Design, translation, citizenship: Reflections on the virtual (de)territorialization of the US -Mexico border

Environment and Planning D: Society and Space

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 482-496

  Weber, Cynthia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Borders; Brinco; Casa Segura; Citizenship; Design; Electronic civil disobedience; Etienne Balibar; Hospitality; Labor geography; Mobility; Sovereignty; Topography of civility; Topography of cruelty; Transborder Immigrant Tool; Translation

Indexed keywords

BORDER REGION; CITIZENSHIP; DESIGN; MOBILITY; SOVEREIGNTY; TERRITORIALITY; VIOLENCE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865342459     PISSN: 02637758     EISSN: 14723433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/d10110     Document Type: Article

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