Community Response to Rebordering Politics: The Case of Two Twin Towns in Central Europe
Nationalities Papers-the Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity
; : 17, 2022.
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in English
| Web of Science | ID: covidwho-1852310
ABSTRACT
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has once again brought borders to the center of attention, as journalists, authorities, and scholars have grappled with the pandemic. The coronavirus outbreak, which began in late 2019 and early 2020 has caused tremendous personal, economic, and social upheaval As many states decided to pursue the national interests and to close their borders to prevent the spread of the virus, this decision had major consequences for residents in border regions, for whom border crossing is an everyday practice. The article aims at exploring the discourse on the rebordering experience as constructed by local authorities and residents of two twin towns, one on the Polish-Czech (Cieszyn-Cesky Tesin) and one on the Polish-German (Slubice-Frankfurt/Oder) border. By applying a Discursive Historical Approach, we identified four main discursive strands which deployed diverse imaginaries.
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Nationalities Papers-the Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity
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2022
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