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'A border defines. It structures space by establishing a point of reference that immediately and consequently positions people and objects in relation to itself. To stand on this or that side of the border is to either physically perform your belonging within a community or to trespass into another.' (Servera and Young, 2011. P.10)

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Borderland dramaturgy is grounded in the understanding that borders are not simply lines on a map but dynamic, lived conditions that influence identity, culture, and performance. As both a field of inquiry and a mode of creative practice, it investigates how theatrical and performance-based works engage with the tensions, negotiations, and hybridities that emerge in spaces where cultures intersect, interact, or overlap. Such border spaces, whether geographical, linguistic, cultural, or psychological, provide fertile ground for examining how individuals and communities navigate processes of belonging, exclusion, and transformation.

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Introduction to Borderland Dramaturgy

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