ABSTRACT
Over the last few decades, and especially after 9/11, on a global level, we have witnessed an intense proliferation of bordering practices, ranging from visa-restrictions, laws, migration deals, barbed wire, and bricks to everyday (institutional) discrimination (van Houtum, 2012; Mezzadra and Neilson, 2013). Borders have become among the most discussed themes on a global level: quoting Etienne Balibar, they have moved from the “margins of the territories” to the “center of the political space” (2004: 109).
