THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF BORDERLAND RESEARCH
Interest in borderland research has been developing dynamically since the previous century in various fields of social sciences and the humanities. Borderland is an interesting subject of research for many reasons. Borderland is primarily the people living on both sides of the border of the region, people coexisting with each other and in various ways looking for the most appropriate place for themselves to live and develop, and testify to their humanity, therefore, focusing research attention on the issues concerning borderland people is a priority task and challenge.
In the text, I address issues of concepts of understanding space, in the border space – anthropological perspective, multidimensional dynamics of space and border places, conditions of relations between the people of the borderland in space and places in the aspect of cultural configurations, and also attitudes towards traditions.
Keywords: borderland research, theoretical foundations, understanding space, types of places, cultural configurations, traditions.
