AIM AND SCOPE

Borderlands, regions where distinct social, political, and economic systems converge, offer invaluable cases where prevailing orthodoxies about the conventional manners of conducting daily affairs in society blurs into an undefined zone. Yet, these borderlands across the world also provide an illegible, often obscure to our everyday lens, systems of everyday activities that are distinctively shaped by these regions alone. Activities and practices arising out of such an idiosyncratic ecological milieu, enabled by the porous international borders, permit the development of specific cross-border economic, social, and cultural cross-border practices. Thus, giving rise to societies that operate and function differently from those in the heartland, such as urban metropolises within nation-states.

Northeast India, for instance, is one such region. Nestled between four nation-states, with China to the North, Myanmar to the East, Bangladesh to the South, and Bhutan to the West, this region forms an assemblage of highly diverse people, language and culture, quite distinct from India’s heartland. The essence of these borderlands lies in their resistance to easy categorization and constant negotiation with rigid norms and practices due to the fluidity in their ethno-cultural identities.

To this end, the aim of Borderland Review is to publish original empirical research in the field of border studies on thematic areas that include borderland governance, economies, cultures, conflicts and environmental issues through diverse analytical perspectives and methodological approaches. As a journal officiated in an institution located within the borderlands of India, the journal would be ideally positioned, more than others, to perhaps bring awareness about the intricate everyday functioning and challenges of such regions across the globe often obfuscated in mainstream metropolitan literature. 

In order to achieve the stated aims, the scope of this review, therefore, will encompass the entire gamut of fields related to the border studies including but not limited to developmental concepts and theories, non-traditional security issues, border governance and infrastructure, biopolitics and policy debates, anthropological insights, cultural and psychological discussions, and political theories relevant to border studies.

REVIEW PROCESS

Borderland Review uses a double-blind system in order to protect the anonymity of the reviewer and the author, and to ensure that authors get a fair reading.

After receiving a manuscript, the editor-in-chief conducts an initial reading to check the manuscript for formatting, sources, and adherence to the journal’s areas of interest. If a manuscript meets the initial criteria of fitness, the editor-in-chief will then send it out for a peer reviewer to assess the manuscript.

The peer review process can take up to six months for a final decision on whether an article is accepted for publication. Articles accepted for publication can take up to 12 months from the date of acceptance to appear in print.

The review process is a continuous one and revisions may be requested even at the editing stage. All revised articles undergo a review process to ensure that the article has been revised satisfactorily. In case revisions are found unsatisfactory, the decision regarding publication is subject to change. The editorial team also reserves the right to make requisite changes to titles, subheadings, abstracts, and acknowledgements.

Categories of submissions

Authors are invited to submit articles in the following categories:

• Research Articles: 8,000 to 10,000 words, exclusive of footnotes.
• Commentary articles: 3,000 to 4,000 words, exclusive of footnotes.
• Book Reviews: 1,000 to 2,000 words, exclusive of footnotes.

PUBLICATION ETHICS

1. Authors must ensure that the papers are original works, have not been published and are not currently under consideration of any other publication. under consideration of any other publication.
2. They must warrant that their contribution does not infringe on any copyright or trademark right of other authors.
3. Authors must follow The Chicago Manual of Style, 17th edition.
4. Plagiarism and excessive self-referencing will not be accepted.
5. Figures, graphs and tables must be used sparingly to avoid repetition of content.
6. All supplementary files such as figures, tables, maps, etc, must be provided in MS Office (Word/ Excel) or other editable formats, wherever possible.

STATEMENT ON DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

Borderland Review is committed to promoting diversity and inclusion in all aspects of its operations.

We encourage submissions from authors of all backgrounds, including but not limited to:

1. Geographic Diversity: Researchers from various regions that include both borderland and non-borderland areas. 
2. Disciplinary Diversity: Scholars from a wide range of disciplines 

For queries concerning journals, please contact editorboderlandreview@tetsocollege.edu.in

EDITOR:

P. Lalpekhlui
Founding Editor
Assistant Professor of Political Science
School of Political Studies
Tetso College, India

BOARD OF EDITORS:

Willem van Schendel
Professor in Modern Asian History
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

Jelle J.P. Wouters
Professor of Anthropology
Director of Research and Development
Royal Thimphu College, Bhutan

Jangkhomang Guite
Professor of History
Head of the Department of History and Archeology
Nagaland University, India

Nava Kishor Das
Deputy Director of Anthropological Survey of India
Visiting Fellow of the anthropological Survey of India
Kolkata, India

Roluah Puia
Associate Professor
Department of Social Sciences and Humanities
Indian Institute of Technology (Roorkee), India

Keshab Giri
Lecturer in International Relations
School of International Relations
The University of St Andrews, Scotland (UK)

Dhananjay Tripathi
Associate Professor of International Relations
Associate Dean of Faculty of International Studies
South Asian University, India

SUBMISSION Detail Requirements:

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Details to be forwarded to submissionboderland@tetsocollege.edu.in