Showing papers in "Journal of Borderlands Studies in 2021"
TL;DR: For those with a history of being racialized, the nature of British othering, necropolitics and policing of bodies has a trace in their history as discussed by the authors, and it is a painful realization for those who have been racialized.
Abstract: (B)ordering Britain offers an awakening and painful realization for those with a history of being racialized that the nature of British othering, necropolitics and policing of bodies has a traceabl...
35 citations
TL;DR: Theories of migration deterrence have long posited that border enforcement infrastructure pushes migration routes into more rugged and deadly terrain, driving an increase in migrant mortality as mentioned in this paper, which is not supported by empirical evidence.
Abstract: Theories of migration deterrence have long posited that border enforcement infrastructure pushes migration routes into more rugged and deadly terrain, driving an increase in migrant mortality. Appl...
32 citations
TL;DR: This paper argued that the mismatch between the legal fictions of the boundaries separating the states of late nineteenth century North America and the reality of local trans-border life helped to cause the divergence between the two.
Abstract: This article argues that the mismatch between the legal fictions of the boundaries separating the states of late nineteenth century North America and the reality of local trans-border life helped d...
22 citations
TL;DR: The common response to the broad challenges and the multiple overlapping crises has been to regress to regression to the past as mentioned in this paper, which is not the best approach in the Global North, where borders remain vitally important features.
Abstract: Borders remain vitally important features of our political world. Throughout the Global North, the common response to the broad challenges and the multiple overlapping crises has been to regress to...
22 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors cast light on the variety of informal payments and practices that govern the day-to-day interactions between traders and customs agents at border posts in low-income countries.
Abstract: Recent research has cast light on the variety of informal payments and practices that govern the day-to-day interactions between traders and customs agents at border posts in low-income countries. ...
19 citations
TL;DR: By juxtaposing local narratives of border experiences in two volatile regions, the Spain-Morocco border in Melilla and the India-Bangladesh border in Assam, the authors argues for the value of under-reported border experiences.
Abstract: By juxtaposing local narratives of border experiences in two volatile regions, the Spain–Morocco border in Melilla and the India–Bangladesh border in Assam, this paper argues for the value of under...
16 citations
TL;DR: The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) was conceived in 1975, primarily to facilitate free trade and movement of persons, goods and services within the sub-region as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: Established in 1975, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) was conceived, primarily to facilitate free trade and movement of persons, goods and services within the sub-region. Alth...
15 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the starting point of this paper is that when heritage become...When heritage become corrupted by selective memory politics, it is the borderlands that become focal sites for studying national war heritage and selective memory.
Abstract: Many borderlands have violent histories and therefore are focal sites for studying national war heritage and selective memory politics. The starting point of this paper is that when heritage become...
15 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors define borderlands as spaces of uncertainty and constant change, where decisions on the welcoming or refusal of migrants are taken, and these spaces are far less defined by geographical borders.
Abstract: Borderlands are spaces of uncertainty and constant change, where decisions on the welcoming or refusal of migrants are taken. Today those spaces are far less defined by geographical borders, and th...
15 citations
TL;DR: The "humanitarian border" that emerged at the Aegean Islands of Chios and Lesbos during the so-called "refugee crisis" arose out of various engagements with care and control.
Abstract: The “humanitarian border” that emerged at the Aegean Islands of Chios and Lesbos during the so called “refugee crisis” arose out of various engagements with care and control. A humanitarian border ...
14 citations
TL;DR: The Covid-19 pandemic has sparked numerous unintended social and political consequences, especially for border regions as many European states decided to temporarily close their borders as mentioned in this paper. This decis...
Abstract: The Covid-19 pandemic has sparked numerous unintended social and political consequences, especially for border regions as many European states decided to temporarily close their borders. This decis...
TL;DR: The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has been an occasion to reflect on the uneven geographies of threats and disasters in relation to diverse population groups, rising fundamental concerns on fundamental concerns as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has been an occasion to reflect on the uneven geographies of threats and disasters in relation to diverse population groups, rising fundamental concerns on iss...
TL;DR: In this article, the dynamic transformation of Yunnan's border regime during the early twenty-first century through the Great Western Development Strategy, Bridgehead and Belt and Road Initiati...
Abstract: This article details the dynamic transformation of Yunnan’s border regime during the early twenty-first century through the Great Western Development Strategy, Bridgehead and Belt and Road Initiati...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors identify key actors and explain the strategies they utilized in two recent border events: (1) the protests against the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline in Standing Rock, a...
Abstract: This article identifies key actors and explains the strategies they utilized in two recent border events: (1) the protests against the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline in Standing Rock, a...
TL;DR: In this paper, international migration attracts global concern as international migration and its remittances are highly important mechanisms with profound implications for family, community, and national and intrastate.
Abstract: International migration attracts global concern as international migration and its remittances are highly important mechanisms with profound implications for family, community, and national and int...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyse contemporary border security in West Africa and demonstrate that such practices blur the lines between national practices and technologies in the region and demonstrate the need to use transnational practices in border security.
Abstract: Security at the borders Transnational practices and technologies in West Africa aims at analyzing contemporary border security in West Africa and demonstrates that such practices blur the lines am
TL;DR: Migrant children are often represented through stereotypical narratives by media, governments and even researchers as mentioned in this paper, and these representations range from institutional narratives that reduce their experi cation to institutional narratives which reduce their experience.
Abstract: Migrant children are often represented through stereotypical narratives by media, governments and even researchers. These representations range from institutional narratives that reduce their exper...
TL;DR: In this paper, a multidisciplinary analysis of the Northern European policy drive to deport unaccompanied minors (UAMs) to so-called reception facilities in Kabul, Afghanistan is presented.
Abstract: This article develops a multidisciplinary analysis of the Northern European policy drive to deport unaccompanied minors (UAMs) to so-called reception facilities in Kabul, Afghanistan. These policie...
TL;DR: The concept of the European Administrative Space (EAS) has been introduced as part of European integration as mentioned in this paper, and the interaction between different administrative levels has become more intense over years.
Abstract: As part of European integration, the interaction between different administrative levels has become more intense over years. Accordingly the concept of the European Administrative Space (EAS) has b...
TL;DR: The externalized European "migration management" in West Africa has technologically modernized and militarized border posts as discussed by the authors, which threatens visa-free travel, freedom of settlement and borderland ec...
Abstract: The externalized European “migration management” in West Africa has technologically modernized and militarized border posts. This threatens visa-free travel, freedom of settlement and borderland ec...
TL;DR: After the end of World War II, the welfare workers of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) and, from 1947, the International Refugee Organization (IRO) took care of d...
Abstract: After the end of World War II, the welfare workers of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) and, from 1947, the International Refugee Organization (IRO) took care of d...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present an ethnographic evidence on the informal economic activities of the cattle traders on the border area of Bangladesh surrounding Indian state of West-Bengal.
Abstract: The article presents an ethnographic evidence on the informal economic activities of the cattle traders on the border area of Bangladesh surrounding Indian state of West-Bengal. On the basis of fie...
TL;DR: With the rise of authoritarian populism and critical border studies, as well as the continued presence of the Minutemen and borderlands studies, it is safe to say that sovereign borders are...
Abstract: With the rise of authoritarian populism and critical border studies, as well as the continued presence of the Minutemen and borderlands studies, it is safe to say that sovereign borders are...
TL;DR: A framework for thinking about borders in post-globalization scaffolds insights of emerging theory exemplary of prevailing in-betweenness of the border world is proposed in this article, where Epistemological advances frame dissens...
Abstract: A framework for thinking about borders in post-globalization scaffolds insights of emerging theory exemplary of prevailing in-betweenness of the border world. Epistemological advances frame dissens...
TL;DR: The rise of governance in border studies has become an opportunity to increase efficiency, generate better institutional arrangements and reduce the gap between theory and practice as discussed by the authors. But, however, the mu...
Abstract: The rise of governance in border studies has become an opportunity to increase efficiency, generate better institutional arrangements and reduce the gap between theory and practice. However, the mu...
TL;DR: In recent years, far-reaching urbanization and gentrification processes have been taking place in and around downtown San Diego These have been accompanied not just by structural upheavals, but by
Abstract: In recent years, far-reaching urbanization and gentrification processes have been taking place in and around downtown San Diego These have been accompanied not just by structural upheavals, but by
TL;DR: In this paper, the particular features of maritime border and migration controls and their differences to border enforcement on land are explored, drawing on how "classical" approaches to political geogr...
Abstract: This article explores the particular features of maritime border and migration controls and their differences to border enforcement on land. Drawing on how “classical” approaches to political geogr...
TL;DR: In this paper, the Slavonski corridor was used in 2015 and 2016 to facilitate and control the movement of refugees towards their destination countries in the EU in the Balkan region.
Abstract: The Balkan refugee corridor was active in 2015 and 2016 in order to facilitate and control the movement of refugees towards their destination countries in the EU. In this article, the Slavonski Bro...
TL;DR: On the example of the Austrian-Slovenian borderlands Upper Carniola and Lower Styria under National Socialist occupation, the authors examines Germanization practices directed at youth as part of t...
Abstract: On the example of the Austrian-Slovenian borderlands Upper Carniola and Lower Styria under National Socialist occupation, the article examines Germanization practices directed at youth as part of t...