This article is about the becoming of states and how such states are a socially constructed spaces, imagined and performed by those who perceive themselves as belonging to that state. It asks through what imaginaries and performative practices does a state come into being? More specifically, the article investigates how the state is imagined and performed in times of war and peace hoping to offer insights to the co-constitution of war or peace and the state.
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Björkdahl on the becoming of states
Annika Björkdahl has authored the article ”Republika Srpska: Imaginary, performance and spatialization”, which has been published in Political Geography.