The Funambulist Pamphlets: Vol. 06_Palestine

by Léopold Lambert

The Funambulist Pamphlets is a series of small books archiving articles published on The Funambulist, collected according to specific themes. These volumes propose a different articulation of texts than the usual chronological one. The twelve first volumes are respectively dedicated to Spinoza, Foucault, Deleuze, Legal Theory, Occupy Wall Street, Palestine, Cruel Designs, Arakawa + Madeline Gins, Science Fiction, Literature, Cinema, and Weaponized Architecture. As new articles are published on The Funambulist, more volumes will be published to continue the series. See all published pamphlets HERE.The Funambulist Pamphlets is published as part of the Documents Initiative imprint of the Center for Transformative Media, Parsons The New School for Design, a transdisciplinary media research initiative bridging design and the social sciences, and dedicated to the exploration of the transformative potential of emerging technologies upon the foundational practices of everyday life across a range of settings."... a deep examination of the systematic aspects of Israel's colonial strategy constitutes a necessary production of knowledge that can inform the various means of their deactivation. The cartography (literal and figurative) that results from such an examination expresses the politics of space that are at work in this region."Volume 06_Palestine Cartography of a Colonial Politics of Space --- The Palestinian A Metaphorical Cartographyof the Occupied Territories --- For a More Embodied Vision of the The Israeli Settlements in the West Bank Through Palestinian Eyes --- Architectural Stockholm Syndrome --- The Route 443, a Symptomatic Example of the Apartheid Apparatus in the West Bank --- Road Link between Gaza and the West A Sovereignty Contained in a Line --- The Ordinary Violence of the Colonial Apparatuses in the West Bank --- The Right to the Civilization Absence in the Post-Nakba Landscapes --- Sympathy with the Obstacle in the Gaza Strip --- War in the Manhattan Strip --- Political Geography of the Gaza A Territory of Experiments for the State of Israel --- Representation of Otherness for a Gaza Kid --- The Policies of the “Lesser Evil” --- What the International Legislation Says --- Law as a Colonial Weapon --- The Reasons for Disobeying a Law --- The Palestinian Legal Right of Return --- Manual of Return --- 2037 by Raja Shehadeh --- Running as Political Resistance --- Idealism & Imagination --- Are we Questioning the Essence of Problems? --- An Epistolary Conversation with R. Debatty --- An Epistolary Conversation with A. Barclay and D. Qaddumi

108 pages, Paperback

First published November 13, 2013

Reviews

[Maeve Byrne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bit dry and academic but at 106 pages still very digestible. Really well written and informative.

[Basma Abdallah Uraiqat · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very interesting little book. It talks about the notion of architecture as weapon in the Israeli occupation of Palestine and how architecture cannot claim innocence in such a struggle. It is a collection of thoughts more than anything but its mind provoking and deeply intellectual.