Communities Under Siege: Everyday Challenges in the Divided City of Jerusalem

In cities around the world, land is disputed between groups of people from different religious, socioeconomic, class, and ethnic backgrounds. These differences and contestations play out in the urban landscape by creating divided cities. Jerusalem is one of the most divided cities in the world, and has received little scholarly attention with regards to gendered division in the landscape on a neighborhood level. The proposed research project aims to understand agency within women in Palestinian communities in Jerusalem. It seeks to explore Palestinian women’s grassroots methods of contributing to and shaping their urban environment, in not only a male dominated society, but in a city where Israeli’s hold all the formal roles in urban planning and development. This project is significant to the research community and to society because it will both give a voice to marginalized peoples and reveal the management methods of those residing in polarized cities.

Faculty Supervisor:

Sarah Moser

Student:

Partner:

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Public Service, Policy, and Governance; Aboriginal Affairs; Other

University:

McGill University

Program: