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

• Olga Blázquez Sánchez ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

     Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

     Madrid, España

     
• Localización: Revista de Estudios Internacionales Mediterráneos ( REIM ), ISSN-e 1887-4460, Nº. 22, 2017, págs. 129-140
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.15366/reim2017.22.006
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• Resumen
  • español

    La escalada es una actividad que se realiza al aire libre y que se ha popularizado recientemente en Palestina gracias, en parte, a la puesta en marcha del proyecto Wadi Climbing. Ello ha dado lugar a la aparición de una comunidad local de escaladores/as, lo que supone el desarrollo de nuevas relaciones y lazos de pertenencia entre la población palestina y el entorno. Este artículo explora la capacidad de dichos escaladores/as palestinos/as para reapropiarse de un espacio como el paisaje natural de Cisjordania, que vive bajo la ocupación israelí desde 1967.

  • English

    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.

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