Border Studies (Geography)
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In the United States, immigration is generally seen as a law and order issue. Amidst increasing anti-immigrant sentiment, unauthorized migrants have been cast as lawbreakers. Governing Immigration Through Crime offers a comprehensive and... more
"Les recompositions territoriales sont à l'ordre du jour à l'échelle planétaire, au Sud comme au Nord. Il s’agit d'une part, d’une vague sans précédent de décentralisations et de redécoupages municipaux et régionaux associés ; et d'autre... more
In the United States, immigration is generally seen as a law and order issue. Amidst increasing anti-immigrant sentiment, unauthorized migrants have been cast as lawbreakers. Governing Immigration Through Crime offers a comprehensive and... more
""This article is an ethnographic study of a 29-kilometer stretch of cross-border highway located in South Albania and linking the city of Gjirokaster with the main checkpoint on the Albanian–Greek border. The road, its politics, and its... more
Roads and Anthropology is the first collection of road ethnographies, edited by two pioneers in the anthropological explorations of infrastructures, the essays published in this book aim to pave the way for that rising field of... more
Der Band setzt sich mit einem für Planung und Politik sowie räumliche Sozialforschung wichtigen, jedoch wenig beleuchteten Thema auseinander – mit dem Thema der Grenze. Dabei ist der Band auf unterschiedlichen Diskursebenen angesiedelt:... more
Cross-border integration is a multifaceted as well as contextually contingent process. While various conceptualizations have been developed, the theoretical foundations of the concept appear insufficient in order to grasp the very... more
Introtext UniGR-CBS Das UniGR-Center for Border Studies (UniGR-CBS) dient seit seiner Gründung als Modell für grenzüberschreitende Kooperation und stärkt die Rolle der Großregion als Zentrum wissenschaftlicher Exzellenz. Die intensive... more
This paper draws on the work of Michel Foucault in order to analyze the constellation of political strategies and power at the US/Mexico border wall. These strategies, however, are incredibly diverse and often directly antagonistic of one... more
This research was conducted in the border area in Sajingan Besar District, Sambas Regency, West Kalimantan, Indonesia, by focusing on the realization of the infrastructure aspect as the driving force of the development of the... more
Conférence sur la « Renaissance de la frontière » le 4 et 5 février avec des intervenant.e.s renommé.e.s Le 4 et 5 février prochain, expertes et experts des frontières viendront discuter à Sarrebruck des questions relatives à la... more
Hai-Nyzhnyk, Pavlo. Separate Corps of Border Guards (1918–1919) // Ukrainian Historical Journal. – 2022. – №2. – Р.61–78. Гай-Нижник П. Окремий корпус кордонної охорони (1918–1919 рр.) // Український історичний журнал. – 2022. – №2. –... more
The story of Roop and Satya, two Sikh women in a polygamous marriage in colonial India 1937-1947,
Irak-Kuveyt ilişkilerini belirleyen temel faktörlerin başında, Irak’ın bağımsızlığını kazandığı 1932 yılından itibaren Basra bölgesindeki çözülemeyen sınır sorunları gelmektedir. İki ülke arasındaki ilişkiler, kuruluşlarından itibaren... more
La construction européenne a redéfini la signification et les fonctions des frontières nationales. Cet article s’intéresse à cette mutation sous l’angle des pratiques des habitants de l’Arc jurassien franco-suisse. Une enquête par... more
Konferenz zum Thema "Renaissance der Grenze" am 4. und 5. Februar mit renommierten Rednern Über Fragen des (Wieder-)Auflebens von Grenzen, gerade auch in jüngsten pandemischen Zeiten, diskutieren Grenzexpertinnen und-experten am 4. und... more
After the Cold War theories about the overpassing of national borders emerged as preminent. The events occurred during the last 20 years put in crisis those theories: on one hand, the Islamic State represented the major challenge to the... more
Canada’s National Capital Region, the metropolitan area of Ottawa-Gatineau, is unique in that it is located on the most politically and symbolically charged border within the country: between the provinces of Ontario and Quebec. Although... more
This article sets out to summarise the policies, practices and experiences of immigration detention in contemporary Greece, as well as outlining how they have been critiqued domestically and internationally. The article proceeds to... more
Anu Sabhlok and Noor Sharma paint a picture of hope and heroism experienced as geographical imaginaries far from home by labor migrants in India who travel annually from the plains of Jharkhand to the mountains of Ladakh in order to build... more
The paper examines the processes of constructing liveable neighbourhoods in the walled city of Ahmedabad, in the context of 2002. Godhra carnage and subsequent anti-Muslim riots throughout Gujarat, India. The walled city of Ahmedabad have... more
Anu Sabhlok and Noor Sharma paint a picture of hope and heroism experienced as geographical imaginaries far from home by labor migrants in India who travel annually from the plains of Jharkhand to the mountains of Ladakh in order to build... more