The System of Systems
<p>Within Frontex sits a division, called Eurosur, which describes itself as an “information exchange framework” and “surveillance system” operating on behalf of the EU. Eurosur and Frontex’s joint operations across the entire European common border and beyond are bolstered by what Frontex touts as “the system of systems.” When fully integrated, it is claimed this network of technologies will deliver “the frictionless circulation of identity data within a single globalized market of information.” Such ambition has led journalist and historian Frances Stonor Saunders to suggest that through this definition, “the whole order of society and its component parts (us) is revealed. And not just as it is today, but as it will be tomorrow, because the key mission of the system of systems is predicting the future.”</p> <p>This collection of essays attempts to demonstrate that the process of seeking asylum is indeed a system, but it is not Eurosur’s ideal, frictionless, single system. Rather, it is a system composed of many “systems” which are complex, hierarchical, interlinked, abrasive and messy. Though it is not the key mission of <em>The System of Systems</em> to predict the future, perhaps this book can, in small ways, reveal some component parts of the present.</p>
Editors: Rebecca Glyn-Blanco, Maria McLintock, Danae Papazymouri
Contributing Editor: Alice Primrose
Contributors: Maria McLintock, Daniel Trilling, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Rebecca Glyn-Blanco, Danae Papazymouri, Paul Feigelfeld, Eugenio Grosso, Lucie Parker, Andrew Herscher, Kamil Dalkir, Design Unlikely Futures, Melanie Friend, James Bridle, Thomas Keenan, Sohrab Mohebbi, Daniela Ortiz, Xose Quiroga, Olivia Head, Jill Power, Nana Varveropoulou, Ayesha Hameed
Designer: Rebecca Glyn-Blanco, Danae Papazymouri
ISBN: 9781527208889