Border as a Resource: The Case of the Ukrainian-Slovak Borderland
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68378076%3A_____%2F25%3A00637624" target="_blank" >RIV/68378076:_____/25:00637624 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://ceskylid.avcr.cz/cz/article/itm-2966617" target="_blank" >https://ceskylid.avcr.cz/cz/article/itm-2966617</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.21104/CL.2025.2.03" target="_blank" >10.21104/CL.2025.2.03</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Border as a Resource: The Case of the Ukrainian-Slovak Borderland
Original language description
This article examines the Ukrainian-Slovak border through the conceptual lens of borders as resources, highlighting their economic, social, and cultural significance for borderland communities. Moving beyond traditional views of borders as static demarcations, the study focuses on the dynamic interactions that shape cross-border practices. Our main argument is that borders provide specific resources for local actors. We explore how individuals can make creative use of the border and life in the borderland, turning what may appear to be constraints into personal assets. Drawing on interviews with 24 residents of nearby Ukrainian settlements, the study shows how people turn constraints into opportunities, leveraging the border for economic and social gain. The research also considers broader influences – European integration, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Russian invasion – that have reshaped the border’s function, shifting its perception from economic utility to security concerns.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>SC</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50404 - Anthropology, ethnology
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA23-05924S" target="_blank" >GA23-05924S: Between "East" and "West" – border experiences and narratives on the Czech-Slovak and Slovak-Ukrainian state borders</a><br>
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Český lid
ISSN
0009-0794
e-ISSN
2570-9216
Volume of the periodical
112
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
33
Pages from-to
199-231
UT code for WoS article
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EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105011526974