Exploring the Critical Potential of the Borderscapes Concept

Brambilla, Chiara

doi:10.1080/14650045.2014.884561

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“…Social identities are not static, but rather the result of ongoing processes of differentiation and distinction (bordering), which simultaneously "order" and "other" 86 . Concerned with the multiplication of border forms, functions and practices and their distribution and proliferation in a variety of social and political arenas 87 , as opposed to lines and grids, prompts such literature to focus on the dispersed and fluid ways in which the dichotomies defined by borders unfold. These are likely to be different in different contexts, as they are made real or transgressed by those living near and across them.…”

Section: Placing Borders Studies In Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Placing Borders in Development

Novak

2016

Geopolitics

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Development is inextricably related to the state-centred cartography of world spaces defined by borders, both in its historical trajectory and contemporary entanglements. Yet the multiplicity of channels and directions characterising their articulation are scarcely explored. This article contributes to this emerging field of enquiry. It delineates the essential traits of the borders and development nexus by establishing a systematic dialogue between the fields of Border Studies and Development Studies, a dialogue framed by concerns with scalar politics. More specifically, the paper places borders in development in two ways. First, it places borders in Development Studies: it identifies borders as a useful analytical vantage point that lay at the intersection between state-and non-state centred geographies of development. Second, it places Border Studies in development: focusing on the tension between borders and bordering processes, it interrogates economic growthand poverty-related policies. Three contributions to the study of development arising from placing borders in development in this way are highlighted. The paper also expands the emerging field of enquiry concerned with the relation between borders and development, by considering development policies not yet been examined through the prism of borders, and by emphasising the hierarchical and yet unpredictable nature of the borders and development articulation. At its broadest, the discussion dis-entangles the multiplicity of scales and directions in which borders, bordering and the development process intersect. It is at this scalar intersection that the force of development, and the potentials for engaging, opposing, avoiding, or subverting it, lay. IntroductionConcerns with space and the spatiality of social relations emerged more than forty years ago at the margins of radical social theory, but are now de rigueur across the social sciences. Development Studies is no exception: contemporary academic work and policy-making documents use an extensive spatial imaginary and vocabulary, as they (more or less casually) deploy terms such as "horizontal and vertical" inequalities, cross-border "flows", "de-/re-territorialisation", or "de-/rebordering". In line with the objectives of this Special Issue, the following pages engage with these scalar concerns, as they investigate the complex spatiality of development though the prism of borders.In particular, the paper delineates the essential traits of the borders and development nexus by establishing a systematic dialogue between the fields of Border Studies and Development Studies, a dialogue framed by a concern with scalar politics. In order to harness the potentialities offered by the intersection between these two fields, the following discussion places borders in development, in two ways. First, it places borders in Development Studies: that is, it examines contemporary development's discourses, policies and practices, to locate borders at the scalar intersection of development processes that unfold ...

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Section: Placing Borders Studies In Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Placing Borders in Development

Novak

2016

Geopolitics

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“…Respecto de los dos primeros, existe un amplio corpus desarrollado en los estudios fronterizos que advierten de los cambios en los significados y sentidos de las fronteras nacionales en el contexto de la globalización (Brambilla, 2015) así como del surgimiento de una serie de dinámicas en torno a las fronteras que hasta hace poco no eran el foco de la atención de las Ciencias Sociales (Zapata-Barrero & Ferrer-Gallardo, 2012).…”

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Movilidad por salud entre Arica y Tacna: análisis de una demanda no satisfecha y de una oferta atractiva del otro lado de la frontera

2017

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Resumen. En este artículo se abordan las razones que explican la movilidad por salud de los habitantes de Arica hacia la ciudad de Tacna basado en una metodología mixta (encuesta y entrevistas). Este movimiento corresponde a las personas que cruzan la frontera con fines médicos, tanto para atenderse en servicios de salud peruanos como para comprar medicamentos, lentes u otros en la ciudad de Tacna. Se parte del supuesto que dichos cruces ocurren con independencia de los litigios fronterizos y están motivados por la mercantilización y deficiencias del sistema chileno de salud pública y por una oferta tacneña más económica, de mejor trato y de acceso rápido a especialistas y exámenes médicos. Sin embargo, la movilidad por salud responde a controles rutinarios, chequeos médicos o de segunda opinión y en menor medida a procedimientos médicos de mayor complejidad debido a la inexistencia de cobertura por seguros, desconocimiento y en algunos casos, desconfianza por los resultados. Palabras clave: frontera; movilidad; salud; Chile; Perú.[en] Health Mobility between Arica and Tacna: Analyzing an Unsatisfied Demand and an Attractive Offer across the Border Abstract. Adopting a mixed-methods approach (surveys and interviews), this article addresses the phenomenon of health mobility from Arica to Tacna. It shows that Arica's inhabitants cross the border to the city of Tacna for purposes such as using the Peruvian health services, purchasing medicines, glasses and other commodities. The argument is that irrespective of border disputes, bordercrossing takes place as a result of the increasing commoditization and low quality of Chile's public health system. Tacna, instead, offers affordable and generally better services, with quick access to specialists and medical examinations. Yet, while routine controls, health checks and second-opinion visits motivate border-crossing in large measure, complex medical procedures feature less prominent-Este artículo es resultado del Proyecto FONDECYT Regular N° 1150123 "Cruzar y vivir en la frontera de Arica y Tacna. Movilidad y circulación 1990-2010". Queremos agradecer al equipo de investigación que colaboró en esta investigación, en especial las ayudantes de investigación Damary Vilca, Fernanda Chacón, Isidora Palma, Angélica Barra y Valentina Salles. Asimismo, a quienes participaron en calidad de encuestados y entrevistados (informantes claves y cruzadores) y a las entidades que nos abrieron sus puertas para obtener información entre ellas Municipalidad

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“…2011;van Houtum 2012;Rumford 2012). In the latter understanding, borders are not confined to concrete territorial dividing lines, but disperse and form complex and multi-modal borderscapes (Brambilla 2010(Brambilla , 2014Rajaram and Grundy-Warr 2007;Schimanski 2014).…”

Section: Border Studies Beyond the Statementioning

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“…According to Brambilla (2014), borders are multidimensional constructs that emerge through a constant "interweaving of a multiplicity of discourses, practices, and human relations " (8). In this perspective, the border emerges as a partial and temporary objectification of relevant differences that sediments spatially and is subjected to constant negotiations and renegotiations in and through the constrained every-day practices of socio-culturally situated subjects.…”

Section: Border Studies Beyond the Statementioning

confidence: 99%

Art Across Borders: Dislocating Artistic and Curatorial Practices in the Barents Euro-Arctic Region

Pötzsch¹

2015

Journal of Borderlands Studies

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The present article investigates the role of artworks in processes of bordering in the Barents Euro-Arctic Region. Drawing upon a neo-formalist framework, it firstly analyses works that were exhibited during the X-Border Art Biennial to identify disruptive potentials vested in the artistic pieces' formal properties, before it, secondly, addresses potential performance effects of these works and of the curatorial decision to distribute exhibition space across three cities in Sweden, Finland, and Russia. I argue for an ambivalent role of artistic and curatorial practices that have the inherent potential to articulate opposition and de-familiarize established frames for perception and cognition, and at the same time inhere the capacity to reinforce regimes of exclusion and facilitate processes of commodification and capitalization.

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Exploring the Critical Potential of the Borderscapes Concept

Cited by 428 publications

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Placing Borders in Development

Placing Borders in Development

Movilidad por salud entre Arica y Tacna: análisis de una demanda no satisfecha y de una oferta atractiva del otro lado de la frontera

Art Across Borders: Dislocating Artistic and Curatorial Practices in the Barents Euro-Arctic Region

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