Excerpt from the final chapter: 

 

The dangerous other 

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As much as everything we built is a reaction to our fears in seek of protection and control, there is much space for us to question this and challenge it in the way we build our world. Once we’ve become confronted with it, the responsibility of action lies on us, and in the way we reshape this landscapes of fear. 

 

In the case of The Wall, its old fences and new radar borders, as well as the newly built prototypes in San Diego are a testament of a conflict between two countries, of the fear of one another. And they stand still challenging time and change as if their message was as absolute and unchallengeable as its structure.  

 

And as much as this is an event bound to a certain territory, the issues it addresses and the message it sends regards every one of us and our freedom of movement and identification. As mentioned before, thanks to technological advancements our world is becoming more and more reachable, accessible and in a way, smaller. Distances have become shorter and time seems to go faster. 

 

Waves of migration because of war, political and economic conflicts, have become a norm, and as much as this can bring economic benefits for those who welcome them, it also brings fast change, and with that comes fear, and with fear comes distance. 

 

But imagine this would happen in your country, in your town, in your home, what if you could put yourself in the place of the other, and instead of dangerous you could start perceiving it as human. The power of empathy and curiosity relies on the fact that gives us more knowledge about something or someone that we don’t know, or that seems distant and strange. Instead of control, we can gain knowledge, instead of walls we can build freedom, and instead of dangerous others, we can see ourselves as equals.