The Making (Sense) Of EUROSUR: How to Control The Sea Borders?

Bellanova, Rocco;Duez, Denis
(2016) EU Borders and Shifting Internal Security - Technology, Externalization and Accountability — ISBN: [3319175599], 23-44, published

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The EUROSUR system is supposed to further the surveillance of external borders of European Union Member States. From this point of view, it can be considered an important step in the construction of a controlled space. Drawing inspiration from the Foucauldian attention to programs and technologies, and mobilizing the Actor- Network-Theory concepts of setting and actant, the paper investigates EUROSUR main methodological operations. It highlights how the making of a controlled space is, first and foremost, a mise-en-discours going well beyond surveillance and pro- hibition: a continuous effort to make sense of a disparate multiplicity, encompassing both human and nonhuman elements, both controlled and controlling ones. From a theoretical perspective, the chapter contributes to on-going endeavors to reinvigor- ate the post-structuralist studies of International Relations with approaches inspired by Actor-Network-Theory.
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Bellanova, R., & Duez, D. (2016). The Making (Sense) Of EUROSUR: How to Control The Sea Borders? In Raphael Bossong and Helena Carrapico (ed.), EU Borders and Shifting Internal Security - Technology, Externalization and Accountability (pp. 23-44). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17560-7_2