Boundary Work, Overlapping Identities, and Liminality in Communities of Practice
Diplomacy within and beyond Asean
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6146885 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Aarie Glas (0000-0002-7729-9755, Northern Illinois University), Stéphanie Martel (0000-0002-7694-2243, Queen's University) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2024-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Global Studies Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2634-3797 • E-ISSN: 2634-3797 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/isagsq/ksad072 |
| OpenAlex | W4391277521 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 34 |
Communities of practice (CoPs) are important sites of social interaction and are of growing concern in international relations. Much attention has been devoted to examining the existence and effect of these communities, and the kinds of practices and identities they coalesce around. Relatively less attention has been afforded to the relations between a CoP and what lies outside of it. In this article we examine encounters at the boundaries of CoPs. Empirically, we examine the boundaries and interactions of a community of diplomatic practice in the context of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as regional officials engage with extra-regional diplomats and “dialogue partners” operating within and alongside the organization. We find that the “boundary work” of these interactions are important sites of social interaction that constitute communities in important ways and make possible meaningful changes in identity and behavior. More broadly, we show that ASEAN’s unique position as a hub of a multilateral architecture that extends to a wider state membership provides prime terrain to inquire about what happens in liminal spaces of encounter between social agents of varied communities. To advance our claims, we draw on sixty-one semi-structured interviews with regional and extra-regional officials in Jakarta and elsewhere in the region, alongside analysis of public statements from diplomatic practitioners
Boundary (topology · Boundary-work · Diplomacy · Economic geography · Geography · Liminality · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Work (physics · Anthropology · Engineering · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Peacebuilding and International Security · Political Systems and Governance · Law
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |