This website developed from a research project started a number of years ago in Cyprus, funded by an EU grant for digital ethnographic participation. In the wake of this project, researchers wondered, if there are specific and significant finds regarding island borders in Cyprus, would this also be the case at other island borders? If yes, what were the differences, what the commonalities?

Over the last few years, researchers visited a number of these island borders and, together with local partners, trained local students to conduct interviews with different members of borderland communities. This website collects some of these interviews, thereby giving voice to people often disenfranchised and unable to contribute to constructive island border discourses. The collection also sheds light on the different and complex relations border community experience on a day-to-day basis, having to negotiate boundaries and engage in difficult cross-border practices. It is to their perseverance and ingenuity this website is dedicated.

Of course, not all islands borders and communities could be covered in these pages. As this is a growing selection, though, we hope to include more and more testimonies as time goes on. Communities, NGOs, and other interested parties are encouraged to contact us HERE for future collaborations.