(Im)mobile bodies, travelling stories:

Traversing cinematic representations of borderland identity and belonging

How do artistic and cultural practices shape the construction of collective memory and identity in borderland formation? How do these territorial markers, stories and discourses tell us something about “regional ways of doing things” and the “mental boundaries” that render these places as recognisable from other areas? How might the circulation of bodies and narratives also help us to re-connect the region to other “imagined communities”, and why?

• Pei-Sze Chow, University of Amsterdam: "Mediating regional space and identity in the Øresund region"
• Randa Maroufi, visual artist: "Bab Sebta" (Ceuta Gate)

Respondents

• Annette Hill, Lund University
• Chiara Brambilla, University of Bergamo

About the webinar series

Centre for Oresund Region Studies, Lund University, holds a series of 90-minute webinars on borders and borderland formation from 14 September-7 December 2022.

The seminar series will underscore the multiplicity of bordering perspectives and the plasticity of border trajectories as a way to construct alternative imaginaries of borderland formation as they pertain to Scandinavian and Mediterranean contexts. Focusing on cross-border regions in Scandinavia (Öresund) and the Mediterranean (Gibraltar), the meetings will bring together researchers, artists, and regional practitioners to debate, characterise and visualise these spaces from a decidedly comparative perspective – across cultural contexts, geographical scales, and cartographic perspectives.

The seminars will take place over six sessions, every other Wednesday from 14:30 to 16:00. During each meeting, two contributors will present their work, with one local and one international guest respondent to comment on the respective issues raised during the talks. This will be followed by a moderated discussion among wider audience members and speakers.

Registration

If you would like to attend some or all of the seminars, please register here.

The webinar series is free of charge, but you have to register to receive the Zoom link.

Read more on the Centre for Oresund Region Studies website

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