Limits and limitations: doing animal geographies at the Korean demilitarised zone (DMZ)

• Published in: Scottish geographical journal Vol. 140; no. 3-4; pp. 533 - 540
• Main Author: Joyce, Madelaine A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Routledge 01.10.2024; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: access; animal cultures; animal geographies; animal methodologies; Animals; Birds; Borders; demilitarised zone; Human body; Korean Peninsula

The Korean demilitarised zone (DMZ) has traditionally been understood as an alienated borderland consistent with ideas of no-man's lands as abandoned and enclosed spaces. However, far from being an empty space or geopolitical vacuum, the withdrawal of human bodies and activity from the DMZ has...