This collection of critical essays anchors itself in the Indian Ocean and explores the multiple ways dynamic exchanges have shaped this multilingual region of the world, from India to the Mascarene Islands to Southern Africa. Borders, edges and third spaces are revisited through the notion of the ecotone, a transitional zone between two ecosystems. If the term has primarily been used by biologists and ecologists, the metaphorical angle proves to be fruitful as it authorizes trans-disciplinary approaches and empowers fresh perspectives. In French and in English, this volume aims to contribute to scholarship already published across various disciplinary fields and to participate in the development of Indoceanic studies. The authors of the volume rethink those ecotonal sites that are spaces of frictions as much as spaces of fusion.
Keywords: Ecotones, Indian Ocean, Borders, Liminality, Migrations
https://www.pulm.fr/index.php/collections/horizons-anglophones/pocopages.html
ISBN 978-2-36781-357-8
ISSN 2118-3023
29€ / 9,99€ for the e-pub
336 p.
