Enclaves of the World - Dr Alexandra Novosseloff

This is the story of territories in geographical discontinuity to their state of belonging, of enclaves in foreign countries, and of their inhabitants often forgotten by both their authorities and their fellow citizens. The author looks at these geographical oddities, consequences of historical accidents, these geopolitical "in-betweens", through an unprecedented fieldwork. These enclaves, endearing and vulnerable territories, all represent, to varying degrees, territories full of symbols, historical heritage, economic gains or strategic assets, territories with multiple influences. They thus embody the hybridity and complexity of our world. In political geography, enclaves are a part of the territory of a state located inside another belonging , to a given country but located geographically in another, usually neighbouring, country. An enclave can be separated from its main territory by one or more states. The term exclave is then sometimes used to describe it. This term is also used for enclaves with a seafront. But an enclave can also be considered as such by the country which surrounds it and as an exclave by the country to which it is attached: for example, the German enclave of Busingen-am-Hohrhein is considered by Switzerland as an enclave (in its national territory) and by Germany as an exclave (outside its national territories). These pieces of territory constitute both unknown places, fractures of our globalized world and places cut off from "their" world and thei
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