At the Cité des sciences et de l'industrie (Paris), from April 14, 2026 to January 2, 2028
Border
A Word from the Geographers
Since the end of the Second World War, and even more so since the end of the Cold War, borders between states have multiplied. Never natural, they result from political decisions and balances of power. Borders are discontinuities crossed by flows of human beings, goods, capital and even data. Sometimes sorting machines, sometimes places of opportunity, borders have their own dynamics and can even extend into cyberspace.
The exhibit Border aims to question this concept, highlighting the lesser known science of geography and to its very useful tool: cartography.
Geography: another way of talking about people
Geography allows us to better understand our societies on a spatial level. Through this exhibit, visitors discover the many different kinds of borders: open, closed or porous; borders linked to opportunity or conflict, that separate, protect and sort. Borders can be more than a line: they can have different thicknesses, or be something else entirely, like a point or a network.
This exhibit focuses on the subject of borders by selecting a dozen examples from around the world, some for their symbolic nature, others for their unique and intriguing character, and even others for the light that they shed on major issues.
- A powerful subject that sheds light on major social issues
- Helps foster critical thinking and living together
- Showcases an underrepresented discipline: geography
- Lends itself to immersive museographic experiences
- Understanding borders is essential to addressing global challenges posed by climate change, conflict, the energy crisis and resource scarcity.