I look forward to hearing more about the project. I'll just
share my interest and some ideas.
Well for me my interest in borders comes from that very thin
line that means alot. I enjoyed travelling to the Danish-German border this
year. I drove along the border on the German side and just 5 meters or
so across the line I passed a German house, German flag waving in the wind,
German number plates, a Deutche Post van entering the driveway. Shops were
advertising their goods in DM. Looking back into Denmark, signs were in Danish.
There is no Iron Curtain or any other big divider, but yet the difference is
clear.
A few years ago I walked in this fancy shopping street in
Nicosia, Cyprus and suddenly a wall stopped me. I could go no further. I was
allowed to look over the wall, and what did I see: houses abandoned for 25
years. What a change.
Well the Iron Curtain is gone, yet another seems on the way:
EU's outer Schengenland border. Example the Finnish-Russia border is very much
guarded.
Island borders:
Saint Martin. Small Caribean island but two European languages
and cultures. Märket: A tiny
island, but the border changes 8 times.
GCEBE:
Baarle: do you realy know where you are?
Jungholz: one point only
Vennbahn: The most narrow peace of territory, Chile go
home.
Crime:
Kerkrade (NL) -
Herzogenrath (DE): I've read an article about how theeves steal tv's in the one
country and runs across the street and the police can do nothing as they ran
aroad.
Tripoint: South Africa-Mozambique-Zimbabwe: aka Crooks Corner,
'cause elephant hunters can run abroad to two other countries if chasen by
authorities.
Pene-enclaves:
Mittelberg: Austrian territory, but only accessable from
Germany. Life is liven the German way.
Point Roberts
Border straddling houses:
Kitchen in Escourt Station. The Opera House on
CAUS.
Other:
Ceuta and Melilla: Europe in Africa.
Palestine occupied by Israel, but still a heavily guarded
border.
U Sabatu was on wrong side of border after Czechoslovakian
divorce
Small Ukraine village on Russian border must smuggle their
dead people across the border at night as graveyard is in Russia. Otherwise
border guards will customs check cuffins or even ask for customs
charges (Peter Hering has a newspaper article).
Tripoints:
Austria-Slovakia-Hungary: tripoint of three language groups as
well.
Norway-Russia-Finland: tripoint of three time
zones
Just ideas
Jesper