The authors examine spaces and identities resulting from social practice in cross-border contexts in Germany, France, Belgium and Luxembourg.

Spatial and identity research operates with differentiations and relations. These are particularly useful heuristic tools when examining border regions where social and geopolitical demarcations diverge. Applying this approach, the authors of this volume investigate spatial and identity constructions in cross-border contexts as they appear in everyday, institutional and media practices. The results are discussed with a keen eye for obliquely aligned spaces and identities and relinked to governmental issues of normalization and subjectivation. The studies base upon empirical surveys conducted in Germany, France, Belgium and Luxembourg.

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Christian Wille and Rachel Reckinger are scientific project coordinators at the University of Luxembourg. Sonja Kmec teaches history and cultural studies at the University of Luxembourg. Markus Hesse is professor of urbanism at the University of Luxembourg.