City of collision : Jerusalem and the principles of conflict urbanism

DIE STADT JERUSALEM: EIN LABORATORIUM URBANER KONFLIKTE War has entered the cities. Since September 11, 2001 at the latest, it has become apparent that this is the case not only in Jerusalem and the Middle East, but also in Western metropolises. This book presents a thorough investigation of the current situation in Jerusalem from a trilateral perspective: Israeli, Palestinian, and international experts air their views. The discussion centers on the production and use of urban space under the conditions created by the conflict, including, for example, the so-called security fence, urban enclaves, exclaves, the approach to monuments and no-man’s-land, and the instrumentalization of infrastructures, which leads to the crass juxtaposition of highly developed and impoverished urban spaces. The conflict, however, does not bring with it destruction and violence alone, but also exhibits ambivalent effects and, along with them, new cultural and urban realities. Jerusalem has become a prototype in the age of new urban violence. Der Krieg hat Einzug in die Städte gehalten. Spätestens seit dem 11. September 2001 ist deutlich geworden, dass nicht mehr nur Jerusalem und der Nahen Osten betroffen sind, sondern auch westliche Metropolen. Das Buch stellt eine umfassende urbanistische Untersuchung der aktuellen Situation in Jerusalem aus trilateraler Perspektive vor: israelische, palästinensische und internationale Fachleute kommen zu Wort. Diskutiert werden Produktion und Nutzung von städtischem Raum unter den Bedingungen des Konflikts, wie z.B. der sog. Sicherheitszaun, urbane Enklaven, Exklaven, der Umgang mit Monumenten und Niemandsland oder die Instrumentalisierung von Infrastrukturen, die zu einem krassen Nebeneinander von hoch entwickelten oder verarmten städtischen Räumen führen. Der Konflikt bringt jedoch nicht nur Destruktion und Gewalt mit sich, sondern zeigt vielmehr auch ambivalente Wirkungen und mit ihnen neue kulturelle und urbane Realitäten. Jerusalem ist zu einem Prototyp im Zeitalter neuer städtischer Gewalt geworden. Topicality and explosiveness of the subject "intra-urban conflict” Participation by representatives of multiple disciplines: architects, urbanists, geographers, anthropologists, artists, and other scientists With 40 large-format thematic maps and graphics

War has entered the cities. Since September 11, 2001 at the latest, it has become apparent that this is the case not only in Jerusalem and the Middle East, but also in Western metropolises. This book presents a thorough investigation of the current situation in Jerusalem from a trilateral perspective: Israeli, Palestinian, and international experts air their views. The discussion centers on the production and use of urban space under the conditions created by the conflict, including, for example, the so-called security fence, urban enclaves, exclaves, the approach to monuments and no-man's-land, and the instrumentalization of infrastructures, which leads to the crass juxtaposition of highly developed and impoverished urban spaces.

The conflict, however, does not bring with it destruction and violence alone, but also exhibits ambivalent effects and, along with them, new cultural and urban realities. Jerusalem has become a prototype in the age of new urban violence.

Der Krieg hat Einzug in die Städte gehalten. Spätestens seit dem 11. September 2001 ist deutlich geworden, dass nicht mehr nur Jerusalem und der Nahen Osten betroffen sind, sondern auch westliche Metropolen. Das Buch stellt eine umfassende urbanistische Untersuchung der aktuellen Situation in Jerusalem aus trilateraler Perspektive vor: israelische, palästinensische und internationale Fachleute kommen zu Wort. Diskutiert werden Produktion und Nutzung von städtischem Raum unter den Bedingungen des Konflikts, wie z.B. der sog. Sicherheitszaun, urbane Enklaven, Exklaven, der Umgang mit Monumenten und Niemandsland oder die Instrumentalisierung von Infrastrukturen, die zu einem krassen Nebeneinander von hoch entwickelten oder verarmten städtischen Räumen führen.

Der Konflikt bringt jedoch nicht nur Destruktion und Gewalt mit sich, sondern zeigt vielmehr auch ambivalente Wirkungen und mit ihnen neue kulturelle und urbane Realitäten. Jerusalem ist zu einem Prototyp im Zeitalter neuer städtischer Gewalt geworden.

War Has Entered The Cities. Since September 11, 2001, It Has Become Apparent That This Is The Case Not Only In Jerusalem And The Middle East, But Also In Western Metropolises. This Book Presents An Investigation Of The Situation In Jerusalem From A Trilateral Perspective: Israeli, Palestinian, And International Experts Air Their Views. Cities Of Collision / P. Misselwitz And T. Rieniets -- Conversation / M. Benvenisti [and Others] -- Principles Of Frontier Geography / E. Weizman -- Spaciocide / S. Hanafi -- Wall And Tower / S. Rotbard -- Colonization As Suburbanization / D. Newman -- Villages Under Siege / R. Khamaisi -- Reflections Of Spatial Presentation In Sur Bahir / Y. Shapira -- Specters Of Terror / S. Graham -- Jerusalem: From Siege To A City's Collapse / R. Khamaisi & R Nasrallah -- Barriers, Walls, And Urban Ethnocracy In Jerusalem / O. Yiftachel And H. Yacobi --the Politics Of Roads In Jerusalem / S. Groag -- The H2o Factor / J. Hilal And S. Ashhab -- Baring Life / D. Gregory -- Colonization By Imagination / I. Nassar -- Common Grounds That Exclude / A. Paz-fuchs & E. Cohen-bar -- The Heart Of The Matter / R. Jones -- Imprisoned By Dreams / N Meishar & Y. Shapira -- Caliban In Qalandiya / T. Berger -- On The Importance Of Thugs / R. Hammami -- Of Fear, Contact, Entanglement / I. Rogoff -- The Softer Side Of Collision / Y. Garb -- Integration, Segregation, And Control / M. Romann -- City Of Riffraff / S. Tamari -- Re-imagining Jerusalem / O. Esen -- The Thorn And The Flower / Z. Mohammed -- Present And Absent / T. Abowd -- The Israel Place In East Jerusalem / A. Nitzan-shiftan -- The Planning Deadlock / N. Marom -- Between War And Peace / S. Bulle -- To The Suburbs And Back / R. Nasrallah -- Interview / J. Persekian With G. Eilat -- Alternative Narratives / G. Eilat. Edited By Philipp Misselwitz And Tim Rieniets ; Editorial Team: Zvi Efrat, Rassem Khamaisi, Rami Nasrallah. Includes Bibliographical References. Front Matter....Pages 1-23 Cities of Collision....Pages 24-33 Jerusalem, between Urban Area and Apparition....Pages 34-80 Front Matter....Pages 81-83 Principles of Frontier Geography....Pages 84-92 Spaciocide....Pages 93-101 Wall and Tower....Pages 102-112 Colonization as Suburbanization....Pages 113-120 Villages under Siege....Pages 121-129 Reflections of Spatial Presentation in Sur Bahir....Pages 130-152 Front Matter....Pages 153-155 Specters of Terror....Pages 156-162 Jerusalem: From Siege to a City’s Collapse?....Pages 163-170 Barriers, Walls, and Urban Ethnocracy in Jerusalem....Pages 171-175 The Politics of Roads in Jerusalem....Pages 176-184 The H 2 O Factor....Pages 185-208 Front Matter....Pages 209-211 Baring Life....Pages 212-221 Colonization by Imagination....Pages 222-226 Common Grounds that Exclude....Pages 227-234 The Heart of the Matter....Pages 235-236 Imprisoned by Dreams....Pages 237-246 Front Matter....Pages 247-249 Caliban in Qalandiya....Pages 250-255 On the Importance of Thugs....Pages 256-280 Front Matter....Pages 247-249 Of Fear, Contact, Entanglement....Pages 281-285 The Softer Side of Collision....Pages 286-294 Integration, Segregation, and Control....Pages 295-301 City of Riffraff....Pages 302-311 Re-Imagining Jerusalem....Pages 312-318 Front Matter....Pages 319-321 The Thorn and the Flower....Pages 322-327 Present and Absent....Pages 328-336 The Israeli “Place” in East Jerusalem....Pages 337-346 The Planning Deadlock....Pages 347-368 Between War and Peace....Pages 369-376 To the Suburbs and Back....Pages 377-382 Interview with Jack Persekian....Pages 383-388 Alternative Narratives....Pages 389-392 Back Matter....Pages 393-400 "Almost eight decades of violent urban conflict have transformed Jerusalem into an extreme spatial configuration. From a Western perspective, Jerusalem is all too often considered an uncanny reminder of an age long past: colonial and terrorist violence blurring distinctions between the military and the civilian. But as a laboratory of conflict urbanism, Jerusalem is in fact closer than we think. Cities worldwide are exposed to dramatic changes following new security policies and preventative measures against real or imagined threats." "Palestinian, Israeli, and international authors open up different perspectives on the complex and ambivalent urban reality of Jerusalem. Thirty essays are complemented by new photographs and over forty detailed thematic maps capturing a city of permanent destruction and reinvention, of political planning and strategies of resilience, of collective fear and individual exchange, of physical and mental walls and their transgression in the every day."--BOOK JACKET