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Preserving ‘the Enemy’s’ architecture : preservation and gentrification in a formerly Palestinian Jerusalem neighbourhood
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Zaban, Hila (2017) Preserving ‘the Enemy’s’ architecture : preservation and gentrification in a formerly Palestinian Jerusalem neighbourhood. International Journal of Heritage Studies, 23 (10). pp. 961-976. doi:10.1080/13527258.2017.1362576
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13527258.2017.1362576
Abstract
This article relates to the preservation of Palestinian buildings in Jerusalem and raises the question why state-sanctioned institutions act to preserve Palestinian architecture built pre-1948, bearing in mind the context of a difficult past and an on-going conflict? The article addresses the manner in which Jerusalem’s authorised heritage discourse focuses only on preserving Palestinian buildings’ tangible aspects (architectural styles), and not on intangible aspects such as the narrative of their builders. The main argument is that while preservation is presented as a civilised practice, it is driven by the commodification of the buildings and sites and their valued ‘authenticity’. The common practice is to ‘preserve’ these buildings by developing them to create more housing units. This practice inevitably leads to gentrification. Moreover, even when intangible aspects of heritage are pushed aside, preserving these buildings comes with the ‘risk’ of them being used as memory sites for subaltern groups. The article focuses on one formerly Palestinian West Jerusalem neighbourhood, Baka, where gentrification was triggered by historic Palestinian homes and where the neighbourhood’s development continues to be linked with historic preservation.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | International Journal of Heritage Studies | ||||||
| Publisher: | Routledge | ||||||
| ISSN: | 1352-7258 | ||||||
| Official Date: | 4 September 2017 | ||||||
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| Volume: | 23 | ||||||
| Number: | 10 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 961-976 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.1080/13527258.2017.1362576 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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