Gintarė Kudžmaitė
Biographic Data
| ID | 75216 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gintarė Kudžmaitė |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gintarė |
| FAMILY NAME | Kudžmaitė |
| SIGNATURE | KUDŽMAITĖ G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Antwerp |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5821-3656 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
(Re)considering Generative AI in Border Studies: Emerging Trajectories and Methods
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been used for decades in border control. Border scholars have criticized its exclusive use for surveillance, biometric datafication and tracking. The recent public accessibility of advanced generative AI (GenAI), such as chatbots and image generators, has sparked new questions about AI’s role in society and research. By delineating the current state of technology and AI within border studies, briefly surveying exi…
Drifting borders, anchored community: Re-reading narratives in the semiotic landscape with ethnic Lithuanians living at the Polish borderland
Everyday lives at the borders have lately been of interest in academic research. Drawing on visual elicitation interviews, this study analyses how ethnic Lithuanians living on the Polish borderland interpret images of the landscape which they inhabit. The aim of this analysis is to understand how these borderlanders position themselves vis-à-vis socio-spatial borderland realities, and how visual materials can instigate extensive plotted narrative…
Devaluing personhood: The framing of migrants in the EU's new pact on migration and asylum
The latest EU policy initiative to regulate migration to the European Union is called the New Pact on Migration and Asylum. Compared with previous policies, the New Pact promotes and normalises multiple procedures that can have far‐reaching consequences on migrants' agency, dignity, personhood, and vulnerability. As the EU's migration and asylum policies set the parameters for the governance of forced migration and access to asylum in the Member …
Exploring cultural margins and liminalities through visual and material culture: The case of Kaliningrad as presented in guided tours
Kaliningrad’s place on the geopolitical ‘margin’ is well documented, however, little research has examined Kaliningrad as a certain type of margin in cultural terms. This article seeks to elucidate Kaliningrad’s position in the dichotomy of margin-center in cultural terms by exploring how the material culture of Kaliningrad is displayed to tourists. Drawing on an analysis of the spatiotemporal aspects of three guided tours of Kaliningrad, this st…
Researching Visual Manifestations of Border Spaces and Experiences: Conceptual and Methodological Perspectives
The past several decades, significant theoretical, epistemological and methodological changes occurred in border research. In addition to their traditional territorial geo-political conception, borders now manifest themselves in more abstract and symbolic dimensions within geopolitical borderlands and beyond, in different cultural settings, and through a diversity of interpersonal and inter-group encounters. This article contributes to border res…
Silencing' the border as a strategy to conceal the 'other' side: The case of the Curonian Spit
Borders do not have to be visible to be effective. However, the ways they are marked in the landscape, and the relation of these manifestations to broader border regimes and practices are questioned by border researchers and other scholars. Building physical barriers is often used to conceal the 'other' side, while reducing border manifestations mostly reveals the other. In this article, a hybrid border management strategy of 'silencing' the bord…
Before, during and after crossing the border: Narrating the ‘visa-free Grodno’
On 26 October 2016, Belarus introduced a visa-free border crossing regime for travellers visiting the Augustow Canal area and the city of Grodno. Based on a multi-method study, this article aims at investigating how this ‘visa-free regime’ is enacted and ‘narrated’ before, during and after border crossing. First, it analyses the website ‘grodnovisafree.by’ and searches for patterns of what the visitors encounter before travelling to the border ar…
Researching Visual Manifestations of Border Spaces and Experiences: Conceptual and Methodological Perspectives
The past several decades, significant theoretical, epistemological and methodological changes occurred in border research. In addition to their traditional territorial geo-political conception, borders now manifest themselves in more abstract and symbolic dimensions within geopolitical borderlands and beyond, in different cultural settings, and through a diversity of interpersonal and inter-group encounters. This article contributes to border res…
Devaluing personhood: The framing of migrants in the EU's new pact on migration and asylum
The latest EU policy initiative to regulate migration to the European Union is called the New Pact on Migration and Asylum. Compared with previous policies, the New Pact promotes and normalises multiple procedures that can have far‐reaching consequences on migrants' agency, dignity, personhood, and vulnerability. As the EU's migration and asylum policies set the parameters for the governance of forced migration and access to asylum in the Member …
Silencing' the border as a strategy to conceal the 'other' side: The case of the Curonian Spit
Borders do not have to be visible to be effective. However, the ways they are marked in the landscape, and the relation of these manifestations to broader border regimes and practices are questioned by border researchers and other scholars. Building physical barriers is often used to conceal the 'other' side, while reducing border manifestations mostly reveals the other. In this article, a hybrid border management strategy of 'silencing' the bord…
Before, during and after crossing the border: Narrating the ‘visa-free Grodno’
On 26 October 2016, Belarus introduced a visa-free border crossing regime for travellers visiting the Augustow Canal area and the city of Grodno. Based on a multi-method study, this article aims at investigating how this ‘visa-free regime’ is enacted and ‘narrated’ before, during and after border crossing. First, it analyses the website ‘grodnovisafree.by’ and searches for patterns of what the visitors encounter before travelling to the border ar…
Exploring cultural margins and liminalities through visual and material culture: The case of Kaliningrad as presented in guided tours
Kaliningrad’s place on the geopolitical ‘margin’ is well documented, however, little research has examined Kaliningrad as a certain type of margin in cultural terms. This article seeks to elucidate Kaliningrad’s position in the dichotomy of margin-center in cultural terms by exploring how the material culture of Kaliningrad is displayed to tourists. Drawing on an analysis of the spatiotemporal aspects of three guided tours of Kaliningrad, this st…
Researching Visual Manifestations of Border Spaces and Experiences: Conceptual and Methodological Perspectives
The past several decades, significant theoretical, epistemological and methodological changes occurred in border research. In addition to their traditional territorial geo-political conception, borders now manifest themselves in more abstract and symbolic dimensions within geopolitical borderlands and beyond, in different cultural settings, and through a diversity of interpersonal and inter-group encounters. This article contributes to border res…
Silencing' the border as a strategy to conceal the 'other' side: The case of the Curonian Spit
Borders do not have to be visible to be effective. However, the ways they are marked in the landscape, and the relation of these manifestations to broader border regimes and practices are questioned by border researchers and other scholars. Building physical barriers is often used to conceal the 'other' side, while reducing border manifestations mostly reveals the other. In this article, a hybrid border management strategy of 'silencing' the bord…
Drifting borders, anchored community: Re-reading narratives in the semiotic landscape with ethnic Lithuanians living at the Polish borderland
Everyday lives at the borders have lately been of interest in academic research. Drawing on visual elicitation interviews, this study analyses how ethnic Lithuanians living on the Polish borderland interpret images of the landscape which they inhabit. The aim of this analysis is to understand how these borderlanders position themselves vis-à-vis socio-spatial borderland realities, and how visual materials can instigate extensive plotted narrative…
Devaluing personhood: The framing of migrants in the EU's new pact on migration and asylum
The latest EU policy initiative to regulate migration to the European Union is called the New Pact on Migration and Asylum. Compared with previous policies, the New Pact promotes and normalises multiple procedures that can have far‐reaching consequences on migrants' agency, dignity, personhood, and vulnerability. As the EU's migration and asylum policies set the parameters for the governance of forced migration and access to asylum in the Member …
(Re)considering Generative AI in Border Studies: Emerging Trajectories and Methods
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been used for decades in border control. Border scholars have criticized its exclusive use for surveillance, biometric datafication and tracking. The recent public accessibility of advanced generative AI (GenAI), such as chatbots and image generators, has sparked new questions about AI’s role in society and research. By delineating the current state of technology and AI within border studies, briefly surveying exi…
Sociology (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Anthropology (4 works) · Cross-Border Cooperation and Integration (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (3 works) · Narrative (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Art (2 works)