Articles about B-SHAPES
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In search of new narratives of Europe’s borders
Borders shape our view of Europe and can both unite and divide us Europeans. A new EU project led by SDU seeks to explore the narratives we as Europeans construct and carry with us.
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Borders shaping perceptions of European societies
The 2020 pandemic resulted in border closures in an effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus. This border measure clouded the inclusive European perceptions of heritage and culture. Therefore, it is important to refocus on the central role of borders in the European integration project as well as their influence on people’s perceptions of Europe’s historical and cultural past, heritage and identity. The EU-funded B-SHAPES project will review the role of borders in shaping perceptions of European societies in the 21st century, confronted with the challenge of re-bordering in Europe. The project will apply several participatory and ethnographic citizen science methods, focusing on youth and minorities, and on developing strategies to foster shared European heritage.
The newspaper of the Danish minority in Germany, Flensborg Avis, reporting on B-SHAPES' start, 12 April 2023
Cieszyn city reporting about the art installation (October 2024)
Announcement of the opening of the Through the Prism of Borders exhibition at the National History Museum in Sofia (April 2025)
Bulgarian Media coverage of the Through the Prism of Borders exhibition at the National History Museum in Sofia (April-August 2025): bgens, Bulgarian Telegraph Agency, BTA gallery, KIP News, BNR Radio Sofia, pronewsdobrich, Tribune, gledanesrazbirane, Utro (Ruse), Bulgaria on air
Denk ich an Europa - B-SHAPES researcher Elzbieta Opilowska (University of Wroclaw) in German public radio WDR5, 24 May 2025
Review of the Through the Prism of Borders exhibition in De Facto, 19 November 2025
On borders and borderlands, RAI Südtirol (and ARTE), Nov 2025
Radio interview on the Through the Prism of Borders exhibition, Rai Alto Adige, 10 Dec 2025
Die (unsichtbaren) Grenzen - on the Trough the Prism of Borders exhibition, ff Magazin, 18.12.2025
B-SHAPES coordinator Martin Klatt (University of Southern Denmark) on borderland heritage in several local newspapers in Western Denmark (1 Dec 2025) and on borders and borderlands in general on Danish public radio P1 (10 January 2026)
Grenzwertiges Europa: podcast interview about the Through the Prism of Borders exhibition, Jan 2026