Interrogating Linkages Between Borders, Regions, and Border Studies

Tripathi, Dhananjay

doi:10.1080/08865655.2015.1042010

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“…At times, it is these borders that solely influence foreign and security policies of the states in South Asia (Tripathi 2019). In South Asia, borders acquire a political shape and remain integral to domestic political discourses (Tripathi 2015). To understand the criticality of these borders in South Asia we also need to explore, in a geo-historical perspective, how borders were created in the region.…”

Section: South Asian Boundaries and Borders: Comparative And Criticalmentioning

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South Asia: Boundaries, Borders and Beyond

Tripathi

Chaturvedi

2019

Journal of Borderlands Studies

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Post-Colonial and Post-Partition South Asia South Asia as a post-colonial as well as a post-partition region has a lot to offer to those interested in the geopolitical triad of bordering, ordering and othering (van Houtum and van Naerssen 2002). Several of these practicesthat feed into and are in turn fed by boundary producing formal and popular narrativescontinue to unfold on a subcontinent that eminently qualifies as ecologically-geographically connected but remains geopolitically partitioned, and are yet to be theorized. The Janus-faced nature of South Asian borderlandsthe inward nationalizing inclinations entangled with the outward regional frontier-orientationsare a stark reminder of the reality that is often overlooked: the history of mobility in this part of the world is much older than the history of territoriality. The geopolitical triad or triangle mentioned above (i.e. bordering, ordering and othering) comes with a heavy price tag for the inhabitants of the sub-continent, especially for those communities whose homeland landed in a suddenly erupted borderland in the wake of the 1947 partition of British India, which caused the death of nearly one million people and more than ten million were displaced. Whose territory was being partitioned in 1947 (Chaturvedi 2005) is a question that remains unanswered even today. It is useful to acknowledge at the outset that contemporary South Asia is, paradoxically, both a rich and poor region due to the mismatch between opportunities and capacities. It is a region where people across borders are culturally and socially interrelated but this commonality is not reflected in state-to-state relations of two nuclear powers-India and Pakistan. South Asia is both one of the fastest-growing and one of the least integrated regions of the world. It is also a region of contrasts, marked by both optimism and pessimism and features many intricacies. This dichotomy of strength and weakness, security and insecurity, hope and fear with connections and disconnects is a remarkable, if not unusual, feature of South Asia and gives birth to borders and boundaries with different kinds of territoriality. Some of the enduring legacies of this partition include truncated territories, economies, cultures and unforgettable memories. As pointed out by Ranabir Samaddar (2005, 95), there was "[N]ot one partition, not even two, not even three … but several partitions … partitions of several territories, several units, several identities and several visions". How does one capture the idea of South Asia? On its radical side, social theorist Ashis Nandy would even question the idea of South Asia. For Nandy,

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Section: South Asian Boundaries and Borders: Comparative And Criticalmentioning

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South Asia: Boundaries, Borders and Beyond

Tripathi

Chaturvedi

2019

Journal of Borderlands Studies

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“…En varias partes del mundo las delimitaciones poscoloniales o decimonónicas separaron comunidades (Tripathi, 2015) lo que se ha constituido en un obstáculo para la interacción, pero no el término de la misma (Banerjee & Chen, 2013). Así, las regiones fronterizas, a diferencia de otras regiones dentro de un mismo Estadonación, se caracterizan por estar más afectadas por la influencia de la vecindad y porque la frontera expresa las diferencias y las asimetrías entre dos o más espacios colindantes (Morales, 2010).…”

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“…Después del optimismo de la caída del Muro de Berlín (1989) y la expansión de la idea de un "mundo sin fronteras" se ha pasado a un rebrote de la construcción de nuevos muros (28 terminados o planeados), especialmente después de los atentados del 11/S en Nueva York (Tripathi, 2015). Últimamente, estudios en la Unión Europea (UE) verifican que hay un aumento de la movilidad dentro del espacio Schengen, especialmente de europeos orientales a Europa occidental.…”

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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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“…Even after the departure of the British, independent states (viz. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar) inherited these lines and made little effort to alter them (Tripathi 2015). Borders of India with Pakistan and Bangladesh are highly securitised with a border fence constructed by India to prevent criminals, smugglers, and illegal immigrants crossing over to India.…”

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