Beyond ‘Borderism’: Overcoming Discriminative B/Ordering and Othering

Now, 20 years after our article “Bordering, Ordering and Othering”, the editorial team of TESG has asked me to look back on its formation, comment appraisals continued relevance influence offered by Anssi Paasi, Bastian Vollmer, James Scott Chiara Brambilla in this Forum. To end, I will first explain what inspiration was for essay shortly revisit geopolitical triadic frame that we proposed; then, discuss reflections commentators while briefly analyzing how field border studies developed; lastly, ahead offer, also using their reflections, a brief research agenda address present upcoming b/ordering othering challenges.