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B-SHAPES at several European conferences in summer and autumn 2024

B-SHAPES researchers have been disseminating the first results of the B-SHAPES research at different European conferences in summer and autumn 2024.

First academic publication out: Borders and tourism – an important relationship

This co-authored article of B-SHAPES WP5 researchers Eeva-Kaisa Prokkola, Dorte Jagetic Andersen, Fredriika Jakola, Tomas Nilson and Sara Svensson problematizes tourism destination development (...)

Second Policy Brief released!

Our second Policy Brief on minority media and their narratives on borders and Europe is out! It gives some advice how media can diversify voices in reporting, emphasize human stories and better highlight the EU’s role in local contexts.

The end of August marks the deadline of the B-SHAPES first reporting period (April 2023 - June 2024)

... and yes – we do have much to report! The first fifteen months of the project have been full of introductory work that has already started to bring the first results.

StoryMap workshops with the local youth at the FI-SE border

From June 7th to June 9th, Fredriika Jakola and Eeva-Kaisa Prokkola @unioulu finished the border walks and StoryMap workshops with the local youth at the FI-SE border.

First fieldwork in the Slovak-Hungarian borderland

On May 24, our member Péter Balogh (ELTE) successfully conducted the first field study in the Slovak-Hungarian borderland on behalf of B-Shapes.

B-SHAPES Annual Consortium Meeting

The third consortium meeting of the B-SHAPES project took place in Budapest, and the date of the assembly also marked a year since the project’s beginning.

Visit in Bulgaria in June

On the 5-6 June 2023, B-SHAPES coordinator Martin Klatt and the team from Lungomare visited the Bulgarian partner National History Museum.