Abstract:This article seeks to advance the current debate on the 'archipelagic turn' described by island studies. It does so by answering the call for further analysis of island-to-island relations (Stratford et al., 2011) through applying existing historical methodology with the identification of island movements (Pugh, 2013) between archipelagic islands. Firstly, it proposes the application of an adapted method by combining Fernand Braudel's historical durations (Longue Durée) (1972) with an original attempt of islan… Show more
“…Two young researchers have formed part of this team: Matteo Berzi, who has continued the line of research focused on La Cerdanya (e.g. Berzi and Durà, 2021), in comparison with the Alps, the subject of his doctoral thesis (Berzi, 2017);and, Camonita (2019) whose doctoral thesis examined the Sicily-Malta cross-border region. Colleagues from the disciplines of political science and sociology have actively participated in these collective works (Colomb et al, 2017;Camonita, Durà and Noferini, 2020).…”
Section: Territorial and Cross-border Cooperationmentioning
Academic studies of border issues have undergone considerable growth at the international scale in recent years with the emergence of so-called border studies. In this line of research dedicated to borders and their socio-spatial repercussions, geography clearly has a key role to play. Here, I report a state of the art of Spanish geographical production in the field of border studies. However, given that, by definition, border studies is multidisciplinary, works undertaken in related disciplines are also reported. Finally, Spanish production is examined in relation to the broader international context, with the aim of detecting any possible shortcomings and providing ideas to strengthen research on borders and boundaries.
“…Two young researchers have formed part of this team: Matteo Berzi, who has continued the line of research focused on La Cerdanya (e.g. Berzi and Durà, 2021), in comparison with the Alps, the subject of his doctoral thesis (Berzi, 2017);and, Camonita (2019) whose doctoral thesis examined the Sicily-Malta cross-border region. Colleagues from the disciplines of political science and sociology have actively participated in these collective works (Colomb et al, 2017;Camonita, Durà and Noferini, 2020).…”
Section: Territorial and Cross-border Cooperationmentioning
Academic studies of border issues have undergone considerable growth at the international scale in recent years with the emergence of so-called border studies. In this line of research dedicated to borders and their socio-spatial repercussions, geography clearly has a key role to play. Here, I report a state of the art of Spanish geographical production in the field of border studies. However, given that, by definition, border studies is multidisciplinary, works undertaken in related disciplines are also reported. Finally, Spanish production is examined in relation to the broader international context, with the aim of detecting any possible shortcomings and providing ideas to strengthen research on borders and boundaries.
“…As hinted at the start of the article, the focus on cross-border maritime territories was mainly inspired by previous work on the subject (Camonita, 2019a(Camonita, , 2019b. However, such in-depth analysis suggested the identification of 'Eminently Maritime' territories with a stronger emphasis on the physical dimension of maritime borders than the one attempted in the Catalogue (Durà et al, 2018: 55-56).…”
Section: Understanding the Different Territorial Dynamics Of Cross-sementioning
confidence: 99%
“…The analysis includes an innovative classification of CBC activities according to a scale-based typology ('Local', 'Eminently Supralocal' and 'Regional') and a Euroregional model including three variants and six sub-typologies for Euroregional structures (from local 'bilateral Eurocities' to 'multiregional Euroregions'). Secondly, this paper represents the continuation of applied research on the maritime border context of the Sicily-Malta Cross-Border Region (Camonita, 2019a(Camonita, , 2019b. Such work paved the way for analysing the CBC processes of territories across a maritime border ('Eminently Maritime' cross-border regions).…”
This article attempts to advance the theoretical debate on Euroregions by focusing on their governance structures and the territorial scale of their activities. It develops around a sample of 60 Euroregions and as many corresponding INTERREG projects provided by previous research on Euroregional practices (Durà et al., 2018). Firstly, it elaborates a Euroregional model for the classification of these cross-border governance structures by focusing on i) a territorial scale-based typology of the cross-border cooperation activities performed and ii) the institutional density and level of self-government of the Euroregional actors involved. Secondly, theoretical contributions are applied in the case of territories mainly focused around maritime borders. By exploiting the results of the research, the article strongly suggests the exploitation of supralocal and regional partnerships alongside employing multilevel Euroregions in cross-sea cooperation.
“…In Europe in particular, many small islands became home to centres of government, while in Asia, South America and East Africa, numerous small islands and archipelagos transitioned from functioning as interfaces between two or more continental powers (on the adjacent continent and in distant Europe or Western Asia) to themselves serving as regional or national metropoles. This strand of urban island studies research has emerged in interaction with a 'relational turn' in island studies (Pugh, 2016), involving explicitly assemblageoriented approaches (Hayward, 2012;Pugh, 2013) and a more general interest in islandness as relationally constructed (Camonita, 2019;Lee et al, 2017;Roberts and Stephens, 2017;Stratford et al, 2011;Wang and Bennett, 2020).…”
Section: Islands: At the Edge Of The Urbanmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This strand of urban island studies research has emerged in interaction with a ‘relational turn’ in island studies (Pugh, 2016), involving explicitly assemblage-oriented approaches (Hayward, 2012; Pugh, 2013) and a more general interest in islandness as relationally constructed (Camonita, 2019; Grydehøj et al, 2020; Lee et al, 2017; Roberts and Stephens, 2017; Stratford et al, 2011; Wang and Bennett, 2020).…”
Section: Islands: At the Edge Of The Urbanmentioning
Amidst the debate concerning how to interpret the emergence of new forms of urbanism in today’s world, little attention has been given to urban interstices – the inter-urban boundary areas and interface zones that facilitate exchange between and within vast urban systems. The present paper considers how place is made and developed at these interstices, which frequently provide essential urban functions but are also frequently regarded as rural. We explore this topic through the case of Zhoushan Archipelago (Zhejiang Province, China), an interface zone both between cities within the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration and between the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration and other megaregions. Like many islands, Zhoushan Archipelago has long been conceptualised as peripheral to the urban yet has simultaneously performed vital urban functions. The paper uses this case to shed light on what interstitiality (in-betweenness) means in today’s urbanism, both for the people living ‘in-between’ and for the wider urban system.
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