From “sensed” to “complex”: some reflections on borders throughout history

Lange, Emily; Pires, Iva

doi:10.1080/09700161.2015.1093294

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“…As an epistemological feature, complexity is a matter of subjective appraisal: A system is thus only complex regarding its particulars and their corresponding context (Lange et al 2015). In this view, the epistemological contextualization depends on the perception of those assessing a state-and the contextualization modifies according to (the belief in) the knowledge available and its ascribed certainty.…”

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Border Complexities and Logics of Dis/Order

2024

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This interdisciplinary anthology addresses the criticism that previous investigations of borders often lack complexity and, therefore, fall short. Instead, the authors assess the complex interplay of elements and dimensions of borders and show how this gives rise to instances of disorder/order and how such disorder/order becomes socially and spatially effective. They discuss principles of complexity-oriented border research, the significance of borders in emergent disorder/order formations and border demarcations as examples of social disorder/order in European border regions, the EU’s and US’ migration systems, and virtual realities. This book makes an important contribution to the emerging complexity shift in current border studies. With contributions by Falk Bretschneider | Cécile Chamayou-Kuhn | Ulla Connor | Norbert Cyrus | Maria M. Fellner | Dominik Gerst | Guillaume Javourez | Rodrigo Bueno Lacy | Daniel Lambach | Carolin Leutloff-Grandits | Islam Rachi | Henk van Houtum | Christian Wille

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Insights from Complexity Thinking for Border Studies: The State Border as Emergent Property of International Relations Systems

Cyrus

2024

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This paper introduces complexity thinking as a conceptual framework for the exploration and understanding of non-linear and unpredictable dynamics in the formation and maintenance of state borders. With a complexity lens, a state border can be conceived as emergent property of dynamically nested complex adaptive systems, constituted by interconnected and interacting agents. The complexity framework offers conceptual tools for an immediate consideration of the social ontology of state borders as such and deepens understanding of temporality, fragility, and malleability of state borders.

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“…Although the administrative borders are clearly visible lines, either in maps or in space in the form of signs, borders in new regional geography are no longer seen as static lines, but rather as a part of a process in the social, political and economic space (Agnew 2008). In addition, the term "border" is more frequently replaced by terms like boundary, frontier (Paasi 2009d), liquid borders (Lange & Pires 2015), porous border, hard and soft places (Zimmerbauer & Paasi 2020) or fuzzy borders (Semian 2015) and fuzzy zones (Leung 1987) in the idea of people's regional identity. It is valid for administrative regions as well, because it is related to administrative division reforms in individual states in recent history.…”

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Visualising administrative division dynamics: transformation of borders and names in the Bohemian-Saxonian borderland

Bartůněk,

Bláha

2023

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Regions are main building blocks of larger territorial units, but they also display high dynamics affecting how regional identities can be studied. The regional dynamics and multilayered nature ultimately require new approaches to their visual representation. The goal of this article is to present a novel approach to visual presentation of the administrative regions’ dynamics by cartographic means of representation in a synthetic map that can assist in the research of regional identities. We adopt the theory of the institutionalisation of regions, the administrative division of the state is a process in which the borders and names of regions are constantly transformed causing changes in the perception of the population. Then we analyse the laws on administrative division reforms and old/historical map documents. This enabled us to identify the dynamics of individual borders and names of administrative regions (choronyms) that form spaces with a higher or lower degree of stability. We propose a visualisation approach to represent such dynamics, and we assert that through cartographic visualisation of the degree of transformation in these spaces it is possible to get an insight into population’s awareness about the named regions and their delimitation.

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From “sensed” to “complex”: some reflections on borders throughout history

Cited by 6 publications

References 39 publications

Border Complexities and Logics of Dis/Order

Border Complexities and Logics of Dis/Order

Insights from Complexity Thinking for Border Studies: The State Border as Emergent Property of International Relations Systems

Visualising administrative division dynamics: transformation of borders and names in the Bohemian-Saxonian borderland

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