Dem gedruckten Beitrag vorangestellter Abstract (Englisch): Stacheldraht an der Grenze Kurze Emotionsgeschichte eines gefährlichen Objekts zwischen Angst und Empathie Jochen Lingelbach Barbed wire remains an indispensable part of the visual representation of borders to this day. It makes borders visible, normalizes them, or scandalizes them. Based on controversies about the use of barbed wire in colonial contexts and in recent measures against migration, I argue in this article that the emotional impact of barbed wire is linked to the object’s close association with danger. The dangerous nature of barbed wire can trigger either fear of others or compassion for them, depending on how individuals position themselves. The affective reaction thus refers to social boun­daries between social groups. Barbed wire fences around camps or at borders construct the people on the other side as potentially dangerous others and thus have an impact on societies. However, the bo­dily palpable raw violence of the metal spikes can also lead to feelings of human connection across the fence. The significance of this flexible technology for controlling bodies in space in the internalization of boundaries is explored based on historical controversies surrounding its emotional evaluation.

@JochenLingelba1 spürt der emotionalen Wirkmacht von #Stacheldraht als realem und repräsentativem Objekt der #Grenzziehung nach und betrachtet dessen enge Verbindung mit Gefahr in kolonialen Kontexten sowie in der jüngeren #Migrationsabwehr:
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