An Interview with Polly Pallister-Wilkins: Mediterranean as a Humanitarian Border

Abstract

Meltem tries to understand what "Mediterranean" is, and how this geography is changing and is being shaped. It seems that one of the central issues shaping the Mediterranean today is about migration and security, about movements of people, and expansion of borders. In your work, you explore these issues especially with respect to the border practices and their meaning. First of all, can you explain the actual dynamics and history of migration and borders in the Mediterranean? This is a question that cannot possibly be answered in a short way. In terms of the history of