主管单位:中国科学技术协会
主办单位:中国地理学会
承办单位:华东师范大学

World Regional Studies ›› 2020, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (2): 264-274.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-9479.2020.02.2019398

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A review of international political geography studies on border theories

Kaihuai LIAO1(), Jinliao HE2(), Yunnan CAI1, Werner BREITUNG1,3   

  1. 1.School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006,China
    2.Institute of Urban Development, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062,China
    3.David Lam Institute for East-West Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China
  • Received:2019-08-18 Revised:2019-11-07 Online:2020-03-30 Published:2020-03-27
  • Contact: Jinliao HE

国外政治地理学边界理论研究进展与评述

廖开怀1(), 何金廖2(), 蔡云楠1, Breitung Werner1,3   

  1. 1.广东工业大学建筑与城市规划学院,广州 510090
    2.华东师范大学城市发展研究院,上海 200062
    3.香港浸会大学林思齐东西学术交流研究所,香港
  • 通讯作者: 何金廖
  • 作者简介:廖开怀(1984-),副教授,主要从事城市内部空间边界、区域与空间规划研究,E-mail: kaihuai121@126.com
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金项目(41971196);科技部2019年度高端外国专家引进计划项目(G20190230027);广州市科技创新计划项目(201804010258);广州市社科联“羊城青年学人”项目(18QNXR61);广东省本科高校教学质量与教学改革工程特色城乡规划学专业项目(粤教高函[2018]179号)

Abstract:

As a classic domain of political geography, the study of borders has since the early 1990s undergone a renaissance prompted by both the end of the Cold War and globalisation. New theoretical perspectives and conceptual changes have emerged in border studies. This paper summarises the evolution of research topics, methods and theoretical foundations of border studies by reviewing the international literature. As border studies have become more interdisciplinary, the conceptualisation of borders now goes beyond the traditional understanding as lines which spatially separate countries. Most contemporary scholars emphasise the dynamics, multiple scales, the spatiality and the diversity of the border concept. They pay more attention to social practices at different spatial scales and to the symbolic aspects of borders, which are constantly created and recreated. The authors of this paper suggest an extension of border theories derived from national-level borders to the study of micro-level borders in urban space, and strengthening the integration of border theories and geopolitical theories.

Key words: borders, frontier,borderland, research progress, theoretical comment

摘要:

边界研究是政治地理学的一个经典议题。受“冷战”结束和全球化的影响,边界研究在20世纪90年代初期以来步入一个复兴时期,产生了新的理论视角和概念转变。本文通过梳理国外文献,归纳总结了边界理论的内涵、研究内容和方法的演变。边界研究进入复兴时期后呈现出明显的多学科交叉和综合性特征,对边界的理解超越了传统意义上把边界单纯看作是国家空间分隔的理解,强调边界内涵的动态性、多尺度性、空间性和多样性,更多地关注不断创造和重新创造出来的符号性边界,以及不同空间尺度的社会实践。研究呼吁加强边界理论向城市内部空间尺度的边界延伸与拓展,以及加强边界理论与地缘政治学说的融合。

关键词: 边界, 边境,边界区, 进展, 理论探讨