Borders, boundaries, horizons and Quemoy in an asymmetric world
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19002113 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Brantly Womack (0000-0002-4874-5875, University of Virginia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 104-115 |
| Publication date | 2016-05-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Asian Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1683-478X • E-ISSN: 2168-4227 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1683478x.2016.1215076 |
| OpenAlex | W2518615119 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 6 |
The diversity of borderland realities makes the necessity of general conceptualization particularly challenging. An interrelated conceptual triad is proposed and then applied to the experience of Quemoy Island (金门, Kinmen, Jinmen) from 1895 to the present. All borderlands are places in which contact is shaped by a standing and distinctive disparity, and the boundaries that both define and split the area create the rules of border gaming and the larger contingencies influencing border identities. Whether a village, a region, or a state is treated as a borderland – in other words, the horizons of focus – is determined by the analyst but on the basis of the realities of venue and governance. In Quemoy and most other border situations, asymmetries of power, resources, and capabilities provide an uneven ground for interactions and therefore shape the realities and perceptions of contact
Conceptualization · Contact zone · Economic geography · Epistemology · Ethnology · Geography · New horizons · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Computer Science · Cross-Border Cooperation and Integration · Engineering · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2022 (5) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |