Abstract
At the middle of the scale, the research centers on the most sensitive areas. The aim is to observe the local aftereffects caused by constant border changes. The identification of contested lands and blind spots helps illuminate the conflicts between nations and Empires for control of these areas. How do local populations and authorities manage to resist the crushing forces of external ambitions?
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“What does it mean?
That certain phenomena cannot be observed without scaling up or enlargement; and all this because they would remain unidentified and invisible without this distortion. These phenomena escaping naked eye detection place us before the following alternative: ‘whether overemphasis or knowledge abandonment’. Microscopy and telescopy are immediate examples of that, insofar as they help us seek for the truth through the process of building images.”
Günther Anders, The Outdatedness of Human Beings 1. On the Soul in the Era of the Second Industrial Revolution, 1956
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The elements presented hereunder are preliminary to further investigations (chap. 8). Information is accredited by field experiences acquired during the 1990s and 2000s.
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Muslim minority speaking a Slavic-Bulgarian language.
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Old Turkish name applied to present Thesprotia . See glossary: Çam.
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And with the post-WWII Yugoslavian administrative reference frame.
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It follows the Sava , Una , Glina, and Korana rivers (northern border, including Cazinska Krajina) and then catches on the upper Una and Krka, which joins the Dinara range until reaching the seaside near Dubrovnik .
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Despite their graphic prominence, neither Sava nor Danube is separating river today on both sides of Belgrade .
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Darques, R. (2017). “Hot Points” with a Hand Lens: The Process of Local Border Sedimentation. In: Mapping Versatile Boundaries. Springer Geography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40925-2_5
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