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Against the background of today’s rising global inequality, borders appear as solutions to a vari... more Against the background of today’s rising global inequality, borders appear as solutions to a variety of social problems and seem to provide remedy to the threats to social belonging. However, the unilateral privileges that borders usually create, result in segregation based on exclusion and, in turn, foster and solidify inequalities worldwide.
Creating and maintaining strict social groups, delimiting space and the segregation of “us” from “others” has been a practice for millennia: then as now for reasons such as social control, defense and alleged safety. This is facilitated by physical and linguistic borders and socio-physical segregation which are concepts with consistent meanings across time and space and may be studied, experienced, and understood on many scales: In the form of territoriality, borders can exercise control over people, phenomena and relationships by claiming authority and restricting access to resources. Language can act as element of exclusion to label people as in/out-group members, creating borders which lead to socio-linguistic segregation and inequality. Over time, borders thus shape landscapes, speech communities and their interactions by representing durable physical and intangible evidence of past and anticipated societal conflicts.
A comprehensive understanding of segregation and social inequality requires the study of social space and built environments across time, region, and disciplines. The session thus focuses on aspects of asymmetrical border relations, such as the drawing of boundaries, but also people’s resistance to them, especially from archaeological, anthropological, and linguistic perspectives. We want to explore how borders reorganize the topography of social relations and investigate the roles that built environments play in shaping social realities and vice-versa. We welcome abstracts that focus on various approaches in regard to segregation and inequality through social and physical space, as well as through territorial, linguistic or environmental borders in past and present societies.
Books by Ariba H Khan
Sidestone Press, Jan 2023
In this study, we discuss the ways in which linguistics and archaeology approach and investigate ... more In this study, we discuss the ways in which linguistics and archaeology approach and investigate identity, focusing on potential areas of overlap between the two disciplines as a possible research program for future collaborative studies. Although the two disciplines may appear quite removed from one another at first sight, both deal with cultural items – whether material or linguistic – which are intrinsic to what it means to be human and which have an inherent function both as a means of communication and in their symbolic dimensions. Our ultimate goal here is to develop an interdisciplinary approach to identity as a specific field of human connectivity which can yield deeper insights into the topic than those achieved within the individual disciplines thus far and for which such a joint approach could be especially fruitful.
Papers by Ariba H Khan
Connectivity Matters! Social, Environmental and Cultural Connectivity in Past Societies, 2022
In this study, we discuss the ways in which linguistics and archaeology approach and investigate ... more In this study, we discuss the ways in which linguistics and archaeology approach and investigate identity, focusing on potential areas of overlap between the two disciplines as a possible research program for future collaborative studies. Although the two disciplines may appear quite removed from one another at first sight, both deal with cultural items-whether material or linguistic-which are intrinsic to what it means to be human and which have an inherent function both as a means of communication and in their symbolic dimensions. Our ultimate goal here is to develop an interdisciplinary approach to identity as a specific field of human connectivity which can yield deeper insights into the topic than those achieved within the individual disciplines thus far and for which such a joint approach could be especially fruitful. Introduction: Identity as a platform of social and cultural connectivity Identity is an inherently relational concept, as someone or something can only be similar to or different from someone or something else (Assmann 1992). As such,
Against the background of today’s rising global inequality, borders appear as solutions to a vari... more Against the background of today’s rising global inequality, borders appear as solutions to a variety of social problems and seem to provide remedy to the threats to social belonging. However, the unilateral privileges that borders usually create, result in segregation based on exclusion and, in turn, foster and solidify inequalities worldwide.
Creating and maintaining strict social groups, delimiting space and the segregation of “us” from “others” has been a practice for millennia: then as now for reasons such as social control, defense and alleged safety. This is facilitated by physical and linguistic borders and socio-physical segregation which are concepts with consistent meanings across time and space and may be studied, experienced, and understood on many scales: In the form of territoriality, borders can exercise control over people, phenomena and relationships by claiming authority and restricting access to resources. Language can act as element of exclusion to label people as in/out-group members, creating borders which lead to socio-linguistic segregation and inequality. Over time, borders thus shape landscapes, speech communities and their interactions by representing durable physical and intangible evidence of past and anticipated societal conflicts.
A comprehensive understanding of segregation and social inequality requires the study of social space and built environments across time, region, and disciplines. The session thus focuses on aspects of asymmetrical border relations, such as the drawing of boundaries, but also people’s resistance to them, especially from archaeological, anthropological, and linguistic perspectives. We want to explore how borders reorganize the topography of social relations and investigate the roles that built environments play in shaping social realities and vice-versa. We welcome abstracts that focus on various approaches in regard to segregation and inequality through social and physical space, as well as through territorial, linguistic or environmental borders in past and present societies.
Sidestone Press, Jan 2023
In this study, we discuss the ways in which linguistics and archaeology approach and investigate ... more In this study, we discuss the ways in which linguistics and archaeology approach and investigate identity, focusing on potential areas of overlap between the two disciplines as a possible research program for future collaborative studies. Although the two disciplines may appear quite removed from one another at first sight, both deal with cultural items – whether material or linguistic – which are intrinsic to what it means to be human and which have an inherent function both as a means of communication and in their symbolic dimensions. Our ultimate goal here is to develop an interdisciplinary approach to identity as a specific field of human connectivity which can yield deeper insights into the topic than those achieved within the individual disciplines thus far and for which such a joint approach could be especially fruitful.
Connectivity Matters! Social, Environmental and Cultural Connectivity in Past Societies, 2022
In this study, we discuss the ways in which linguistics and archaeology approach and investigate ... more In this study, we discuss the ways in which linguistics and archaeology approach and investigate identity, focusing on potential areas of overlap between the two disciplines as a possible research program for future collaborative studies. Although the two disciplines may appear quite removed from one another at first sight, both deal with cultural items-whether material or linguistic-which are intrinsic to what it means to be human and which have an inherent function both as a means of communication and in their symbolic dimensions. Our ultimate goal here is to develop an interdisciplinary approach to identity as a specific field of human connectivity which can yield deeper insights into the topic than those achieved within the individual disciplines thus far and for which such a joint approach could be especially fruitful. Introduction: Identity as a platform of social and cultural connectivity Identity is an inherently relational concept, as someone or something can only be similar to or different from someone or something else (Assmann 1992). As such,