This research cluster builds on conflict and conflict amelioration related research done in the Centre, extending these discussions into questions of resilience. Border regions, just like other regions, are vulnerable to environmental hazards, economic shocks and various kinds of conflicts that are by no means territorially fixed. Yet, the means and strategies available for states and communities to cope with changes and risks are often territorially confined, focusing efforts on the geographical areas where countries have their sovereignty. From the perspective of border regions’ and border communities’ resilience, the border location and the material and discursive nature of the border may have considerable, still largely unidentified impacts. Changes in border areas, such as infrastructural ones and those related to cross-border mobilities, and attitudes influence borderlanders’ lives and anticipated futures. The study of resilience through the prism of borders demands an examination of the situational practices, experiences and narratives of borders, border crossing and belongings from the perspective of adaptation and resistance among different groups and communities.
Borderlands resilience and sensitivities
