Life on the Border + The Post-Borderzone
Life on the Border is a seminar that considers an analysis of the history, theory, and praxis of borders and The Post-Borderzone, a studio that is interested in border cities as alternative and experimental spaces that, while resisting the assimilation of the prevailing raging capitalism and colonialism, allows a multiplicity of fronterizo voices.
Life on the Border: The Architecture of the Trans-boundary Urban Space
This course considers the architecture that makes the borders of cities, regions, and nations. Case studies central to this course will include: the border shared between México and the United States, the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) of North-South Korea, and the land dividing Palestinian and Israeli territories.