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An art, research and media project investigating the role of landscape imagery in international conflict through drawing events at militarized sites and publications.

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Artists, Surveillance and Patrol at the Border

July 8, 2014 Hillary Mushkin
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A view of the Pacific from Bunker Hill at the US-Mexico Border | Watercolor by Hillary Mushkin

Incendiary Traces visits the U.S.-Mexico Border to view the binational boundary from the perspective of U.S. Border Patrol agents.

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In Report Tags US/Mexico Border, Border Patrol, San Diego

Crossing the Line: A History of Medical Inspection at the Border

June 24, 2014 Celeste Menchaca
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Mexicans quarantined at the Santa Fe Bridge Disinfection Plant, 1917 | USPHS, National Archives

In the early 1900s, medical inspection and photographic documentation ushered in a new set of surveillance procedures for state oversight at the U.S.-Mexico border.

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In Historical, Guest Contribution, Origins Tags US/Mexico Border, San Diego, Border Patrol

Drawing a Line: Encounters with the U.S.-Mexico Border

November 13, 2012 Susanna Newbury
David Taylor, Boundary Monument No. 210, 2009. From the series Working the Line. Archival inkjet print, 31 x 24 in. | Photo courtesy of David Taylor

David Taylor, Boundary Monument No. 210, 2009. From the series Working the Line. Archival inkjet print, 31 x 24 in. | Photo courtesy of David Taylor

Susanna Newbury examines the history of the U.S./Mexico border and its geopolitical importance to the United States.

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In Guest Contribution, Historical Tags US/Mexico Border, Border Patrol, San Diego, Cartography

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