AAG Call for Papers
Association of American Geographers Conference
Las Vegas, Nevada
Last Day for Session Registration: October 16, 2008
Geographies at the Margins: Interrogating Borders in South Asia
The phenomenon of nation-states is relatively new particularly in
reference to South Asia. The dismantlement of the British Empire in
India saw the birth of several nation-states such as India, Pakistan
and later, Bangladesh. It was argued that the natural borders that lay
between communities (Hindus and Muslims) could not be reconciled and
thus, physical boundaries were necessary to separate the areas where
the majority religion prevailed. Borders have become particularly
sensitive in the subcontinent be it the partition boundaries or those
with states such as Nepal, Burma or even Bhutan. In South Asia today,
it is not just the physical borders between countries that are highly
charged, but the ideological, social and economic borders that
separate communities within each country itself.
We are interested in papers that interrogate these borders between
communities and/or countries in South Asia. To this end, the
definition of borders remains broad with the hope that authors will be
able to not only discuss the geographies that are constructed or
negotiated by communities living on the borders of countries, but also
geographies that are created or negotiated by those living in other
spatial margins such as those of cities or localities within cities.
To present a paper you must do the following before October 16, 2008:
1. Compose an abstract following the AAG guidelines
2. Register online with the AAG to obtain a personal ID number
3. Email Presenter Identification Number (PIN) and abstract before
October 16, 2008 to Romola Sanyal: [log in to unmask] or
Jason Cons [log in to unmask]
Romola Sanyal
Post Doctoral Fellow
Chao Center for Asian Studies
Rice University
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