Marking the ftieth anniversary of the Israeli occupation of the old city of Jerusalem in the war... more Marking the ftieth anniversary of the Israeli occupation of the old city of Jerusalem in the war of 1967 this book examines the role of the Temple Mount as a key visual icon in a variety of cultural arenas in Israel. By analyzing photographs, posters, postcards, architectural models, sketches and heritage sites, the essays collected here exposes the centrality of Temple Mount in the Zionist discourse, not only of marginal religious messianic groups, but also of the Israeli mainstream, which de nes itself as ostensibly secular. The eight articles that comprise this book are accompanied by a collection of both popular and rare historical images of the Temple Mount, located in institutional Israeli archives and in private collections. In addition, it includes contemporary photographic art works that engage with the historical collection and were presented at the photography gallery of the Bezalel Academy in 2016. The book is a cross between an academic volume, a memorial album and an exhibition catalogue. It presents original and critical research, but also strives to break out beyond the boundaries of academia by its accessible form and language. It aesthetics recall memorial albums, but it also seeks to undermine the authority of memory such albums pertain to possess. It is an exhibition catalogue, but the exhibition itself is borderless and without a speci c time frame, as it is still growing. Each of the articles included in the book focuses on a different visual arena in Israel, using it to examine the ideologies and narratives that frame the presence of Temple Mount. They adopt a critical position towards the iconic status of the site, peeling away and politicizing its mythical imagery.
The Mount The Dome and The Gaze: Temple Mount in Israeli Visual Culture, 2017
Prologue
Marking the fiftieth anniversary of the Israeli occupation of the old city of Jerusalem ... more Prologue Marking the fiftieth anniversary of the Israeli occupation of the old city of Jerusalem in the war of 1967 this book examines the role of the Temple Mount as a key visual icon in a variety of cultural arenas in Israel. By analyzing photographs, posters, postcards, architectural models, sketches and heritage sites, the essays collected here exposes the centrality of Temple Mount in the Zionist discourse, not only of marginal religious messianic groups, but also of the Israeli mainstream, which defines itself as ostensibly secular. The eight articles that comprise this book are accompanied by a collection of both popular and rare historical images of the Temple Mount, located in institutional Israeli archives and in private collections. In addition, it includes contemporary photographic art works that engage with the historical collection and were presented at the photography gallery of the Bezalel Academy in 2016. The book is a cross between an academic volume, a memorial album and an exhibition catalogue. It presents original and critical research, but also strives to break out beyond the boundaries of academia by its accessible form and language. It aesthetics recall memorial albums, but it also seeks to undermine the authority of memory such albums pertain to possess. It is an exhibition catalogue, but the exhibition itself is borderless and without a specific time frame, as it is still growing. Each of the articles included in the book focuses on a different visual arena in Israel, using it to examine the ideologies and narratives that frame the presence of Temple Mount. They adopt a critical position towards the iconic status of the site, peeling away and politicizing its mythical imagery.
Modelscapes are clusters of miniature architectural models that represent entire environments. Th... more Modelscapes are clusters of miniature architectural models that represent entire environments. They are frequently found in museums as representations of heritage, architecture and collective identity. This book offers a critical analysis of modelscapes, focusing on on case studies from Israel. It explores how miniature representations of contested physical space participate in the construction of a sense of national identity and collective memory.
Cuba’s capacity to confront challenging scenarios has been internationally recognised and its hea... more Cuba’s capacity to confront challenging scenarios has been internationally recognised and its health system and ability to respond to complex contexts under an overall principle of equality acknowledged. During the pandemic, however, several crises have challenged Havana’s ambitions of equality. COVID-19 coincided with the exponential impacts of the United States blockade and the inequalities created by the processes of economic opening up during the last decade. Acknowledging that Cuban universities, as public institutions, have historically played a key role in engaging with social problems, this paper asks what the role of universities is in the context of COVID-19, what ethical considerations are inherent in this role, and how these can be navigated. Drawing on the experience of an interdisciplinary research project, KNOW-Havana, the article discusses several ethical ‘hotspots’ or challenges faced by the university while conducting research during the pandemic, around questions ...
This paper reflects on the ethics of research and knowledge co-production aimed at addressing urb... more This paper reflects on the ethics of research and knowledge co-production aimed at addressing urban inequality. It draws on work within the Knowledge in Action for Urban Equality (KNOW) programme, which aimed to co-produce knowledge to activate transformation. We employ a lens of feminist care ethics to examine ethical challenges in research partnerships, which derive from interrelated layers of power asymmetry and inequality. We focus on ethical dilemmas that emerged during the planning stage of research work led by the NGO Centre for Community Initiatives (CCI), Tanzania, in collaboration with University College London’s Institute of Global Prosperity (IGP). We argue that contextualizing the value of knowledge co-production in generating transformation in the long term reveals a necessity for simultaneously addressing the immediate needs of intersectionally marginalized research participants. We suggest that ethical awareness of both long- and short-term modes of “caring for” coul...
Cuba’s capacity to confront challenging scenarios has been internationally recognised and its hea... more Cuba’s capacity to confront challenging scenarios has been internationally recognised and its health system and ability to respond to complex contexts under an overall principle of equality acknowledged. During the pandemic, however, several crises have challenged Havana’s ambitions of equality. COVID-19 coincided with the exponential impacts of the United States blockade and the inequalities created by the processes of economic opening up during the last decade. Acknowledging that Cuban universities, as public institutions, have historically played a key role in engaging with social problems, this paper asks what the role of universities is in the context of COVID-19, what ethical considerations are inherent in this role, and how these can be navigated. Drawing on the experience of an interdisciplinary research project, KNOW-Havana, the article discusses several ethical ‘hotspots’ or challenges faced by the university while conducting research during the pandemic, around questions ...
Marking the ftieth anniversary of the Israeli occupation of the old city of Jerusalem in the war... more Marking the ftieth anniversary of the Israeli occupation of the old city of Jerusalem in the war of 1967 this book examines the role of the Temple Mount as a key visual icon in a variety of cultural arenas in Israel. By analyzing photographs, posters, postcards, architectural models, sketches and heritage sites, the essays collected here exposes the centrality of Temple Mount in the Zionist discourse, not only of marginal religious messianic groups, but also of the Israeli mainstream, which de nes itself as ostensibly secular. The eight articles that comprise this book are accompanied by a collection of both popular and rare historical images of the Temple Mount, located in institutional Israeli archives and in private collections. In addition, it includes contemporary photographic art works that engage with the historical collection and were presented at the photography gallery of the Bezalel Academy in 2016. The book is a cross between an academic volume, a memorial album and an exhibition catalogue. It presents original and critical research, but also strives to break out beyond the boundaries of academia by its accessible form and language. It aesthetics recall memorial albums, but it also seeks to undermine the authority of memory such albums pertain to possess. It is an exhibition catalogue, but the exhibition itself is borderless and without a speci c time frame, as it is still growing. Each of the articles included in the book focuses on a different visual arena in Israel, using it to examine the ideologies and narratives that frame the presence of Temple Mount. They adopt a critical position towards the iconic status of the site, peeling away and politicizing its mythical imagery.
The Mount The Dome and The Gaze: Temple Mount in Israeli Visual Culture, 2017
Prologue
Marking the fiftieth anniversary of the Israeli occupation of the old city of Jerusalem ... more Prologue Marking the fiftieth anniversary of the Israeli occupation of the old city of Jerusalem in the war of 1967 this book examines the role of the Temple Mount as a key visual icon in a variety of cultural arenas in Israel. By analyzing photographs, posters, postcards, architectural models, sketches and heritage sites, the essays collected here exposes the centrality of Temple Mount in the Zionist discourse, not only of marginal religious messianic groups, but also of the Israeli mainstream, which defines itself as ostensibly secular. The eight articles that comprise this book are accompanied by a collection of both popular and rare historical images of the Temple Mount, located in institutional Israeli archives and in private collections. In addition, it includes contemporary photographic art works that engage with the historical collection and were presented at the photography gallery of the Bezalel Academy in 2016. The book is a cross between an academic volume, a memorial album and an exhibition catalogue. It presents original and critical research, but also strives to break out beyond the boundaries of academia by its accessible form and language. It aesthetics recall memorial albums, but it also seeks to undermine the authority of memory such albums pertain to possess. It is an exhibition catalogue, but the exhibition itself is borderless and without a specific time frame, as it is still growing. Each of the articles included in the book focuses on a different visual arena in Israel, using it to examine the ideologies and narratives that frame the presence of Temple Mount. They adopt a critical position towards the iconic status of the site, peeling away and politicizing its mythical imagery.
Modelscapes are clusters of miniature architectural models that represent entire environments. Th... more Modelscapes are clusters of miniature architectural models that represent entire environments. They are frequently found in museums as representations of heritage, architecture and collective identity. This book offers a critical analysis of modelscapes, focusing on on case studies from Israel. It explores how miniature representations of contested physical space participate in the construction of a sense of national identity and collective memory.
Cuba’s capacity to confront challenging scenarios has been internationally recognised and its hea... more Cuba’s capacity to confront challenging scenarios has been internationally recognised and its health system and ability to respond to complex contexts under an overall principle of equality acknowledged. During the pandemic, however, several crises have challenged Havana’s ambitions of equality. COVID-19 coincided with the exponential impacts of the United States blockade and the inequalities created by the processes of economic opening up during the last decade. Acknowledging that Cuban universities, as public institutions, have historically played a key role in engaging with social problems, this paper asks what the role of universities is in the context of COVID-19, what ethical considerations are inherent in this role, and how these can be navigated. Drawing on the experience of an interdisciplinary research project, KNOW-Havana, the article discusses several ethical ‘hotspots’ or challenges faced by the university while conducting research during the pandemic, around questions ...
This paper reflects on the ethics of research and knowledge co-production aimed at addressing urb... more This paper reflects on the ethics of research and knowledge co-production aimed at addressing urban inequality. It draws on work within the Knowledge in Action for Urban Equality (KNOW) programme, which aimed to co-produce knowledge to activate transformation. We employ a lens of feminist care ethics to examine ethical challenges in research partnerships, which derive from interrelated layers of power asymmetry and inequality. We focus on ethical dilemmas that emerged during the planning stage of research work led by the NGO Centre for Community Initiatives (CCI), Tanzania, in collaboration with University College London’s Institute of Global Prosperity (IGP). We argue that contextualizing the value of knowledge co-production in generating transformation in the long term reveals a necessity for simultaneously addressing the immediate needs of intersectionally marginalized research participants. We suggest that ethical awareness of both long- and short-term modes of “caring for” coul...
Cuba’s capacity to confront challenging scenarios has been internationally recognised and its hea... more Cuba’s capacity to confront challenging scenarios has been internationally recognised and its health system and ability to respond to complex contexts under an overall principle of equality acknowledged. During the pandemic, however, several crises have challenged Havana’s ambitions of equality. COVID-19 coincided with the exponential impacts of the United States blockade and the inequalities created by the processes of economic opening up during the last decade. Acknowledging that Cuban universities, as public institutions, have historically played a key role in engaging with social problems, this paper asks what the role of universities is in the context of COVID-19, what ethical considerations are inherent in this role, and how these can be navigated. Drawing on the experience of an interdisciplinary research project, KNOW-Havana, the article discusses several ethical ‘hotspots’ or challenges faced by the university while conducting research during the pandemic, around questions ...
Miniature architectural models are often used as signs or markers, which frame a touristic site a... more Miniature architectural models are often used as signs or markers, which frame a touristic site as a place worth visiting. In this paper I explore the relations of such models to the ‘real’ sites, as well as to other copies and representations. The article examines the Holyland Model, a miniature model showing Jerusalem in the year 66 AD, which has become a tourist site in its own right. The central building in this model is the miniature Jewish Temple, which was later replicated in both miniature and gigantic copies. I follow the transformation of this Temple image, from a secular-cultural symbol of Israeli national identity to a represention of different Orthodox Jewish and Christian evangelical agendas. I argue that the large-scale buildings in fact replicate the miniature models, inverting both sign relation and scale relation between original and copy. The use and manipulation of the image of a building, produced initially at the Holyland Model, has become an essential device for the production of meaning and affect.
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The eight articles that comprise this book are accompanied by a collection of both popular and rare historical images of the Temple Mount, located in institutional Israeli archives and in private collections. In addition, it includes contemporary photographic art works that engage with the historical collection and were presented at the photography gallery of the Bezalel Academy in 2016.
The book is a cross between an academic volume, a memorial album and an exhibition catalogue. It presents original and critical research, but also strives to break out beyond the boundaries of academia by its accessible form and language. It aesthetics recall memorial albums, but it also seeks to undermine the authority of memory such albums pertain to possess. It is an exhibition catalogue, but the exhibition itself is borderless and without a speci c time frame, as it is still growing.
Each of the articles included in the book focuses on a different visual arena in Israel, using it to examine the ideologies and narratives that frame the presence of Temple Mount. They adopt a critical position towards the iconic status of the site, peeling away and politicizing its mythical imagery.
Marking the fiftieth anniversary of the Israeli occupation of the old city of Jerusalem in the war of 1967 this book examines the role of the Temple Mount as a key visual icon in a variety of cultural arenas in Israel. By analyzing photographs, posters, postcards, architectural models, sketches and heritage sites, the essays collected here exposes the centrality of Temple Mount in the Zionist discourse, not only of marginal religious messianic groups, but also of the Israeli mainstream, which defines itself as ostensibly secular.
The eight articles that comprise this book are accompanied by a collection of both popular and rare historical images of the Temple Mount, located in institutional Israeli archives and in private collections. In addition, it includes contemporary photographic art works that engage with the historical collection and were presented at the photography gallery of the Bezalel Academy in 2016.
The book is a cross between an academic volume, a memorial album and an exhibition catalogue. It presents original and critical research, but also strives to break out beyond the boundaries of academia by its accessible form and language. It aesthetics recall memorial albums, but it also seeks to undermine the authority of memory such albums pertain to possess. It is an exhibition catalogue, but the exhibition itself is borderless and without a specific time frame, as it is still growing.
Each of the articles included in the book focuses on a different visual arena in Israel, using it to examine the ideologies and narratives that frame the presence of Temple Mount. They adopt a critical position towards the iconic status of the site, peeling away and politicizing its mythical imagery.
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The eight articles that comprise this book are accompanied by a collection of both popular and rare historical images of the Temple Mount, located in institutional Israeli archives and in private collections. In addition, it includes contemporary photographic art works that engage with the historical collection and were presented at the photography gallery of the Bezalel Academy in 2016.
The book is a cross between an academic volume, a memorial album and an exhibition catalogue. It presents original and critical research, but also strives to break out beyond the boundaries of academia by its accessible form and language. It aesthetics recall memorial albums, but it also seeks to undermine the authority of memory such albums pertain to possess. It is an exhibition catalogue, but the exhibition itself is borderless and without a speci c time frame, as it is still growing.
Each of the articles included in the book focuses on a different visual arena in Israel, using it to examine the ideologies and narratives that frame the presence of Temple Mount. They adopt a critical position towards the iconic status of the site, peeling away and politicizing its mythical imagery.
Marking the fiftieth anniversary of the Israeli occupation of the old city of Jerusalem in the war of 1967 this book examines the role of the Temple Mount as a key visual icon in a variety of cultural arenas in Israel. By analyzing photographs, posters, postcards, architectural models, sketches and heritage sites, the essays collected here exposes the centrality of Temple Mount in the Zionist discourse, not only of marginal religious messianic groups, but also of the Israeli mainstream, which defines itself as ostensibly secular.
The eight articles that comprise this book are accompanied by a collection of both popular and rare historical images of the Temple Mount, located in institutional Israeli archives and in private collections. In addition, it includes contemporary photographic art works that engage with the historical collection and were presented at the photography gallery of the Bezalel Academy in 2016.
The book is a cross between an academic volume, a memorial album and an exhibition catalogue. It presents original and critical research, but also strives to break out beyond the boundaries of academia by its accessible form and language. It aesthetics recall memorial albums, but it also seeks to undermine the authority of memory such albums pertain to possess. It is an exhibition catalogue, but the exhibition itself is borderless and without a specific time frame, as it is still growing.
Each of the articles included in the book focuses on a different visual arena in Israel, using it to examine the ideologies and narratives that frame the presence of Temple Mount. They adopt a critical position towards the iconic status of the site, peeling away and politicizing its mythical imagery.