Fiche du document
2 août 2019
- handle: 10670/1.rw7ufq
- halshs: halshs-02266530
- doi: 10.1017/slr.2019.93
Ce document est lié à :
info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1017/slr.2019.93
info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess
Mots-clés
regionale studien longue durée Ostmitteleuropa Phantomgrenzen Central and eastern Europe "longue durée" areas studies Phantom borders frontières fantômes Europe médiane aires culturelles EHGO ACLSujets proches
Disputes, Boundary Frontier troubles Borders Frontiers (Boundaries) Geographic boundaries Boundary disputes Territorial boundaries Political boundariesCiter ce document
Béatrice von Hirschhausen et al., « Phantom Borders in Eastern Europe: A New Concept for Regional Research », HAL-SHS : histoire, ID : 10.1017/slr.2019.93
Métriques
Partage / Export
Résumé
This paper is programmatic: It defines the concept of "phantom borders" and describes its heuristic potential. The proposed approach positions itself between structuralist methodologies that postulate stable social and cultural regional structures and deconstructive viewpoints that reject the former, while focusing on the discursive dimension of regions. The paper takes this tension as its point of departure. Viewed from a situational perspective, phantom borders are neither to be understood as immutable structures nor as purely discursive constructions, but rather as an outcome of the interaction between three interwoven levels, which are simultaneously: (1) imagined in mental maps and discourses, (2) experienced and perceived by the respective actors and (3) shaped by everyday practices and continuously updated and implemented. Phantom borders are context sensitive. We argue that the topic of phantom borders is not only relevant for research on Eastern Europe, but also for research in “new area studies” in general.