Landscape in practice | quiz
B-SHAPES asks how borders shape our perceptions of society. When we are asked “where are you from” when traveling abroad, most of us will name the country they live in or feel attached to. This shows our multiple identities into one, which is rather abstract, but rarely contested. It creates a perception of us, with plenty of stereotypes, which ultimately is shaped by a state border. But the border shapes in more ways than just the “where are you from?” question. Through the border, we belong to an imagined community (of citizens or at least residents of a country). Benedict Ander-son has developed this term to illustrate our perceived belonging to a community of which we do not know and never will know the vast majority of members, but nevertheless identify with (Ander-son 1983). State borders thus shape belonging, a feeling of being home, Heimat.

1. Which district of Kraków deserves more protection?

 
 
 
 

2. How do you feel?

3. Jaka jest pogoda ?

4. How would you describe this photo ?