The Wall and the Politics of Exclusion and Inclusion at Baja California Borderlands

A Pictorial Journey

Bibliographic Data

ID21829707
AuthorsÁngel Iglesias Ortiz (0000-0001-8811-9302, Peace Research Institute Oslo, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume13
Issue2
Pages145-180
Publication date2022-11-09
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueImaginations Journal of Cross-Cultural Image Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1918-8439 • E-ISSN: 1918-8439
PublisherUniversity of Alberta Libraries (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.17742/image.tp.13.2.7
OpenAlexW4308644673
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited9

The essay considers the border wall between Mexico and the United States as its primary visual, symbolic, and material reference to reflect on the politics of exclusion and inclusion entangled in everyday discourses and practices in Baja California’s borderlands. Everyday bordering applies not only to governmental technologies of control but also to these sorts of politics. The essay proposes that the wall represents an exclusionary symbol that is nonetheless challenged by those who attempt to embed inclusion in this context. The pictorial journey shows aspects of common situations next to the wall between the Mexican cities of Mexicali and Tijuana

Archaeology · Everyday life · Geography · Inclusion–exclusion principle · Linguistics · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Gender Studies · Latin American and Latino Studies · Law · Participatory Visual Research Methods · Philosophy · Public Spaces through Art

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