TY - JOUR

T1 - Introduction: The Black Sea as region and horizon

AU - Humphrey, Caroline

AU - Skvirskaja, Vera

PY - 2014

Y1 - 2014

N2 - The introduction first outlines different perspectives on the Black Sea: in history, as a site of imperial conflicts and a buffer zone; in area studies, as a “region”; and in anthropology, as a sea crisscrossed by migration, cultural influences, alternative visions, and often a mutual turning of backs. We then discuss the Black Sea in the context of maritime ethnography and the study of ports, “hero cities”, pipelines, and political crises. The following sections consider Smith's notion of the “territorialization of memory” in relation to histories of exile and the more recent interactions brought about by migration and trade. In the concluding section we discuss how the Black Sea has appeared as a “horizon” and imaginary of the beyond for the peoples living around its shores.

AB - The introduction first outlines different perspectives on the Black Sea: in history, as a site of imperial conflicts and a buffer zone; in area studies, as a “region”; and in anthropology, as a sea crisscrossed by migration, cultural influences, alternative visions, and often a mutual turning of backs. We then discuss the Black Sea in the context of maritime ethnography and the study of ports, “hero cities”, pipelines, and political crises. The following sections consider Smith's notion of the “territorialization of memory” in relation to histories of exile and the more recent interactions brought about by migration and trade. In the concluding section we discuss how the Black Sea has appeared as a “horizon” and imaginary of the beyond for the peoples living around its shores.

KW - Faculty of Social Sciences

KW - MARITIME ETHNOGRAPHY

KW - REGIONAL STUDY

KW - RUSSIA

KW - TRADE

KW - TURKEY

KW - UKRAINE

U2 - 10.3167/fcl.2014.700101

DO - 10.3167/fcl.2014.700101

M3 - Journal article

SP - 3

EP - 11

JO - Focaal

JF - Focaal

SN - 0920-1297

IS - 70

ER -