Boundaries

A year on from its reawakening, Clare Market Review, the journal of the LSE SU, is back with a vengeance. Last year’s successes were recognised in the form of two Guardian Student Media Awards short-listings – and with such success came expectation in need of fulfilling.

With a fresh-faced editorial board nestled into a brand-spanking new office filled to the brim with hopeful enthusiasm and misplaced creativity, we hit the ground running and set about smashing through glass ceilings and leaping beyond expectations wherever possible: launching Clare’s closest sibling, Clive, on the cyber-waves (www.claremarketreview.com); piloting a special projects initiative; and recruiting more LSE talent than ever to feature in our first print issue of the year. You are holding hours of ardent Clare loving in your hands.

In this issue, Clare explores “boundaries.” At LSE, the focus is often on breaking them down in pursuit of a common passion, but we find that destroying barriers often means confronting them head on. You will read how “Walls and Borders” do more than divide us physically; they challenge our concepts of home, likeness, national identity, and history. In “(Sub) Cultures,” Clare explores the self-perpetuating boundaries of societal association — whether voluntary, as in tattoo culture, or imposed as in the case of the Batutsi and Bahutu in Rwanda; whether generational or class-based. “Perception(s)” will challenge you to question it all: how our perceptions influence loan recipients and how we study history; how we perceive these limitations; how perceptions affect who we are and what we’re doing here. (Are you sure you’re actually holding Clare?)

We hope you enjoy delving into the beautiful, multifaceted, and occasionally humorous content as much as we have (and if not, the burden’s on you to contribute next time.)

If you find you need more regular lovings from Clare, please send us an email (su.claremarketreview@lse.ac.uk) with your contact details and we promise to keep you abreast of all the wonderfulness that is Clare.

Happy reading,
Clare