Fabrica mundi : producing the world by drawing borders

In recent years borders have become an important concern not only of research but also of political and artistic practice. Contrary to the vision of a borderless world that shaped debates on globalization in the 1990s, there is today a pronounced awareness of the increasing presence of borders. This article presents excerpts from a forthcoming book titled “Border as method, or, the multiplication of labor” that charts this proliferation of borders, investigating its implications for migratory movements, capitalist transformations, and political life