Borderlands and (Trans)Border Identities

Abstract

State borders are not fixed, they appear and disappear, following various processes of “bordering,” “de- bordering” and “re-bordering.” At the same time, old borders are still influential and “phantom borders” still have an impact on social actions and practices today. This seems to hold true particularly for Central and Eastern Europe, where borders have been moving and evolving constantly since a first process of fragmentation of multinational empires at the beginning of the 20th century. What is the influence of a border on the identity of those living on both sides of it? Do borderlands show a particular identity? What are the practices of the border and how do they impact on the identity of those crossing it? Looking at these questions, the proposed panel intends to tackle the impact of ancient and current borders on identity today. This specific theme has been scrutinized mainly through individual case studies which concentrates on “border identities” through an approach based on a “border anthropology”. The proposed panel welcomes alternative theoretical and methodological frameworks and invites contributions from any discipline in social sciences.

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