‘Bio-bordering’ processes in the EU: de-bordering and re-bordering along transnational systems of biometric database technologies

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Autor(a) principal: Nunes, Nina Amelung
Data de Publicação: 2020
Outros Autores: Machado, Helena
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/64791
Resumo: Biometric data is increasingly flowing across borders in order to limit and control the mobility of selected people not only for migration control but also for crime control. The promise is that while data is mobilised, those declared outlaws will be immobilised. In this article, we discuss reverse patterns of bordering and ordering practices linked to large-scale transnational biometric database infrastructures. We introduce the concept of bio-bordering, using it to capture how the territorial foundations of national state autonomy are partially reclaimed and, at the same time, partially purposefully suspended when establishing biometric data exchange. The case of the Prüm system, the mandatory exchange of forensic DNA data amongst the EU member states, serves to portray instances of overcoming and enforcing bio-borders for data flows. Firstly, we explore the different logics of creating permeable bio-borders at work at the EU level which derive from EU attempts of integrating legal, scientific, technical and organisational dimensions. Secondly, we take the Portuguese case as an illustrative example of how latently reinforcing bio-borders counters the ambition of expansive data exchange.
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spelling ‘Bio-bordering’ processes in the EU: de-bordering and re-bordering along transnational systems of biometric database technologiesBio-borderingRe-bordering and de-borderingModes of orderingForensic DNA data exchangeBorder regimesEuropean UnionCiências Sociais::SociologiaBiometric data is increasingly flowing across borders in order to limit and control the mobility of selected people not only for migration control but also for crime control. The promise is that while data is mobilised, those declared outlaws will be immobilised. In this article, we discuss reverse patterns of bordering and ordering practices linked to large-scale transnational biometric database infrastructures. We introduce the concept of bio-bordering, using it to capture how the territorial foundations of national state autonomy are partially reclaimed and, at the same time, partially purposefully suspended when establishing biometric data exchange. The case of the Prüm system, the mandatory exchange of forensic DNA data amongst the EU member states, serves to portray instances of overcoming and enforcing bio-borders for data flows. Firstly, we explore the different logics of creating permeable bio-borders at work at the EU level which derive from EU attempts of integrating legal, scientific, technical and organisational dimensions. Secondly, we take the Portuguese case as an illustrative example of how latently reinforcing bio-borders counters the ambition of expansive data exchange.This work has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the EU’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Consolidation grant, agreement No. 648608), within the project ‘EXCHANGE – Forensic geneticists and the transnational exchange of DNA data in the EU: Engaging science with social control, citizenship and democracy’, led by Helena Machado and hosted at the Institute for Social Sciences of at the University of Minho, Portugal. Furthermore, we would like to thank the editors of the special issue, Ildikó Plájás, Rafaela Granja and the anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments on earlier versions of this article. Additionally, we are grateful to Filipe Santos, for his suggestion of applying the term of ‘bio-borders’ to the transnational exchange of DNA data, and to Sara Matos and Filipa Queirós for providing important insights from their fieldwork experience in Portugal.Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.Universidade do MinhoNunes, Nina AmelungMachado, Helena2020-03-0310000-01-01T00:00:00Z2020-03-03T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/1822/64791engAmelung, N. & Machado, H. (2019). ‘Bio-bordering’ processes in the EU: de-bordering and re-bordering along transnational systems of biometric database technologies. International Journal of Migration and Border Studies, 5(4), 392-408. https://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJMBS.2019.1058131755-24191755-242710.1504/IJMBS.2019.105813https://www.inderscienceonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1504/IJMBS.2019.105813info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-21T12:08:32Zoai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/64791Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T18:59:45.618586Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv ‘Bio-bordering’ processes in the EU: de-bordering and re-bordering along transnational systems of biometric database technologies
title ‘Bio-bordering’ processes in the EU: de-bordering and re-bordering along transnational systems of biometric database technologies
spellingShingle ‘Bio-bordering’ processes in the EU: de-bordering and re-bordering along transnational systems of biometric database technologies
Nunes, Nina Amelung
Bio-bordering
Re-bordering and de-bordering
Modes of ordering
Forensic DNA data exchange
Border regimes
European Union
Ciências Sociais::Sociologia
title_short ‘Bio-bordering’ processes in the EU: de-bordering and re-bordering along transnational systems of biometric database technologies
title_full ‘Bio-bordering’ processes in the EU: de-bordering and re-bordering along transnational systems of biometric database technologies
title_fullStr ‘Bio-bordering’ processes in the EU: de-bordering and re-bordering along transnational systems of biometric database technologies
title_full_unstemmed ‘Bio-bordering’ processes in the EU: de-bordering and re-bordering along transnational systems of biometric database technologies
title_sort ‘Bio-bordering’ processes in the EU: de-bordering and re-bordering along transnational systems of biometric database technologies
author Nunes, Nina Amelung
author_facet Nunes, Nina Amelung
Machado, Helena
author_role author
author2 Machado, Helena
author2_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidade do Minho
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Nunes, Nina Amelung
Machado, Helena
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Bio-bordering
Re-bordering and de-bordering
Modes of ordering
Forensic DNA data exchange
Border regimes
European Union
Ciências Sociais::Sociologia
topic Bio-bordering
Re-bordering and de-bordering
Modes of ordering
Forensic DNA data exchange
Border regimes
European Union
Ciências Sociais::Sociologia
description Biometric data is increasingly flowing across borders in order to limit and control the mobility of selected people not only for migration control but also for crime control. The promise is that while data is mobilised, those declared outlaws will be immobilised. In this article, we discuss reverse patterns of bordering and ordering practices linked to large-scale transnational biometric database infrastructures. We introduce the concept of bio-bordering, using it to capture how the territorial foundations of national state autonomy are partially reclaimed and, at the same time, partially purposefully suspended when establishing biometric data exchange. The case of the Prüm system, the mandatory exchange of forensic DNA data amongst the EU member states, serves to portray instances of overcoming and enforcing bio-borders for data flows. Firstly, we explore the different logics of creating permeable bio-borders at work at the EU level which derive from EU attempts of integrating legal, scientific, technical and organisational dimensions. Secondly, we take the Portuguese case as an illustrative example of how latently reinforcing bio-borders counters the ambition of expansive data exchange.
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dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv Amelung, N. & Machado, H. (2019). ‘Bio-bordering’ processes in the EU: de-bordering and re-bordering along transnational systems of biometric database technologies. International Journal of Migration and Border Studies, 5(4), 392-408. https://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJMBS.2019.105813
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