Current immigration debates have polarized the United States and influenced perceptions of American citizenship. What does “citizenship culture” look like at the US-Mexico border? New networks of civic spaces developed with border communities show how cross-border populations can build both regional and global solidarities.
Fonna Forman (PhD University of Chicago) is a professor of Political Theory at the University of California, San Diego and founding director of the UCSD Center on Global Justice. Her work focuses on climate justice, borders and migration, and participatory urbanization. She serves as co-chair of the University of California President’s Global Climate Leadership Council. She is the author (with Teddy Cruz) of Spatializing Justice: Building Blocks (MIT Press 2022) and Socializing Architecture: Top-Down / Bottom-Up (MIT Press 2023).
Part of our winter 2025 lecture series, "Building and Brokering Peace," and co-sponsored by the American Studies and Latin American Studies programs.