De-bordering, re-bordering and symbols on the European boundaries

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The acceleration of European integration has led to new practices of commemorating and visualizing borders, highlighting national and regional differences while symbolically defining territories. This analysis focuses on the processes of de-bordering and re-bordering in Europe, particularly through symbols and manifestations of territorial unity and separation. The volume features nine contributions: Thomas Lundén examines religious symbols as landscape markers; Jouni Häkli explores the symbolic meanings of the Pa Gränsen - Rajalla project in Haparanda and Tornio; Jarosław Jańczak studies cross-border governance in Central European twin towns; Heino Nyyssönen analyzes national policy in Hungary; Beata Przybylska-Maszner discusses Lampedusa as a symbol of the 2011 EU border crisis; Dorte Andersen, Anna Gawlewicz, and Carsten Yndigegn investigate the Slovenian-Croatian and Polish-Ukrainian EU external borders; Felix Münch looks at collective memory sites; Adam Szymański questions Europe’s boundaries amid integration; and Krzysztof Senger applies an economic development lens to cross-border cooperation, seeking methods to evaluate its outcomes.