Border Renaissance in a Time of Border Perplexity? The Question of Renaissance/Renascence in a Post-Globalization World
Journal: Borders in Globalization Review
Year: 2024

This essay explores questions of why and how there can be a border renaissance in a time of border profusion and confusion. Are we simply witnessing border renascence, a revival of the statist boundary, despite globalization? Or is the renaissance of the border new growth arising from incomprehension of the border in the 21st century? With reference to research in North America, Southeast Asia, and Europe, this article examines the entangled state of the border to discern what is unaccountable f