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3 Birkbeck L. Rev. 278 (2015)
Mapping the Construction of EU Borderspaces as Necropolitical Zones of Exception

handle is hein.journals/birkbek3 and id is 296 raw text is: Birkbeck Law Review Volume 3(2) Mapping the Construction of EU Borderspaces as Necropolitical Zones of Exception KIRSTINE NORDENTOFT MOSE AND VERA WRIEDT* This paper maps the politico-legal construction of EU bor- derspaces as necropolitical zones of exception, foregrounding the systematic aspects underlying the constant control and violence in EU borderspaces, which risk being obscured in current discourses of 'crisis' and corresponding policy re- sponses. The first part of the paper conceptualises the mili- tarised borderspace emerging under contemporary control techniques; mapping what we refer to as the horizontal ex- tension of border control through agreements with countries of origin and transit, and the vertical extension of surveil- lance through drones or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The second part analyses how these control techniques con- struct bio- and necropolitical borderspaces as fluctuating zones of exception horizontally and vertically extended be- yond the territorial border, moving with the body of people in a migrant or refugee position who are constantly exposed to the racialised threat of violence and death. The proposed concept of borderspaces complements Balibar's critical bor- der topography with Eyal Weizman's politics of verticality, and nuances Giorgio Agamben's conceptualisation of the state of exception drawing on Achille Mbembe's and Alexan- der Weheliye's critical readings of necropolitical techniques and racialising assemblages. Both authors obtained LLM Human Rights from Birkbeck, University of London in 2015. Kirstine holds BA Law from the University of Copenhagen, BA Film and Media studies, and is currently finishing her postgraduate law degree (cand.jur) at the University of Copenhagen. Vera holds BA (Hons) Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University. The authors would like to thank Dr Nadine El-Enany and Dr Eddie Bruce-Jones for their input at the early stages of this paper, and Rebekka Hammelsbeck for reflections and support during the writing process. 278

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