Date sent: Fri 12/10/2004

Call for papers.

As part of the 2005 Royal Geographical Society and Institute of British
Geographers Annual Conference "Flows and spaces in a globalised world"
to be held in London 31 August - 2nd September 2005, this message is to
announce a call for papers for the session:

'Borders, boundaries and frontiers: concepts and landscapes'

As the interface between states, the concepts of borders, boundaries and
frontiers continue to be integral to understanding global flows. But how
much do we understand about the nuances between the concepts? The
ambiguity of the terms means that they can sometimes be interpreted so
broadly that they become ineffectual. Those who relate borders,
boundaries and frontiers to the territorial or physical landscape often
have different interpretations of the terms to those who relate them to
the human landscape. So are we using these terms and understanding the
concepts of borders, boundaries and frontiers consistently? Should the
concepts be more exclusive to landscapes, or are there commonalities
which bind them? Papers in this session should address the concepts of
boundaries, borders and frontiers in the physical and human landscape
through specific case studies.

This session is being organised by the International Boundaries Research
Unit at the University of Durham, will be chaired by Professor David
Campbell (University of Durham) and has been sponsored by the Political
Geography Research Group of the Royal Geographical Society (RGS).

Those interested in submitting abstracts for this session should contact
John Donaldson (j.w.donaldson@durham.ac.uk) by 15th January.

The deadline for abstract submissions to the RGS is January 31, 2005.
General abstracts are also being accepted by the RGS-IBG. General
abstract submission forms and more information regarding the conference
can be found
at: www.rgs.org/AC2005

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