By Jillian Smith, University of Birmingham We have all heard it: “I will build a great wall – and nobody … More
Tag: borders
Mobilising affinity ties for humanitarianism at the war-torn China-Myanmar border
By Elaine Lynn-Ee Ho, National University of Singapore A few days after Christmas 2016, a social media post caught my eye. It … More
Israeli authorities impose new spatial barriers in Jerusalem after violence escalates
By Ryan McCarrel, University College Dublin Over the last several days an unfortunate spike in violence has once again shaken … More
Housing Refugees: Prejudice and the Potentials of Encounter
This summer the British media opened its eyes, cleared its collective throat, and eventually gave voice to a global refugee crisis that has been growing for years…
ICHC 2015: the global history of cartography
Benjamin Sacks, Princeton University Antwerp, Belgium recently hosted the 26th International Conference on the History of Cartography, bringing together 150 … More
Cartography in Times of War & Peace
By Benjamin Sacks On 2-6 December 2014 an international group of leading scholars of historical geography – including a large … More
Border Abstractions: Competing Notions of Sovereignty
Benjamin Sacks THE AMERICAN raid on Abbottabad that killed Osama bin Laden on Sunday, 1 May raised Islamabad’s concerns that … More
Dismantling Cross-border Mobility: France may suspend Schengen agreement
by Fiona Ferbrache Around 20,000 immigrants in Italy, mainly of Tunisian origin, have been issued six-month residency permits in an … More
Estonia’s currency border:mobility and immobility in the European Union
by Fiona Ferbrache Travel to Estonia this year and you no longer need to change your currency into kroon. The … More
At the borders of ‘Fortress Europe’
By Rosa Mas Giralt The outer borders of the European Union and their ‘barrier’ structures are back in the news. … More
