Geopolitics and Memorialisation of Borders

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ID3948246
AuthorsVictor Konrad (Carleton University, corresponding author), Pete Richardson (0000-0003-4220-9964, University of Birmingham), Paul B Richardson (University of Birmingham), Eeva-Kaisa Prokkola (0000-0003-3237-6953, University of Oulu), Juha Ridanpää (0000-0002-7028-1843, University of Oulu), Mehe Zebunnesa Rahman (0000-0002-7108-3881, Institute of Chinese Studies), K Horsti (0000-0002-3700-6380, University of Jyväskylä), Inocent Moyo (0000-0002-5523-9815, University of Zululand), Jean-Pierre Laine (0000-0003-0377-5170, University of Eastern Finland), Maria Lois (0000-0001-8540-5397, Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Dorte Jagetic Andersen (0000-0002-3136-1269, University of Southern Denmark), Dallen J Timothy (0000-0003-1373-1251, Arizona State University), Marek Więckowski (0000-0002-3174-5692, Polish Academy of Sciences), Edward Boyle (0000-0001-5894-6315, International Research Center for Japanese Studies)
Year2025
Volume31
Issue2
Pages1-54
Publication date2025-06-19
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueGeopolitics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1465-0045 • E-ISSN: 1557-3028
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14650045.2025.2514754
OpenAlexW4411454762
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited140

Geopolitics pervades memorialisation of borders worldwide. Border heritage sites commonly form powerful geopolitical bordering by creating myths of division and difference to serve the nation-state, and secure hegemonic narratives. Attention to multiplicity and polyphony of border memorialisation voices reveals coincidence and collision of memories and spatial orders to form resistance to the illusionary hegemonic border. Multiple temporalities may accrue in different settings, and borders of memory occur where different understandings and ideas of national heritage sites or everyday border memorialisations meet. The memoryscapes shaped and enabled in processes of heritage making extend beyond time-bound renditions of linearity to open a wider conversation around the politics of border heritage, approach border memorialisation as spaces of encounter, possibility and hope and confront the touristic fascination and engagement with dark border heritage. In this Geopolitical Forum, 13 scholars of border heritage studies explore the global dimensions of border memorialisation and debate its impact

Geopolitics · Political science · Politics · China's Global Influence and Migration · Cross-Border Cooperation and Integration · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Law

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