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#politicalgeography

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Steam Powered Frisbee 🥏

Question for non-United States folks ... Is the adjective/description "US-American" common, or at least familiar to you? I noticed this caption on #wikipedia. (It's better than "USian," I suppose.)

Arguments against the U.S. using "American" as its demonym are duly noted, but unpersuasive. Look, no other country's name contains the word America. And every alternative is awkward.

By the way, do people from South Sudan, the DRC, or Chad criticize the Central African Republic for claiming "Central African" as their demonym? Have they considered "CA-Republican" instead?

caption from a photo says "Tyler the Creator, US-American Rapper and Producer"
#politicalgeography#demonyms#englishusage
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Eugene Alvin Villar 🇵🇭

Here’s a rare nearly hour-long video from #RealLifeLore about the active #TerritorialDisputes in #Europe from silly ones like the French 🇫🇷–🇮🇹 Italian dispute over Mont Blanc to the clusterfuck that is the Russian 🇷🇺 invasion of Ukraine 🇺🇦.

I’m actually surprised that I have heard/read almost all of the ones he discussed (with the Croatian 🇭🇷–🇲🇪 Montenegrin dispute being new to me) which means that I am even more of a #geography nerd than I thought.

youtu.be/7f6-rHBMTF4

www.youtube.com - YouTubeAuf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. Außerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen.
#PoliticalGeography
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Evan Centanni (PolGeoNow)

#Borneo's #Sabah & #Sarawak joined more-populated #Malaya in 1963 to form #Malaysia, under soon-broken promises of self-governance (#autonomy). 60 years later, changing politics bring renewed hope for autonomy or even (unlikely) #independence.

businesstoday.com.my/2024/09/1

#secession #geography #geopolitics #decolonization #SoutheastAsia #politicalgeography #statehood #sovereignty #SouthChinaSea #SundaIslands #EastMalaysia #NorthBorneo @geography @geopolitics #geographyteacher

BusinessToday · What's Next For Sabah And Sarawak After MA63?Malaysians are eagerly waiting for what will be Sarawak Chief Minister Abang Johari Openg strategic move on MA63. To stay united with Malaysia? Or to go independent? Secede?
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Evan Centanni (PolGeoNow)

Though #GazaStrip is where vast majority of fighting and deaths are happening in the current #Palestine/#Israel war, the conflict also involves the #Lebanon border region and, increasingly, the #WestBank (especially #Palestinian-governed city of #Jenin).
polgeonow.com/2023/12/israel-p

#map #maps #mapping #israelpalestineconflict #israelpalestinewar #politicalgeography #borders #warzone #Hamas #geography #geopolitics #middleeast #Mediterranean#conflictmap #disputedterritory @geography

www.polgeonow.comIsrael / Palestine: Map of Control After End of Truce (December 8, 2023)Two months into the war, Israel has captured large parts of the Gaza Strip from Hamas, while fighting escalates in the West Bank.
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JulietJFall

More archive work today, seeing the original documents & accompanying maps of the Treaty of Turin establishing part of what is now the 🇨🇭🇫🇷state border, formerly Geneva & Savoie/Sardinia. Just gorgeous to see it in person, and wander across the pages. Although these docs have been scanned, seeing them in person and gazing at them at an angle, allows you to see the amazing artistry (those little tree shadows!). #oldMaps #visualMethods #visualArchives #Geography #politicalGeography #borders

An extract of a hand painted watercolor map from 1816 showing the border area passing through the village of Soral.
Map extract showing lots of tiny hand painted trees in small groups, with amazing detail.
The original Treaty of Turin, bound in parchment paper with a special seal dangling from it in a silver box and tassels. The author’s hand is visible.
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JulietJFall

A four-page comic exploring borders, home and belonging, in a special issue on Counter/cartographies in the journal "You are Here: The Journal of Creative Geography", ed. by Eden Kinkaid &
Cassidy Schoenfelder.
(Reference: Fall, J.J. 2023 Beating the bounds. "You are Here: The Journal of Creative Geography". Vol. XXIV; 22-24.)
Full open-access issue: lnkd.in/eG4z4zJC
#comics #borders #borderstudies #creativeGeography #politicalGeography #visualMethods #Writing #feministGeography

beating the bounds by juliet jane fall THE SWiSS STATE REDREW ALL MAPS CLOSING INTERNATIONAL BORDERS, RESTRICTING ENTRANCE. WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOUR WORLD SHRINKS? WE WERE TOLD TO STAY HOME TO BE SAFE, BUT MY HOME HAS ALWAYS BEEN AS MUCH A LANDSCAPE AS a BUILDING. I STARTED COMPULSIVELY CYCLING AND WALKING, OBSESSED ABOUT D THE BORDERS, TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF THE NEW GEOGRAPHICAL REALLTY, DRAGGING FAMILY MEMBERS ALONG
Black and white line drawings of two people on a bike, and map outlines as background. Text: « BEATING THE BOUNDS » IS AN ANCIENT CUSTOM, OBSERVED IN PARTS OF ENGLAND AND WALES THAT INVOLVES TOURING LOCAL LANDMARKS EVERY FEW YEARS AND SWATTING THEM WITH BRANCHES OR STICKS TO MAINTAIN A SHARED MENTAL MAP OF PARISH BOUNDARIES. ARMED NOT WITH COMMUNITY BUT WLTH MAPS, PHONE APPS, GUIDEBOOKS, ARCHIVAL DOCUMENTS, HISTORICAL TREATIES, BLOCKS AND FENCES, WE BEAT OUR BOUNDS.
Image shows a line drawn moveable fence with red and white plastic tape, as though stretching over a map. The state border is marked in red, and the part across the border, in France, is faded and hard to see. GEOGRAPHERS TAUGHT US THAT BODIES CONNECT THE GLOBAL AND THE INTIMATE. SO WE TRIED THINKING THROUGH OUR MOVING BODIES, MAPPING OUR CHANGING WORLD, EXPERIENCING NEW DIVISIONS AND CONNECTIONS IN THE LANDSCAPE. WE REDREW OUR MENTAL MAPS, FOLLOWING THE LINES.
Image shows two people on bicycles, drawn from the back, as they contemplate a closed road, barred by large concrete blocks. Lower down, a girl blows bubbles across a fence. The bubbles turn into red dots on a map, showing the closed and open border passage points attached to a no entry road sign. MAYBE WE HAD NEVER TRULY EXPLORED OUR WORLD BEFORE THE PANDEMIC. MAYBE WE HAD JUST TAKEN OUR MOBILITY AND PRIVILEGE FOR GRANTED AND HAD SIMPLY ACCEPTED THE LINES DRAWN ON OFFICIAL MAPS? THE CRISIS RESHAPED OUR LANDSCAPES TEMPORARILY CLOSING, THEN REOPENING, THE BORDER CROSSINGS. IT MADE US WANT T0 GO AND BEAR WITNESS. IN DOING S0, THE LINES REDREW US. THREE YEARS LATER, OUR BODIES ARE STILL BEATING, MAPPING OUR LIVES AND LANDSCAPES ALONG THE LINES.
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Christophe Neff

#Israël-#Hamas : la colère du Sud global
La vitesse et l’intensité avec lesquelles s’est propagée la contestation contre les démocraties occidentales, depuis la nouvelle explosion du conflit israélo-palestinien, sont révélatrices d’un basculement politique, sous la double pression de la guerre russe en #Ukraine et de la guerre Israël-Hamas. #geographie #grandsud #politicalgeography #geography #LeMonde @geography
lemonde.fr/idees/article/2023/

Le Monde · Israël-Hamas : la colère du Sud globalBy Le Monde
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