Bordering Representations

Abstract

This panel aims to question the sometimes conflicting representations of the ‘Other,’ particularly the boundaries of historical representations in countries that share a conflictual past. Two sets of questions guide the panel: how, when and why different representations and categorizations of groups/countries develop to include or exlude them from/in the public sphere?; and how do countries that share - but clash over - historical figures and events reinterpret them? To what extent are the modes of production of representations and of historical narratives influenced by those of neighboring countries and by ‘national needs’? Does convergence in interpreting past events and attempts to develop a shared memory exist? Who are the actors and institutions that try to move from "category/memory wars" to their reconciliation? The panel questions processes of (re)bordering representations that would account for either making the border divide more salient or for the emergence of a shared understanding of who ‘us/them’ are.

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