Accounts of "Borderscape"

Accounts of “Borderscape”

In the article, “The Caribbean Roots of European Maritime Interdiction” by Jeffery Kahn, I was first struck by the hook he opens with to capture…

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Drawing Further Parallels

Drawing Further Parallels

Maybe it was because I worked on the discussion presentation for this past week, but I couldn’t help but notice all the connections and ties…

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Constant Limbo

Constant Limbo

I thought the first article “Camp in the City” was a very interesting read after just barely scratching the surface of the role Angela Merkel…

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Critique of a Social Media Campaign - Is There Power In a Hashtag?

Critique of a Social Media Campaign – Is There Power In a Hashtag?

I have always been interested in the growing prevalence and addiction to social media world-wide. Without a doubt it has become a very powerful tool,…

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Front vs Back of House Work and "Whiteness"

Front vs Back of House Work and “Whiteness”

An interesting common thread between the two articles was “this idea of labor without citizenship, as well as an uncanny recurrence of imperial formations that…

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Illegal and Invisible

Illegal and Invisible

When we talked to the Syrian community partners, many of them discussed how living in Lebanon illegally was so hard because you were underpaid as…

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