The border certainly plays a role of primary importance both in the disciplinary cornerstones of Political Geography and in the evolutionary scenarios of Geopolitics. Its archetypal nature makes it a matrix of thought and manifesta- tions as complex as it is essential, naturally attributable to the function of the barrier par excellence. The present contribution intends to conduct the analysis by observing the border notion in cyberspace – such as the space of the Web, telematic flows and virtual networks which, however, strongly influence the (more) tangible space of the geographical reality. In this context, the border line is characterized by connection and connectivity; becomes a more and more sought-after defense barrier – i.e. the firewall, the wall of bits not to be crossed – by the many malicious attacks that influence any government agenda or daily on-line activity, up to “delimit” an interesting, functional and biunivocal, relationship of belonging between cyberspace and “real-space”. For the purposes of the analysis, therefore, against the backdrop of a vigorous resurgence – assuming there has been a sunset – of state and local logics in the so-called post global paradigm, the cases of cyber-nationalism at the beginning of the millennium and of the most recent cyber-wars between states will be reviewed, considering them as emblematic examples of a varied territoriality-sovereignty relationship. In fact, these examples seem to refer to a change in approaches and related spatial repercussions, with implications that do not necessarily refer to an easy transition between old and new conceptions but convey a circular evolutionary sense that is anything but obvious.
Il confine certamente riveste un ruolo di primaria importanza sia nei capisaldi disciplinari della Geografia Politica che negli scenari evolutivi della Geopolitica. La natura archetipica dello stesso ne fa una matrice di pensiero e di mani- festazioni tanto complessa quanto imprescindibile, naturalmente riconducibile alla funzione della barriera per antonomasia. Il presente contributo intende condurre l’analisi osservando la declinazione cyberspaziale del concetto di confine – ossia quella appartenente allo spazio del Web, dei flussi telematici e delle reti virtuali che, tuttavia, influenzano in maniera più che robusta anche lo spazio (più) tangibile della realtà geografica. In tale contesto, la linea del confine si configura nella connessione e nella connettività; diventa una sempre più ricercata barriera di difesa – si pensi al firewall, il muro di bit da non oltrepassare – dai tanti attacchi malevoli che influenzano qualsiasi agenda governativa o attività quotidiana in-linea, fino a “delimitare” un inte- ressante rapporto di appartenenza, funzionale e biunivoco, tra cyberspazio e “real-spazio”. Ai fini dell’analisi, dunque, sullo sfondo di un vigoroso risorgere – ammesso che vi sia stato un tramonto – di logiche statuali e localistiche nel cd. paradigma post globale, si passeranno in rapida rassegna i casi del cyber-nazionalismo avuto ad inizio millennio e delle più recenti cyber-guerre tra Stati, considerandoli come emblematici esempi di un variato rapporto territorialità-sovranità. In effetti, tali esempi sembra- no rimandare ad un mutamento di approcci e di relative ricadute spaziali, con implicazioni che non necessariamente rimandano ad una facile passaggio tra vecchie e nuove concezioni ma veicolano un senso evolutivo circolare tutt’altro che scontato.
(In-)Linea di confine: dalla cyber-territorialità alla cyber-sovranità e viceversa
MEZZAPELLE D
2018-01-01
Abstract
The border certainly plays a role of primary importance both in the disciplinary cornerstones of Political Geography and in the evolutionary scenarios of Geopolitics. Its archetypal nature makes it a matrix of thought and manifesta- tions as complex as it is essential, naturally attributable to the function of the barrier par excellence. The present contribution intends to conduct the analysis by observing the border notion in cyberspace – such as the space of the Web, telematic flows and virtual networks which, however, strongly influence the (more) tangible space of the geographical reality. In this context, the border line is characterized by connection and connectivity; becomes a more and more sought-after defense barrier – i.e. the firewall, the wall of bits not to be crossed – by the many malicious attacks that influence any government agenda or daily on-line activity, up to “delimit” an interesting, functional and biunivocal, relationship of belonging between cyberspace and “real-space”. For the purposes of the analysis, therefore, against the backdrop of a vigorous resurgence – assuming there has been a sunset – of state and local logics in the so-called post global paradigm, the cases of cyber-nationalism at the beginning of the millennium and of the most recent cyber-wars between states will be reviewed, considering them as emblematic examples of a varied territoriality-sovereignty relationship. In fact, these examples seem to refer to a change in approaches and related spatial repercussions, with implications that do not necessarily refer to an easy transition between old and new conceptions but convey a circular evolutionary sense that is anything but obvious.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.