The Boundary Project
Boundaries have shaped our past and control our present. They affect the way we navigate through our towns and cities and traverse our countryside, simultaneously dividing and containing us. Boundaries have shaped our history and continue to control our movement within our world.
The ‘boundary’ as a research theme can be interpreted in many different ways. Land ownership, language,
gender, politics and religion, along with natural and man-made borders are just a few of the many ways in which our relationship with boundaries affects our lives. We also define our own emotional boundaries when it comes to psychological and physical interaction.
The project theme was initially developed by three photographers who set out to explore geographical boundaries relating to their own domestic environments. This revealed an interesting and often quirky picture of the way that boundaries are established and marked, as well as the impact boundaries have upon our daily lives with regard to issues of land ownership, exclusion and control.
The project team is seeking to collaborate with researchers working on related themes, with a view to developing it into a trans-disciplinary and cross-cultural response to the ‘boundary’, designed to spark debate leading to a collective resource on this theme.
External member:
Ken Marsden