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作者

Marik Shtern;Haim Yacobi

来源

URBAN GEOGRAPHY,Vol.40,Issue4,P.467-487

语言

英文

关键字

Urban geopolitics,Geographies of Encounter,contested cities,Jerusalem,Israel/Palestine

作者单位

Department for politics and government, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel

摘要

This article examines a unique, yet paradigmatic, case study of a colonial neighborhood in East Jerusalem that is undergoing a significant demographic transformation.1 The French Hill neighborhood, built in 1971, was one of the first settlements in East Jerusalem. Initially, it was populated primarily by upper-middle class secular-Jewish residents. This group has been steadily diminishing as two other distinct new groups moved into the neighborhood: Ultra-Orthodox Jews and Palestinians. This volatile social mix has caused intense inter-ethnic and intra-ethnic collisions. Based on qualitative and quantitative studies, we argue that the juxtaposition of colonial and neoliberal logics of space reveals a shared, yet fragile, middle-class identity. We suggest that this new geopolitical space of neighboring calls for a discussion of political conflict, housing and current colonial conditions that brings class back to our understanding of the production of contested space.KEYWORDS: Urban geopolitics, Geographies of Encounter, contested cities, Jerusalem, Israel/PalestineAdditional informationDisclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.