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Re-inhabiting no-man's land: genealogies, political life and critical agendas

Leshem, N.; Pinkerton, A

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A Pinkerton



Abstract

This article sets out to answer a seemingly simple question: what is no-man's land? By positing this question, we aim to problematise the taken-for-granted status of no-man's land and its proliferation as a convenient colloquialism that is applied to a vast set of spaces, material conditions and socio-political circumstances. Despite its popular association with the killing fields of the First World War, no-man's land is considered here as a rich analytical category, which resonates in a broader historical and intellectual corpus. We present a conceptual framework for the study of no-man's land as a space produced by simultaneous forces of abandonment and enclosure. The analysis explores the function of no-man's lands as a critical quality that bears on concrete spatio-political realities. In doing so, we aim to open up future research avenues that will further deepen the conceptual and analytical challenges of no-man's lands in the 21st century.

Citation

Leshem, N., & Pinkerton, A. (2016). Re-inhabiting no-man's land: genealogies, political life and critical agendas. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 41(1), 41-53. https://doi.org/10.1111/tran.12102

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Aug 3, 2015
Online Publication Date Oct 19, 2015
Publication Date Jan 1, 2016
Deposit Date Mar 10, 2016
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers
Print ISSN 0020-2754
Electronic ISSN 1475-5661
Publisher Wiley
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 41
Issue 1
Pages 41-53
DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/tran.12102

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This is the accepted version of the following article: Leshem, N. and Pinkerton, A. (2016), Re-inhabiting no-man's land: genealogies, political life and critical agendas. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 41(1): 41-53, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/tran.12102. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.





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