Borders in Globalization Country Report on Colombia

Harlan Koff | BIG Research Reports | #28

Many of the states examined in the Border in Globalization (BIG) project are characterized as having “fluid borders.” This theme is prominent in the field of borderlands studies as prominent scholars in the field (John Agnew), many of whom are participating in BIG (for example, Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly, David Newman), have noted how borders no longer rigidly indicate the territorial limits between nation-states but instead borderlands are socially constructed territories defined by the interactions between dynamic actors and markets. The notion of “fluidity” however, usually indicates the de-territorialization of integration processes in border regions.

Harlan Koff