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Borders and Bordering

Towards an Interdisciplinary Dialogue

David Newman

Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

The renaissance of border studies during the past decade has been characterized by a crossing of disciplinary borders, bringing together geographers, political scientists, sociologists, anthropologists, historians, literary scholars, legal experts, along with border practitioners engaged in the practical aspects of boundary demarcation, delimitation and management. This growth in border studies runs contrary to much of the globalization discourse which was prevalent during the late 1980s and early 1990s, positing a new ‘borderless’ world, in which the barrier impact of borders became insignificant. The article points to the common use of terminology which can create a shared border discourse among a diverse group of scholars, such as boundary demarcation, the nature of frontiers, borderlands and transition zones, and the ways in which borders are crossed. The article also discusses the reclosing of borders which is taking place as a result of 9/11 as part of the stated war against global terror.

Key Words: borderlands and transition zones • borders • boundary reclosing • demarcation • inter-disciplinarity

European Journal of Social Theory, Vol. 9, No. 2, 171-186 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/1368431006063331
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