Climbing walls to feel at home: Palestinian climbers re-appropriating space

Rock climbing is an outdoor activity that has recently become popular in Palestine partly due to the development of the Wadi Climbing project. A climbing community of local climbers has therefore developed and this implies new relationships and belonging ties between space and Palestinians are appea...

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Autor: Blázquez Sánchez, Olga
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/678965
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10486/678965
https://dx.doi.org/10.15366/reim2017.22.006
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Palestine
West Bank
Climbing
Wadi Climbing
Re-appropriation of space
Estudios Islámicos
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Sumario:Rock climbing is an outdoor activity that has recently become popular in Palestine partly due to the development of the Wadi Climbing project. A climbing community of local climbers has therefore developed and this implies new relationships and belonging ties between space and Palestinians are appearing. This article explores the ability of climbers to re-appropriate a space such as the natural landscape of the West Bank that has been under Israeli occupation since 1967