ABSTRACT
To engage in tracing back the concept to its origins in various languages and cultures would be an encyclopedic undertaking in itself since it appears in most contexts and fields across the world and its meaning therefore varies greatly. However, one might attempt to collect some of the meanings, fields, and understandings for the concept of border and the practices of bordering in relation to migration, since this relationship is unprecedentedly dominated by dynamism and change, especially in the past few decades. Similarly, these concepts are not only central to philosophy, political and sociological theory, and various other academic disciplines, but they have become increasingly significant to wider public arenas and politics. This contribution aims at providing some facets and developments, which shall stimulate further studies in borders and its related academic as well as policy areas of migration, security, and statehood.
