Fenced In
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: This article explores the emotional responses related to the construction of a wildlife fence along the Denmark - Germany border in 2019. The fence, intended to prevent the entry of wild boar and the potential spread of African Swine Fever, has rekindled anxieties and concerns in a region that has spent the last two decades removing remnants of past border infrastructure. We examine the relationship between anxiety and infrastructure through the case of a Danish farmer whose property is divided by the fence, with his farmhouse in Denmark and a stable and some land holdings in Germany. While this division presents significant practical challenges, we discuss how this infrastructural development is also igniting anxieties.
Source: Roadsides
Authors: Annika Pohl Harrisson, Michael Eilenberg
Institution: Aarhus University
Language: English
Subfield: Geography, Planning and Development
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4404539175