Against the Jerusalem Narrative: Spatial Politics of Jaffa-Tel Aviv
<p>This conversation is the second one recorded live at Studio-X Amman Lab (the first one being with Rahel Aima & Ahmad Makia). Recorded with Dena Qaddumi, it attempts to propose a struggle narrative for Palestine that is not focused on Jerusalem to which many of us contribute, thus participating in a debate mostly focused on the 1967 war. By examining the spatial politics of Jaffa-Tel Aviv, Dena attempts to show that similar “ethonocratic” logic of segregation are also at work in an environment admittedly less militarized. This logic also incorporates the same capitalist mechanisms of gentrification at work in other cities of the world. We begin by an historical approach to the “black” and “white” cities—using Sharon Rotbard’s terminology—before addressing its current situation, in particular from an architecture point of view, symptoms of the spatial violence at work within the city.</p>
Host: Léopold Lambert
Guests: Dena Qaddumi
Part of: The Funambulist Podcast