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Wire fence in the mountain, 2018. Sergio Fernández Olazabal.
Those born in border areas surrounded by mountains and devoted to activities developed in these spaces, such as the breeding of Monchino cows and mares or sheep farming, have a very different vision of borders to that of government officials and politicians who show no more than lawful respect for them. (more…)
Tribute of the Three Cows at the Stone of St Martin chasm. Roncal Valley, c. 1930. Ojanguren Archive.
On a map borderlines mark the limits between regions and states. They are drawn tracing an imaginary line that connects a series of boundary markers and separates native land from foreign. What seemingly might be a mere distinction between cultures, from an ethnographic point of view is not quite that simple. Borderland cultures are never clear-cut and offer a whole range of possibilities. Multiple signs and symbolic rituals originate in border areas and develop to acquire solid tactical and human dimensions. (more…)
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