Borders as Infrastructure The Technopolitics of Border Control

• Main Author: Dijstelbloem, Huub (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge The MIT Press 2021
• Series: Infrastructures
• Subjects: Economic systems & structures; History of engineering & technology; International relations; Borders; migration; infrastructure; technology; politics; security; Europe; EU; Schengen; surveillance; mobility; boundary; frontier; border control; bordering; migrants; refugees; Frontex; border guards; search and rescue; rescue operations; airport; counter-surveillance; border deaths; Mediterranean; mixed movements; territory; sovereignty; state; state of exception; detention; fingerprint; biometrics; database; interoperability; situational awareness
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An investigation of borders as moving entities that influence our notions of territory, authority, sovereignty, and jurisdiction. In Borders as Infrastructure, Huub Dijstelbloem brings science and technology studies, as well as the philosophy of technology, to the study of borders and international...