Description
Book SynopsisCanada’s borders in globalization illustrate the power and richness of culture through the intersection and engagement of imagination, affinity and identity. Border culture is the vessel of engagement between countries and peoples—assuming many forms—yet, remaining a thread in globalization.
Table of ContentsList of Figures
List of Tables
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Culture, Globalization, and Canada’s Borders
Victor Konrad and Melissa Kelly
Viewing Border Culture
- Sight and Site on the Line: The Cultural Imaginary of Borderlands in North America
Lee Rodney
- Imagining Nighttime Detroit
Michael Darroch
- Bordering Things: Objects and Subjugated Struggle at the Border
Anelynda Mielke and Nadya Pohran
- Border Cultures: A Retrospective
Part 1. A Context for Border Cultures and Conversations with the Curator
Victor Konrad
Part 2. Border Cultures: The Exhibitions
Srimoyee Mitra
Borders and Culture in Motion
5. The Snowbirds: A Cultural Movement across Borders
Melissa Kelly
6. Passing Through or Living Here: Body and Self In-Between and On Edge in the Borderland Region of Stanstead, Quebec, and Derby Line, Vermont
Sandra Vandervalk
7. North American Cyber New Regionalism in Canada: Online Cultural Borderlands and Change through New Media
Alexander Rudolph
8. #Welcome Refugees: A Canadian Phenomenon That Illustrates the Temporal Dimension of Border Constructs
Renata Grudzien
Placing and Replacing Border Culture: Indigenous Perspectives
9. Across Borders and Cultures: Thomas King’s Artistic Activism
Evelyn P. Mayer
10. In the Space between Aboriginal Sovereignty and National Security: Re-engaging Border Security and Mohawk Culture at Akwesasne
Laetitia Rouvière
11. Sport, Globalization, and the Bordering Process: The Iroquois Nationals Lacrosse Team and the Issue of Contested National Identities
Heidi Weigand and Colin Howell
12. A Biocultural Planning Approach for Managing Transborder Cultural Heritage Landscapes
Scott Cafarella, Joel Konrad, and Rebecca Sciarra
Conclusion
Borders, Culture, and Globalization: Some Conclusions, More Uncertainties, and Many Challenges
Melissa Kelly and Victor Konrad
Contributors
Index
