Dealing with Borderland Complexity. The Multisided Views of Local Individuals in the Norwegian–Russian Borderland
Against the background of the transnational Barents Cooperation, the article explores the multisided views of borderland locals in Kirkenes. Based on semi-structured interviews, there were seven, partly contradictory, perspectives on Russians and a local orientation towards Russia. The same individu...
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ftrepec:oai:RePEc:taf:rjbsxx:v:35:y:2020:i:3:p:351-368 2023-05-15T17:03:59+02:00 Dealing with Borderland Complexity. The Multisided Views of Local Individuals in the Norwegian–Russian Borderland Brit Lynnebakke http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/08865655.2018.1436002 unknown http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/08865655.2018.1436002 article ftrepec 2020-12-04T13:41:48Z Against the background of the transnational Barents Cooperation, the article explores the multisided views of borderland locals in Kirkenes. Based on semi-structured interviews, there were seven, partly contradictory, perspectives on Russians and a local orientation towards Russia. The same individuals expressed views that went beyond either endorsement, resistance or ambivalence on increased borderland integration. Rather, interviewees integrated several perspectives in different combinations to simultaneously express sentiments as different as skepticism, pragmatism, historical gratitude and local pride. The emphasis on multisided statements differs from some previous border studies that emphasize positioned and situational borderland identities and borderland experiences. Following Kurki (Kurki, T. 2016. Personal Trauma versus Cold War Rhetoric in the Finnish-Russian Borderland. In The Dynamics of Cultural Borders, ed. Anu Kannike and Monika Tasa. University of Tartu Press, 76), I argue that the repertoire of perspectives people related to conveyed layered meanings of the border that reflected a complex present and different historical periods. Beyond borderland contexts, paying attention to individuals’ expressions of different perspectives can contribute to increased understanding of seemingly contradictory attitudes. Article in Journal/Newspaper Kirkenes RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) |
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Against the background of the transnational Barents Cooperation, the article explores the multisided views of borderland locals in Kirkenes. Based on semi-structured interviews, there were seven, partly contradictory, perspectives on Russians and a local orientation towards Russia. The same individuals expressed views that went beyond either endorsement, resistance or ambivalence on increased borderland integration. Rather, interviewees integrated several perspectives in different combinations to simultaneously express sentiments as different as skepticism, pragmatism, historical gratitude and local pride. The emphasis on multisided statements differs from some previous border studies that emphasize positioned and situational borderland identities and borderland experiences. Following Kurki (Kurki, T. 2016. Personal Trauma versus Cold War Rhetoric in the Finnish-Russian Borderland. In The Dynamics of Cultural Borders, ed. Anu Kannike and Monika Tasa. University of Tartu Press, 76), I argue that the repertoire of perspectives people related to conveyed layered meanings of the border that reflected a complex present and different historical periods. Beyond borderland contexts, paying attention to individuals’ expressions of different perspectives can contribute to increased understanding of seemingly contradictory attitudes. |
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Dealing with Borderland Complexity. The Multisided Views of Local Individuals in the Norwegian–Russian Borderland |
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Dealing with Borderland Complexity. The Multisided Views of Local Individuals in the Norwegian–Russian Borderland |
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Dealing with Borderland Complexity. The Multisided Views of Local Individuals in the Norwegian–Russian Borderland |
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Dealing with Borderland Complexity. The Multisided Views of Local Individuals in the Norwegian–Russian Borderland |
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dealing with borderland complexity. the multisided views of local individuals in the norwegian–russian borderland |
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