Terminology – Borderscape Project

Borderscape Blog 4: Pharaonic Terms for Boundaries

by Oren Siegel 21 February 202221 February 2022One Comment

The ancient Egyptian language has two terms that denote boundaries: tash and djer. Tash is a term that corresponds to boundaries of all different kinds, from the rim of a plate to the edge of a field. It is also used to describe political boundaries, though these boundaries often look rather different than the ones …

Borderscape Blog 2: What is a Borderscape?

by Oren Siegel 7 February 2022No Comments

In recent decades, a growing body of academic research has focused upon borders and landscapes.[1] The portmanteau “borderscapes” seems to have been coined in 1999 by performance artists, and after an uneven usage at the start of the new millennium, its impressive analytical potential has been explored by a variety of geographers, sociologists, and anthropologists.[2] …