Towards Palestinian regeneration

Abstract

With the forces of power exercising hegemony over the framing of spaces and the shaping of the built environment, a process of fragmentation can be clearly seen taking place all over the world, cutting away communities on one hand and connecting in new ways in another (Dovey, 1999). Such processes might be at their most visible in Palestine, yet neo-imperialism, globalization and inequality are emblematically reshaping contemporary cities everywhere. Blurred border lines are being solidified, restructuring the ways in which people can move and act, creating a network of undermined and suppressed societies left behind who are then engaged in struggles to overcome the hidden forces of state power. (To be continued in PDF)