Connected or Traversed
Plans, Imaginaries, and the Actual State of Railway Projects in Mongolia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9376196 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Maria-Katharina Lang (Austrian Academy of Sciences, corresponding author), Baatarnaran Tsetsentsolmon (Austrian Academy of Sciences) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 2-3 |
| Pages | 195-211 |
| Publication date | 2020-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Transfers (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2045-4813 • E-ISSN: 2045-4821 |
| Publisher | Berghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3167/trans.2020.1002314 |
| OpenAlex | W3168868004 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
This article focuses on recent railway projects in Selenge and Gobi provinces in Mongolia by addressing railway plans and narratives from a historical perspective. New imaginations and expectations have arisen in connection with planned rail infrastructures such as the “Steppe Road,” which to date only exists on the papers of planners and in the minds of residents. Taking the insight by Morten Axel Pedersen and Mikkel Bunkenborg that roads may act as “technologies of distantiation,” this article further argues that railroads not only connect but also separate, traverse, and disperse. Thus, the critical question remains whether the rail system connects Mongolia or whether is it rather used as a transit zone for outside interests
Art · Cartography · Connection (principal bundle · Economic geography · Economics · Economy · Geography · Narrative · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Public transport · Sociology · Transit (satellite · Transport engineering · Traverse · Computer Science · Engineering · Eurasian Exchange Networks · Soviet and Russian History
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2023 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |