Brightman Marc, Grotti Vanessa
University College, London.
Oxford University.
Reg Cohes. 2014 Dec 1;4(3):17-38. doi: 10.3167/reco.2014.040302.
Focusing on the region surrounding the Maroni River, which forms the border between Suriname and French Guiana, we examine how relations between different state and non-state social groups are articulated in terms of security. The region is characterised by multiple "borders" and frontiers of various kinds, the state boundary having the features of an interface or contact zone. Several key collectivities meet in this border zone: native Amazonians, tribal Maroon peoples, migrant Brazilian gold prospectors, and metropolitan French state functionaries. We explore the relationships between these different sets of actors and describe how their mutual encounters center on discourses of human and state security, thus challenging the commonly held view of the region as a stateless zone and showing that the "human security" of citizens from the perspective of the state may compete with locally salient ideas or experiences of well-being.
聚焦于构成苏里南和法属圭亚那边界的马罗尼河周边地区，我们考察不同国家和非国家社会群体之间的关系如何在安全方面得以阐明。该地区具有多种“边界”和各类边境，国家边界具有界面或接触区的特征。几个关键群体在这个边境地带交汇：当地亚马逊人、部落黑奴后裔群体、巴西流动淘金者以及法国大都市的国家公职人员。我们探究这些不同行为体之间的关系，并描述他们的相互接触如何以人类安全和国家安全话语为核心，从而挑战了该地区是无国家区域这一普遍观点，并表明从国家角度看公民的“人类安全”可能与当地显著的福祉观念或体验相竞争。
