{"id":1245,"date":"2020-11-27T22:46:58","date_gmt":"2020-11-27T20:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/borderencyclopedia.eu\/?page_id=1245"},"modified":"2020-11-30T21:54:12","modified_gmt":"2020-11-30T19:54:12","slug":"an-example-the-black-line","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/borderencyclopedia.eu\/index.php\/an-example-the-black-line\/","title":{"rendered":"An Example: The Black Line"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns actual-content is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column thecontent is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">An Example: The Black Line<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The aesthetics of the border on the map of the Euregio Meuse-Rhine, for example, is limited to four line types, representing boundaries between municipalities, regions &amp; communities, countries and the outer border of the border region itself. This does not appear to be much different on maps of other border regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"351\" height=\"117\" src=\"https:\/\/borderencyclopedia.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/between-cities_EMR-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1431\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/borderencyclopedia.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/between-cities_EMR-01.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/borderencyclopedia.eu\/index.php\/an-example-the-black-line\/between-cities_emr-01\/\" class=\"wp-image-1431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borderencyclopedia.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/between-cities_EMR-01.jpg 351w, https:\/\/borderencyclopedia.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/between-cities_EMR-01-300x100.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 351px) 100vw, 351px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"351\" height=\"117\" src=\"https:\/\/borderencyclopedia.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/between-countries_EMR-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1432\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/borderencyclopedia.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/between-countries_EMR-01.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/borderencyclopedia.eu\/index.php\/an-example-the-black-line\/between-countries_emr-01\/\" class=\"wp-image-1432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borderencyclopedia.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/between-countries_EMR-01.jpg 351w, https:\/\/borderencyclopedia.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/between-countries_EMR-01-300x100.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 351px) 100vw, 351px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"351\" height=\"117\" src=\"https:\/\/borderencyclopedia.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/between-rregions_EMR-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1433\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/borderencyclopedia.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/between-rregions_EMR-01.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/borderencyclopedia.eu\/index.php\/an-example-the-black-line\/between-rregions_emr-01\/\" class=\"wp-image-1433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borderencyclopedia.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/between-rregions_EMR-01.jpg 351w, https:\/\/borderencyclopedia.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/between-rregions_EMR-01-300x100.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 351px) 100vw, 351px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"351\" height=\"117\" src=\"https:\/\/borderencyclopedia.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/border-regions_EMR-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1434\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/borderencyclopedia.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/border-regions_EMR-01.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/borderencyclopedia.eu\/index.php\/an-example-the-black-line\/border-regions_emr-01\/\" class=\"wp-image-1434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borderencyclopedia.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/border-regions_EMR-01.jpg 351w, https:\/\/borderencyclopedia.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/border-regions_EMR-01-300x100.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 351px) 100vw, 351px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Above: border between municipalities (top left), between regions (top right), between countries (bottom left) and the outer border of the Euregio Meuse-Rhine itself (bottom right) <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> The simplistic representation of the border does &#8211; of course &#8211; not represent the rich variety of border experiences and the impact of that border on its physical context. ITEM lists a variety of experiences on their website&nbsp;<em>\u201c(\u2026) national borders, language borders, cultural borders and the nuances within borders that they indicate as hard and obvious, softer or historically grown.<span class=\"tooltip\"><sup>1<\/sup><span class=\"tooltiptext\"><em>Link to the website of ITEM, accessed February 8, 2019, https:\/\/www.maastrichtuniversity.nl\/item<\/em><\/span><\/span>\nThese nuances and differences are thus often reduced to a black line in a few slight variations.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"982\" src=\"https:\/\/borderencyclopedia.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Map-EMR-1024x982.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"10\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/borderencyclopedia.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Map-EMR-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/borderencyclopedia.eu\/?attachment_id=10\" class=\"wp-image-10\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borderencyclopedia.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Map-EMR-1024x982.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/borderencyclopedia.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Map-EMR-300x288.jpg 300w, https:\/\/borderencyclopedia.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Map-EMR-768x736.jpg 768w, https:\/\/borderencyclopedia.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Map-EMR-1536x1472.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/borderencyclopedia.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Map-EMR-2048x1963.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/borderencyclopedia.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Map-EMR-1200x1150.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/borderencyclopedia.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Map-EMR-1980x1898.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/borderencyclopedia.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2016-euregio-Gebietskarte_zww-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"90\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/borderencyclopedia.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2016-euregio-Gebietskarte_zww.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/borderencyclopedia.eu\/index.php\/bca-studios\/2016-euregio-gebietskarte_zww\/\" class=\"wp-image-90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borderencyclopedia.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2016-euregio-Gebietskarte_zww-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/borderencyclopedia.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2016-euregio-Gebietskarte_zww-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/borderencyclopedia.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2016-euregio-Gebietskarte_zww-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/borderencyclopedia.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2016-euregio-Gebietskarte_zww-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/borderencyclopedia.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2016-euregio-Gebietskarte_zww-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/borderencyclopedia.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2016-euregio-Gebietskarte_zww-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/borderencyclopedia.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2016-euregio-Gebietskarte_zww-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/borderencyclopedia.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2016-euregio-Gebietskarte_zww-1980x1980.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"958\" src=\"https:\/\/borderencyclopedia.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Helsinki-Tallinn-1024x958.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"95\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/borderencyclopedia.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Helsinki-Tallinn.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/borderencyclopedia.eu\/index.php\/bca-studios\/helsinki-tallinn\/\" class=\"wp-image-95\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borderencyclopedia.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Helsinki-Tallinn-1024x958.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/borderencyclopedia.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Helsinki-Tallinn-300x281.jpg 300w, https:\/\/borderencyclopedia.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Helsinki-Tallinn-768x718.jpg 768w, https:\/\/borderencyclopedia.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Helsinki-Tallinn-1536x1437.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/borderencyclopedia.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Helsinki-Tallinn-1200x1123.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/borderencyclopedia.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Helsinki-Tallinn-1980x1852.jpg 1980w, https:\/\/borderencyclopedia.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Helsinki-Tallinn.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Above, from left to right: maps of the Euregio Meuse-Rhine (2019), Euregio Rhine-Meuse-North (2019) and Euregio HELTAL (2020)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If we represent and reduce the border in a border region to one simplistic and stripped-down black line repeatedly, then an unintended consequence appears. Namely that we think too simplistic and one-sided about that physical border region, as the map doesn\u2019t allow for anything but black and white.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"grey-highlight\"><sup><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/sup>&nbsp;Link to the website of ITEM, accessed February 8, 2019,<em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maastrichtuniversity.nl\/item\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.maastrichtuniversity.nl\/item <\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Example: The Black Line The aesthetics of the border on the map of the Euregio Meuse-Rhine, for example, is limited to four line types, representing boundaries between municipalities, regions &amp; communities, countries and the outer border of the border region itself. This does not appear to be much different on maps of other border [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/template-approach.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/borderencyclopedia.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1245"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/borderencyclopedia.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/borderencyclopedia.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/borderencyclopedia.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/borderencyclopedia.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1245"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/borderencyclopedia.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1990,"href":"https:\/\/borderencyclopedia.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1245\/revisions\/1990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/borderencyclopedia.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}