Wednesday, March 16
12:30pm to 1:30pm
Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Room D411
** Please note the day change to Wednesday**
The implementation of the new identification technologies in the European Union such as new database systems and electronic ID cards challenge the conventional understanding of the border as a fixed physical site. Now the border is everywhere which sorts and excludes people automatically. In this presentation, the development of the e-bordering practices in the EU, their impacts on the different segments of the population (citizens, regular/irregular immigrants, asylum seekers, travellers and so on) and the points of resistances against these practices will be critically analyzed. Among others, e-bordering practices urge us to reconsider the complex relationships between power, surveillance, technology, identity, politics and ethics within the context of the EU.
Everyone welcome!
The Surveillance Studies Centre
c/o David Murakami Wood
Department of Criminology
University of Ottawa
Canada