Alona Nitzan-Shiftan - <div style="text-align: justify;">This essay foregrounds an entrenched lacuna in the architectural historiography of Israel/Palestine ‐ the architecture of Palestinians with Israeli citizenship. Based on her experience as a designer, researcher, and teacher, the author here considers the absence of Palestinian architectural history from three conflict-interrelated perspectives ‐ the power to silence, the limits of access, and the reciprocity between activism and the writing of history.</div>
Silencing Palestinian Architectural History in Israel: Reflections on Scholarship and Activism
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abstract
Year
2021
This essay foregrounds an entrenched lacuna in the architectural historiography of Israel/Palestine ‐ the architecture of Palestinians with Israeli citizenship. Based on her experience as a designer, researcher, and teacher, the author here considers the absence of Palestinian architectural history from three conflict-interrelated perspectives ‐ the power to silence, the limits of access, and the reciprocity between activism and the writing of history.
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Nitzan-Shiftan, Alona. "Silencing Palestinian Architectural History in Israel: Reflections on Scholarship and Activism." International Journal of Islamic Architecture 10,1 (2021): 233-243.
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English
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