Territory Institutions Identities

Territory constitutes far more than a physical setting in which human lives unfold. Since time immemorial, physical space has been subject to processes of conceptualisation and appropriation by individuals, communities, and political structures, giving rise to overlapping scales and to spaces structured by visible and invisible lines that have operated as boundaries and, in turn, contributed to the construction and continual reconstruction of identities.

Against this backdrop, we invite you to submit papers to a conference that seeks to explore the relationships between physical space and administrative space, as well as to analyse the role of boundaries and borders, territorial and administrative institutions, and the interactions between the identities ascribed to places by residents and visitors alike. The conference particularly welcomes methodological contributions and innovative perspectives across both fundamental and applied research.