[en] Outer Borders, Inner Boundaries in Finland. The Reconstructed Russian Border and the Changing Geography of Memory

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Borders of the European Union : Strategies of Crossing and Resistance

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Humanities and Social Sciences/History
Humanities and Social Sciences/Social Anthropology and ethnology
Borders of Finland
european integration of the ex-soviet territories
cross border cooperation
identity hybridization

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Anglais

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[en] In the aftermath of the Cold War, Finland has been involved in a geopolitical transition from the Soviet sphere of influence towards the core of the European integration process. The Finnish-Russian border has consequently transformed : primarily a segment of the Iron Curtain, it has thereafter turned into an external border, a frontier, of the European Union. As a result, a whole set of EU policies have been implemented, with the aim of converting this line of exclusion into an area of cross border cooperation. Due to the intensifying cross-border flows, the stress is often put on ongoing identity hybridization. Nonetheless, the impact of EU public policies should not be overestimated, nor should the national dimension of cross-bordering be omitted 1. Instead of relying on the hegemony of geopolitics, this paper will focus on the consequences of border's restructuring in regard to national memories and historiographies.

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Jocelyn Parot. Outer Borders, Inner Boundaries in Finland. The Reconstructed Russian Border and the Changing Geography of Memory. Borders of the European Union : Strategies of Crossing and Resistance, 2007. [halshs-01170405]

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[en] Outer Borders, Inner Boundaries in Finland. The Reconstructed Russian Border and the Changing Geography of Memory, dans Études nordiques, consulté le 23 Décembre 2024, https://etudes-nordiques.cnrs.fr/s/numenord/item/16833