ABSTRACT
Diving into this rich and inspiring collection of chapters on the pivotal notions of borders and boundaries, the timely academic debate on liminality, along with the unique opportunity of crossing borders of all sorts has been a delight and privilege. We begin this epilogue by returning the compliment to the editors Basak Tanulku and Simone Pekelsma for inviting us to compose the afterword of this diverse and thought-provoking volume that brings together a variety of scholars who provide an open discussion that challenges the roots, definitions, and various interpretations and contextualisations of borders, boundaries, liminality, and transgression. Content-wise, the book draws upon three harmonious sections. The first section of the book (Liminality, Identity and Space) explores how borders/boundaries lead to blurred subjects, identities, and in-between places and geographies. The second section (Liminality and the City) ranges from liminality, the neighbourhood, and gated communities to infrastructure and the borders between clashing sides. The third and final section (Liminality across and beyond the Country) explores liminality beyond the micro-scale of home, neighbourhood, and the city. Collectively, this volume finely interweaves together a plethora of creative empirical examples that focus on how liminality and transgression, along with cross-borders and the praxis of crossing borders, can be reinterpreted with and further emancipated through interesting academic perspectives.
