DOI 10.60531/INSIGHTOUT.2024.2.11| CHANDRAGIRI, DAS: INDIA-PAKISTAN BORDER INFRASTRUCTURE_ INSIGHTOUT 2(2024) 76Aswathy Chandragiri, Madhurima DasIndia-Pakistan Border InfrastructureEveryday Spatialisation and its EffectsABSTRACTBorders intentionally create bounded territories in an attempt to comply with the spatial sovereignty nation states identify with. These spaces create barriers in the form of border fences, militarization, and low connectivity of road networks and the internet. A qualitative studyconducted in two villages at the India-Pakistan border over a few months highlights the impactof border infrastructure on the lives of borderland people, particularly women. The researchlooks at the making of a border village and its impact on women inhabiting these spaces. Ourstudy finds that the infrastructural edifice of border villages is restrictive and aids in constructing subjugated identities under the rationale of protection. The architecture and the patriarchal norms of the villages enforce strict control of women by men in the family due to lack ofconnectivity/mobility/accessibilities and by the armed forces through border fencing.CVAswathy Chandragiri is a research scholar at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, BITS Pilani, India. Her PhD proposal is titled‘Constructing forms of masculinities in aborder village at International Border.’ Her research interests are borders, migration, masculinities, and nation state. She completed her post-graduation in sociology from South AsianUniversity, New Delhi.Dr. Madhurima Das is an Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences,BITS Pilani, India. Dr. Das received her Postdoctoral degree from the Department of Philosophy and Cultural Heritage at the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. She completed her PhD atthe Department of Sociology at the University of Oregon.KEYWORDSBorders, Infrastructure, Gender, India, PunjabAswathy Chandragiri, Madhurima Das,“India-Pakistan Border Infrastructure – Everyday Spatialisation and its Effects”,insightOut. Journal on Gender and Sexuality in STEM Collectionsand Cultures, 2(2024), 75–80, DOI: 10.60531/insightout.2024.2.11DOI: 10.60531/insightout.2024.2.11Published under license CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
