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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" lang="EN-US">Dear colleagues,<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" lang="EN-US">What
linguistic anthropological scholarship exists on borders and security walls,
particularly in terms of implications for populations living in the affected
regions? Please send me suggestions of research/publications that should be considered
for a report for the AAA’s Proliferation of Border and Security Walls Task
Force (APBWTF) at <a href="mailto:khoffman@northwestern.edu">khoffman@northwestern.edu</a>. In addition to work in linguistic
anthropology, I am compiling a bibliography in legal anthropology on this
topic, so any suggestions would be welcome. <span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" lang="EN-US">The AAA request asks that the task force:<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" lang="EN-US">“Investigate and prepare relevant evidence
that documents the global proliferation of border and security walls, as well
as the impacts of these walls. This includes, but is not limited to, the
displacement of native peoples; increased militarization; forcing migrants,
refugees, and asylum seekers to take more dangerous routes; the division of
communities and families; an increase in violence and death; environmental
impacts, and the adverse effects of wall construction on archaeological and
cultural heritage sites.”<span></span></span></p>



<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" lang="EN-US">Thank you in advance, and apologies for
cross-posting.<span></span></span></p>



<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" lang="EN-US">Katherine E. Hoffman<span></span></span></p>

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