Imagined Borders

A visual advocacy platform on the artificial nature of international borders, founded by @AryanaUrbani.

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Imagined Borders is featured on @konbini today! https://t.co/BI6CHwER1x

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Democratic People’s Republic of Korea [N] - Republic of Korea [S] 🔗 https://t.co/7depRuLQBG

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IMAGINED BORDERS 🔗 New Website 🔗 April 2020 ⁣🔗 https://t.co/7depRuLQBG 🔗 @imaginedborders

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Panthéon, Paris, 13 July 2019.
(© Collectif La Chapelle Debout)

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Namibia [W] - Zambia [N] - Zimbabwe [E] - Botswana [S]
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Republic of the Congo [W] - Democratic Republic of the Congo [E]
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Indonesia [W] - Papua New Guinea [E]
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« Maps are very effective at manufacturing a sense of centralized identity where one otherwise does not exist: they link places to “things,” like citizenship and taxes. » @storyshaped https://t.co/sfunhUUhR7

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Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus [N] - United Nations Buffer Zone [E] - Republic of Cyprus [S]
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An aerial view of the fence between California and Tijuana – Guillermo Arias/AFP

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« The borders of the future won’t be as easy to spot, build or demolish as the wall that Mr. Trump is proposing. That’s because they aren’t just going up around countries — they’re going up around us. And they’re taking away our freedom. » https://t.co/Zse5M7apIB

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Libia [N] - Niger [S]
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Semi-enclave: The Gambia
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« ... to prevent any refugee invasion » — NYT, 1938

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« The business of a border is to be crossed » - Achille Mbembe

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A very emotional scene inside Dulles airport this morning when an 11 y/o, held by ICE for 6+ months, reunited with his mother & grandmother. He claimed asylum at the border and was detained, yet the mom was already living legally in VA. She sued the Trump administration & won.

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« The book and website have been designed to help children explore not just how nationality works and what role it plays in our day-to-day lives, but also build their understanding of the rights they hold as children. » https://t.co/Ys1EZiAAIY

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La création de cette chaire répond à la nécessité d’étudier le phénomène des migrations de la façon la plus scientifique possible – https://t.co/CY8FhRluyO

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Forever grateful to @iam_internet and @techfestivalcph for allowing me to present my project @imaginedborders at the Beyond Borders Summit which took place yesterday in Denmark, Copenhagen! 🇩🇰

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Thank you to @iam_internet and @techfestivalcph for inviting Imagined Borders to be a part of the Beyond Borders Summit!