A twin city divided during Corona : A story of unintended geopolitics

• The aim of this paper is to analyze the impact of state territorial  regulations and restrections against the spread of Covid-19 on the life of the population of the twin cities of Tornio and Haparanda. To the inhabitants, the pandemic restrictions meant an oscillating ‘life world’ of opportunities and containments, affecting them differently, often depending on decisions taken by distant authorities and for reasons irrelevant to the local borderland. 

Ämnesord

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Social och ekonomisk geografi -- Kulturgeografi (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Social and Economic Geography -- Human Geography (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

Border twin

pandemic

geopolitics

restrictions

Finland

Sweden

Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning

Baltic and East European studies

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