Border Discussion--4/09

"border"

Antifascist Protective Wall, Security Fence, Frontier, Bulwark, Barricade, Blockade,
Fortification, Facade, Divided, but held together, Hurdle, Security Fence, Divider,
Rampart, Line, Zipper, Fence, Zareba, Construct, Compartment, Boundary, Ceiling
Rift, Chasm, Void, Inclusive, Break water

What happens at borders?
Mourning
Resistance and Violence
Exchange
Temptation
Memories
Memorials to memory
Factories

Some Borders and Walls around the world:
Thailand's security fence (Malaysia)
North/South Korea demilitarised zone
Beijing/North Korea
Western Sahara/Morocco/camps in Algeria
Israel occupied West Bank/Palestine
Pakistan/Afghanistan
Uzbekistan/Tadzjikistan
United Kuwait/Iraqi frontier
Saudi Kingdom/Yemen (and plans for border with Iraq)
US/Mexico (1,920 mile fence) and virtual fence, i.e. U.S. policies
Borders around EU (Turkey is not part of the EU for example)

And more things to think about...
contradictory aspect of borders
ambiguity
fluidity of borders
porous borders

Types of Borders:
borderscapes (examples in Seattle? Viaduct, 520 Bridge?, other borders?)
environmental ("natural")
Hybrid borders
psychological
generational
gendered
racialized
economic/class borders
Other?