The Real Issue with the Barmy Design Ideas for Trump’s Border Wall
We need to imagine new types of borders in this era of fervent fence building.
We need to imagine new types of borders in this era of fervent fence building.
Where are the edges of Europe, how are they defined and who can be included within them? The project addresses these questions by creating contemporary narratives of European belonging that challenge prevalent conceptions of Europe and its citizens. I take as my starting point the historical connection between the way state entities represent themselves through maps and the ways in which they define citizens and non-citizens. In contrast to the traditional Western understanding of cartography as the representation of an already existing world, I view maps as world-making entities that are traditionally made by those in power.
