RT Article
T1 Cyborg work: borders as simulation
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 58
IS 6
SP 1361
OP 1380
A1 Lalonde, Patrick C.
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1582420823
AB Much recent research has focused on examining various binary contradictions and employing metaphors pertaining to border security. Ultimately, this article argues that existing debates and metaphors are inadequate in describing what is understood and agreed upon in the literature in terms of borders. This article proposes a refinement of existing theory for contemporary borders, employing Baudrillard’s concept of ‘simulation’. The metaphor of the ‘simulated border’ functions to avoid debates surrounding geospatiality while also incorporating aspects of risk society and control in concluding that borders are anything but organic security environments, with the ‘stretched screens’ of border agents serving to produce dividuals that are tested within games of security to govern mobility anywhere in time or space.
K1 Border security
K1 Borders
K1 Theory
K1 Simulation
K1 Risk
K1 Control
DO 10.1093/bjc/azx070