Grasping Land

Grasping Land

Author: Eyal Ben-Ari

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Published: 2012-02-01

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 0791496260

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This volume explores various processes associated with constructing what has variously been called "The Holy Land," "Eretz Israel," "Zion," Palestine," or "Israel." The contributors focus on ways the landscapes of Israel figure in creating and recreating the identity, presence, and history of groups living there. The book critiques the assumptions lying at the base of various spatial practices related to Zionism. It does this through both a theoretical examination and a focus on hitherto little explored phenomena such as pilgrimages of Israelis to their (or their relatives') native lands abroad, the establishment of Jewish saints' tombs in Israel, the design of Kibbutz museums, country hikes, and conceptions of territory in mixed (Jewish-Arab) communities.


In the Company of Others

In the Company of Others

Author: Orit Abuhav

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Published: 2015-06-01

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 0814338747

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Abuhav brings a firsthand perspective to the crises and the highs, lows, and upheavals of the discipline in Israeli anthropology, which will be of interest to anthropologists, historians of the discipline, and scholars of Israeli studies.


Cultural Anthropology of the Middle East

Cultural Anthropology of the Middle East

Author:

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 600

ISBN-13: 9789004096042

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During the last two decades, the number of anthropological studies on the Middle East has increased exponentially. This partially annotated bibliography offers a comprehensive survey of studies written in English, French and German, and covers the period from 1965 to 1987.


Behind Media Marginality

Behind Media Marginality

Author: Eli Avraham

Publisher: Lexington Books

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 9780739104644

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Behind Media Marginality examines the considerations and decisions that have resulted in the distorted and negative media coverage of minority groups in the Israeli media. Author Eli Avraham looks closely at media portrayals of those living in the geographic margins of Israeli kibbutzim, Jewish settlements in the West Bank, development cities, and the Israeli-Arab community from the 1960s through the 1990s. Through quantitative and qualitative analysis of newspaper articles; interviews with reporters, editors, and government spokespeople; and statistical and demographic data, Avraham isolates and explores five factors that influence the way the media covers these social groups: the group's characteristics and location, their proximity to foci of power, their social-political environment, the media's policy toward covering the group, and the group's public relations strategies in response to coverage. An analysis both of media operations and of Israeli society, this book provides important insights into the role of the media in the formation of national identity.


Being Israeli

Being Israeli

Author: Gershon Shafir

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2002-02-14

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13: 9780521796729

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The authors speculate on the relationship between identity and citizenship in Israel.


The Making of Saints

The Making of Saints

Author: James F Hopgood

Publisher: University of Alabama Press

Published: 2005-04-24

Total Pages: 253

ISBN-13: 0817351795

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A multidisciplinary study of the commonalities between heroes, icons, saints, and their institutions, across several cultures.


Evaluation in the Post-Truth World

Evaluation in the Post-Truth World

Author: Mita Marra

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2024-04-16

Total Pages: 185

ISBN-13: 1040019390

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Evaluation in the Post-Truth World explores the relationship between the nature of evaluative knowledge, the increasing demand in decision-making for evaluation and other forms of research evidence, and the post-truth phenomena of antiscience sentiments combined with illiberal tendencies of the present day. Rather than offer a checklist on how to deal with post-truth, the experts found herein wish to raise awareness and reflection throughout policy circles on the factors that influence our assessment and policy-related work in such a challenging environment. Journeying alongside the editor and contributors, readers benefit from three guiding questions to help identify specific challenges but tools to deal with such challenges: How are policy problems conceptualized in the current political climate? What is the relationship between expertise and decision-making in today’s political circumstances? How complex has evaluation become as a social practice? Evaluation in the Post-Truth World will benefit evaluation practitioners at the program and project levels, as well as policy analysts and scholars interested in applications of evaluation in the public policy domain. Chapters 6, and 11 of this book are freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license.