Tag Archives: jerusalem

Signposts from a Contested Landscape: A Photographic Archive

7 Jan Filed under Spatial Analysis. No comments.

Words and images by Diego Segatto In this original article for arenaofspeculation.org, Diego Segatto shares his experiences of reading the conflict through the built and natural landscapes of Israel-Palestine. His photographs are generously shared here on a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 license. Questo articolo è […]

Deterritorializing the Palestinian Parliament

Common Assembly: Deterritorializing the Palestinian Parliament

12 Sep Filed under Critical Speculation, Spatial Analysis. 1 Comment.

In their latest project, DAAR (Decolonizing Architecture Art Residency) investigate the site of the abandoned ‘Palestinian Parliament’ building in East Jerusalem, attempting to spatialise questions of democratic representation within a ‘deterritorialized’ Palestinian diaspora, and to imagine an ‘extra-territorial’ space of assembly “that is able to […]

Dome of the Rock / Haram Al-Sharif

Olive Revolution: Challenging the Closure of Jerusalem

26 Aug Filed under Physical Intervention. No comments.

Today (26th August), a broad coalition of grassroots activists will descend on Jerusalem from four directions, marching on Israeli checkpoints in Qalandia (Ramallah), Bethlehem, Shu’afat refugee camp and the village of Biddu. The action coincides with the international Youm Al-Quds (Jerusalem Day), which is marked […]

Lifta 2011

Saving Lifta: Stepping up the Campaign

9 Mar Filed under Advocacy. No comments.

This week, the Coalition to Save Lifta announced that, following a petition submitted on 6 March, an Israeli court had ordered a temporary freeze on plans to build a new luxury Jewish neighbourhood on the remains of the Palestinian village of Lifta.