Spaces of Colonial Oppressions: Palestinians' Bodily Experiences of Checkpoints

This article explores how bodily living and experiencing life as colonized subjects affects the perception of space and time. It argues that the Zionist settler-colonial trinity of control (checkpoints, ID cards, and permits) are not mere physical barriers of separation or restriction of movement an...

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Published inMiddle East critique Vol. 33; no. 2; pp. 211 - 225
Main Author Salameh, Rami
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 02.04.2024
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Bodily experiences
checkpoints
embodiment
Ethnography
Mobility
Palestinian people
perception
settler colonialism
space
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Summary:This article explores how bodily living and experiencing life as colonized subjects affects the perception of space and time. It argues that the Zionist settler-colonial trinity of control (checkpoints, ID cards, and permits) are not mere physical barriers of separation or restriction of movement and mobility. They are also a direct mechanism of colonial power that articulates how oppressive spaces are lived and consequently form the colonized perception of being-in-the-world. Based on two years of ethnographic study at Qalandia checkpoint between 2015 and 2017, the article adopts a phenomenological anthropological lens and focuses on two moments of bodily experiences related to passing the checkpoint: First, the bodily experience before reaching the checkpoint; and second, the bodily experience when crossing the checkpoint.
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ISSN:1943-6149
1943-6157
DOI:10.1080/19436149.2024.2342183