Gaza: A decolonial geography

Agha, Zena; Esson, James; Griffiths, Mark; Joronen, Mikko

doi:10.1111/tran.12675

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“…African-descendant people face a continuing disproportionate risk of death at the hands of police in white-majority Global North societies (Schwartz & Jahn, 2020). Palestinian people in Gaza and the West Bank are, at the time of writing, subject to collective punishment to the point of genocide (Agha et al, 2024). As Bhattacharyya (2018) has argued so persuasively, the violent separation of people into categories of human and subhuman is part of a process of pulling up a drawbridge, deciding which categories of people can be allowed to live.…”

Section: Existential Crises and Practices Of Hopementioning

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Hope as a practice in the face of existential crises: Resident‐activist research within and beyond the academy

Clarke,

Rogaly,

Senker

2024

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Is it foolish to talk or write about hope in the face of widespread existential crises? Our answer is ‘no’. On the contrary, hope is more necessary the bleaker things become. In this article, we explore hope as a practice. Influenced by the abolition geography of Ruth Wilson Gilmore, we build on John Holloway's argument that such practices start from ourselves, where we are and our own capacities, and overflow that which contains us. We write as resident‐activists within three community organisations in the place we live in. Extending existing geographical literature, we show how our resident‐activism is distinct from, yet also entangled with, scholar‐activism and the struggles, contradictions and potential solidarities found in the UK's marketised universities. This way of working can itself be seen as a practice of hope. The article further explores practices of hope that emerge within the three organisations. Though emplaced, these practices are not confined in space or time, drawing rather on history as a resource and connecting with broader national and international processes. The article concludes by using Holloway's concept of rage‐joy to bring together practices of hope across the three organisations and among us as resident‐activists and participants in industrial action over pay, casualisation, workloads, equalities and pensions in UK universities. The result is a capacity to see the human in each other, a necessary step in resisting resurgent fascist politics and addressing existential crises.

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Section: Existential Crises and Practices Of Hopementioning

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Hope as a practice in the face of existential crises: Resident‐activist research within and beyond the academy

Clarke,

Rogaly,

Senker

2024

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“…Indeed, many independent experts and advocacy organizations have warned that the tight blockage, forced displacement, and restless bombardment of buildings and facilities, including food production infrastructure are increasing the risk of shifting the food situation in the besieged Strip from acute food insecurity, due to decades-long blockade, to famine. According to the latest IPC report (covered up to 7 February), the entire population (2.2 million people) has been experiencing high acute food insecurity, with one out of four people being in the catastrophe phase (Bilukha et al, 2023;ESCWA, 2023;GRFC, 2023;Agha et al, 2024;IPC, 2024b).…”

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From acute food insecurity to famine: how the 2023/2024 war on Gaza has dramatically set back sustainable development goal 2 to end hunger

Hassoun,

Al-Muhannadi,

Hassan

et al. 2024

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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The widespread destruction and the devastating humanitarian toll caused by the ongoing war on Gaza have transformed this besieged Strip into a place of death and despair. This review will explore the implications of this war for food security, focusing on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2, which seeks to fight malnutrition and food insecurity and achieve zero hunger by 2030. This work is based on a review of grey literature, such as reports from government and non-governmental agencies, as well as recent scientific journal publications. Our results show that the ongoing war on Gaza has exacerbated the already acute food insecurity that Gazans have been struggling with since the blockade was imposed in 2007. Restless bombardment and ground operations have damaged or even razed agricultural land and all food production infrastructure (such as bakeries, mills, and food processing facilities), destroying Gaza’s food system. Facing catastrophic levels of hunger, some families, especially in northern Gaza have recently been resorting to eating animal feed and weeds to survive. With the starvation of civilians being used as a method of warfare, many experts and human rights organizations argue that Gaza is now the world’s worst hunger crisis and its population is on the verge of famine, if not already there. Moreover, this unprecedented humanitarian crisis in Gaza could have significant consequences on global food security in its six pillars, jeopardizing the implementation of SDG 2. While international organizations are making efforts to mitigate the catastrophic food shortage and famine, more comprehensive and sustainable solutions are needed to address the root causes of food insecurity in Gaza and ensure that all residents have access to an adequate and nutritious diet.

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