21 Mar 2017
Times of walls: The politics of fencing in the contemporary world
Border barriers today signal a resurgence of nation-state ideologies in the public discourse, and confirm that the importance of territorial sovereignty is still intimately linked to “identity-territory-governance” argues senior researcher Antonio de Lauri. Borders illustrate the strict nexus that exists between the state apparatus and its theatrical manifestations—whether a wall is useful or not, its spectacle can be seen by everybody, he writes on the blogsite focaalblog. com
