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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; INFRASTRUCTURE; SEGREGATION; JEWISH; PALESTINIANS; POLITICS; LESSONS

作者单位

[Shtern, Marik] Ben Gurion Univ Negev, Dept Polit & Govt, Beer Sheva, Israel. [Yacobi, Haim] UCL, Bartlett Sch Built Environm, Devt Planning, London, England. Shtern, M (reprint author), Ben Gurion Univ Negev, Dept Polit & Govt, Beer Sheva, Israel. E-Mail: mariks@post.bgu.ac.il

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.