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Title [sv]
B-SHAPES: Borders shaping perceptions of European societies
Title [en]
B-SHAPES: Borders shaping perceptions of European societies
Abstract [sv]
B-SHAPES, Borders Shaping Perceptions of European Societies, fokuserar på gränsernas roll i hur uppfattningar formas om europeiska samhällen under 2000-talet, när dessa ställs inför utmaningen med gränsförändringar i Europa.Gränser fortsätter att spela en nyckelroll i vår uppfattning om samhällen, kultur, arv och tillhörighet. Projektet granskar gränsernas roll i hur uppfattningar formas när det gäller:Euroskepticism i gränsregionerNationella minoriteterGränsområden.Högskolan i Halmstad ansvarar för ett arbetspaket om policykonsekvenser, med särskilt fokus på kulturarvspolitik. B-SHAPES resultat kommer att öppna upp för en omkonstruktion av kulturarvspolitiken, och ersätta nationella tillvägagångssätt med gränsöverskridande europeiska strategier för kulturarv. Dessa kommer att ge medborgarna, men också ekonomiska sektorer, möjlighet att bidra till skapandet av mer inkluderande visioner av kultur och värderingar, vilket ökar livskvaliteten inte bara i gränsregioner.
Abstract [en]
The 2020 pandemic resulted in border closures in an effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus. This border measure clouded the inclusive European perceptions of heritage and culture. Therefore, it is important to refocus on the central role of borders in the European integration project as well as their influence on people’s perceptions of Europe’s historical and cultural past, heritage and identity. The EU-funded B-SHAPES project will review the role of borders in shaping perceptions of European societies in the 21st century, confronted with the challenge of re-bordering in Europe. The project will apply several participatory and ethnographic citizen science methods, focusing on youth and minorities, and on developing strategies to foster shared European heritage.The purpose of B-SHAPES is to refocus on the role of borders in shaping perceptions of European societies in the 21st century, confronted with the challenge of re-borderings in Europe. Borders play a key role in shaping our perceptions of societies, culture, heritage and be-longing. B-SHAPES results will open for a reconfiguration of heritage policies, replacing national approaches with cross-border, European approaches to heritage, empowering citizens and economic sectors to contribute to the creation of a more inclusive vision of cultures and values.Scrutinizing the idea of a socially and culturally coherent Europe addressed in the call B-SHAPES will use a people’s perspective to focus on re-bordering as a European crisis with a negative impact on the quality of life in border regions. Border regions are living labs of European integration. The border closures of March 2020, induced by the pandemic, have severely disrupted previous attempts to develop more cross-border, inclusive, European perceptions of heritage and culture. Borders have continued to be a decisive factor shaping perceptions of ‘us’ and ‘them’, of culture, identity and belonging. Therefore, it is necessary to refocus on the central role of borders for the European integration project, for how they influence people’s perceptions of Europe’s historical and cultural past, of heritage, culture, identity and belonging.B-SHAPES will apply different participatory and ethnographic methods of Citizen Science, focusing especially on youth and minorities, to collect data in different European border regions to scrutinize this challenge with the aim to develop strategies and innovative policies using more inclusive approaches to cultivate joint natural, cultural, and historic heritage.
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Prokkola, E.-K., Andersen, D. J., Jakola, F., Nilson, T. & Svensson, S. (2024). Multilayered Borders as a Method for Studying Tourism Destinations: A Case of Northern European Border Regions. Journal of Borderlands Studies, 1-21
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2024 (English)In: Journal of Borderlands Studies, ISSN 0886-5655, E-ISSN 2159-1229, p. 1-21Article in journal (Refereed) Epub ahead of print
Abstract [en]

The article problematizes tourism destination development in the European borderlands of Denmark-Germany, Sweden-Denmark and Sweden-Finland, where border crossing has been relatively free for decades, except for the time of Covid-19 pandemic border restrictions in 2020-2021. The research contributes to border studies and tourism studies by developing a framework for analyzing tourism destinations through the prism of the multilayered border, with a focus on destination images, attractions, and hosts. The reseach complements previous studies on tourism development and cross-border partnership in the European Union territory by investigating multiple tourism destinations in the border regions and by contemplating to what extent borders form a resource for destination promotion in the aftermath of the pandemic. The examination of regional tourism development through the prism of borders informs us about the compatibility of the idea of a "borderless" Europe with border region "realities." © 2024 The Author(s).

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
New York: Taylor & Francis Group, 2024
Keywords
border, tourism destination, image, regional development, European Union
National Category
Social and Economic Geography
Research subject
Smart Cities and Communities, TRAINS
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-54926 (URN)10.1080/08865655.2024.2415026 (DOI)001346981600001 ()
Funder
EU, Horizon Europe, 101095186
Available from: 2024-11-19 Created: 2024-11-19 Last updated: 2024-11-22Bibliographically approved
Principal InvestigatorKlatt, Martin
Co-InvestigatorSvensson, Sara
Co-InvestigatorNilson, Tomas
Funder
Period
2023-04-01 - 2026-03-31
National Category
Political Science
Identifiers
DiVA, id: project:3119Project, id: 101095186_EU

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