Emily Gilbert

Emily Gilbert is a Professor cross-appointed between the Canadian Studies Program at University College, and the Department of Geography at the University of Toronto . Her current research deals with questions relating to citizenship, mobility, borders, security, and militaries. She is engaged in two primary research projects. The first is an examination of battlefield compensation that is being made in cases of inadvertent death, injury and property damage. These practices are interesting in and of themselves, but she also has a broader concern for how war restructures the ways that lives are valued (or not), from claims made in response to acts of terrorism, to compensation for military veterans. A second line of inquiry is on the changing politics of the Canada-US border. She examines the ways that border risks--economic and social--are being used to discipline behaviour and promote new forms of citizenship practice. The impact on migration and mobility is of particular concern. She also continues to think about the materiality of money, and about the politics of currency arrangements (eg transnational monetary union), but has had less time to work on this recently. Visual and literary representations--local, national and transnational--are another area of fascination and inspiration, and she continues to be fascinated with the design of money, and the rise of currency 'hacking' (from Occupy George, to the work of Greek artist Stefanos).

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