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Borderlands and civilizational encounter

open access: yesMemoria y Civilización, 2005
The study presents a conception of Encounter in terms of relations between people belonging to different civilizations. According to the author, these relations emerge in the particular circumstances of the Borderland as a result of the state of balance ...
Jan Kieniewicz
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Mapping Language: Names, Speakers and Voices

open access: yesArea, Volume 58, Issue 2, June 2026.
Short Abstract In this conversational piece, we reflect on our experience of working with and on maps and map‐makers that have shaped linguistic conventions and ideas, suggesting geographers have much to contribute by engaging with such mapping. It illuminates how maps rendered the unpredictable geography of speakers and the naming of places as ...
Beth Williamson, Philip Jagessar
wiley   +1 more source

Shaped by History: Poles in the Historical North-Eastern Borderland and in Latvia in Their Own Eyes (Outlooks, Social Status, Attributes of Polishness, the Role of Religion, Non-Polish Neighbours, Personal and Collective Fates)

open access: yes, 2022
Książka składa się z trzech głównych części. Część pierwsza stanowi wprowadzenie w tematykę dotyczącą Kresów jako wschodnich obszarów dawnej Rzeczypospolitej, na których osiedlali się Polacy z etnicznej Polski. Część ta pokazuje, jakie oddziaływanie miał
Grek-Pabisowa, Iryda
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Roadblock Geographies: A Typology of Extraction, Circulation, and Authority in Conflict

open access: yesArea, Volume 58, Issue 2, June 2026.
Short Abstract This article develops a typology of roadblock geographies in conflict‐affected borderlands as extractive landscapes. Drawing on transport geography, it identifies how infrastructural variation—footpaths, roads and ports—shapes who extracts rents, how and to what effect.
Peer Schouten
wiley   +1 more source

Breaking Down Borderland Stereotypes: The Borderland Mindset and Double Consciousness

open access: yes
This thesis examines three different texts, using borderland theories as a framework, to demonstrate that borderlands are not about physical locations but psychological states of mind.
Babyak, Lauren
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Możliwości pracy naukowej na pograniczu – 
na przykładzie badań środowiska kościelnego

open access: yesPostscriptum Polonistyczne, 2020
The article briefly presents activities of The Department of Polish Studies at the University of Ostrava. It also calls attention to the main fields of interests of the author of the article who represents the young generation of Czech polonists.
Tereza Ondruszová
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A Chronicle of Disrupted Flows—Bordering of the Amphibious Bengal Delta

open access: yesArea, Volume 58, Issue 2, June 2026.
Short Abstract The Sundarbans is often framed as a climate crisis hotspot, a perspective that risks naturalising a historically produced condition. This paper argues that present vulnerabilities are rooted in colonial interventions that disrupted a dynamic, amphibious landscape shaped by seasonal floods, tides and human–nonhuman interdependencies ...
Madhurima Majumder   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Migration in the Russian-Kazakh Border Region in 1992-2002

open access: yesЖурнал Фронтирных Исследований
The article is devoted to migration from Central Asia to the Russian regions on the border with Kazakhstan in 1992-2002. The article aims to characterize migration processes in the regions of the Russian-Kazakh border in the first post-Soviet decade. The
Andrey A. Avdashkin
doaj   +1 more source

Machine Learning for Diagnosis and Differentiation of Central Disorders of Hypersomnolence: A Systematic Review

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Neurology, Volume 33, Issue 6, June 2026.
This graphical abstract presents the review process (including 41 studies). It highlights the use of machine learning techniques in adults with CDH, such as unsupervised learning for phenotype discovery and supervised learning for diagnosis classification. The figure summarizes the strengths and limitations of each approach, along with key clinical and
Annina Helmy   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Contested Borderland

open access: yes, 2018
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Meurs, W.P. van
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