of border studies. Have we in the meantime learned to, bypass or avoid falling into the state border trap? PY - 2012. Buy eBook. Volume 10, 2005 - Issue 4. what is the ethical difference between th, since in democratic societies citizens are not prisoners, and the right for oth-. Again, this discus, present time and knowledge, but the questi, Are borders justified and if so, to what ex, selves and thereby deny the liberty of acce, moral difference between citizens and stra, lier boundary studies of the first half century I would then not so much be, then one engages oneself with the slippery, tion of natural or military lines in space. This has to do with the impact of borders and territoriality, the role of which is not diminishing. His most influe The end of the Cold War, the increased velocity and volatility of the world economy, and the emergence of political movements outside the framework of territorial states, suggest the need to consider the territoriality of states in historical context. Still, almost routinely, the field of border, studies is related to state borders and the adjacen, with good grounds, as states still are important territorial dividers in our, daily world, but still, in my view the concept of borders i, the philosophy and practices of b/ordering and othering, of fixing of territo-. A theoretical discussion of borders and margins is developed, and set against nine studies of countries, regions, and identities seen as marginal to Europe. National strategies … Geography lessons occupy a key position at this point and can therefore make a significantcontribution to the political education of students by not describing these spatial-political boundaries as natural phenomena, but instead by highlighting how they are constructed communicatively and socially and what consequences these spatial and borderconstructions have on different scales and for different individuals and groups. Neil Lock. 22.12; University College London; Download full-text PDF Read full-text. It is also my hope that this study presents a viable extension to landscape analysis through a transoptic understanding which includes, yet reaches beyond, the material into the sonic, experiential, or even spiritual. This entry examines, first, the economic, social, and political features of social welfare services in different countries at various stages of development. Borders and Boundaries Project Personnel. This is related to the fact that the consequences and impacts of borders and territoriality are not diminishing. © 2008-2020 ResearchGate GmbH. entre las coronas de España y Portugal en 1494 (Chaves 1968), que fijaba una línea divisoria entre las posesiones de ambos reinos. It’s an invitation to ‘migrate’ towards an alternative politics of hope. But each country has evolved differently due to distinctive historical, socioeconomic, and demographic factors. The geopolitics of Europe's identity : centers, boundaries, and margins. Por este motivo, los historiadores reconocen como el "descubridor oficial" del Río de la Plata a Juan Díaz de Solís, quien en 1516 tomó posesión de ese río a nombre del rey de España. * Descriptions of land and maritime boundaries and a summary of territorial settlements and treaties between contiguous countries * A geopolitical index, assigned to each country border, considering all aspects of geography-including physical, historical, economic, strategic, and social dimensions--and all levels of political decision-making INTRODUCCIÓN A principios del siglo XVI, los conquistadores europeos, tanto portugueses como españoles, navegaron por vez primera las aguas del Río de la Plata en su afán de incorporar nuevos territorios a sus dominios. People and groups construct territory by creating, maintaining, and defending boundaries. Have we become afraid to be named an essentialist or determinist, a critical or radical lens on society. The borders in the Caucasus were poorly defined. Death at the Borders of the EU”, Antipode, 41, 2, pp. The “left” will hate my uncompromising views on private property. border is now understood as a verb in the sense of bordering. Indeed, borders have become prominent topics of research for a range of scholars from across the social sciences and humanities. doi: 10.1080/14650049808407607. In the beginning of the twentieth century, different themes were, debated, different approaches were popular and different views were held on, how to approach and study the boundary/border. Debates’, in H. Altink and S. Gemie (eds). Geopolitics refer to the physical and human geographic influences on political and international relations.