JERUSALEM’S GEOPOLITICAL QUESTION:
AN URBAN & SOCIAL GEOGRAPHY
Lecture with Prof. Noam Shoval
Department of Geography,
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
MONDAY, MAY 4TH, 2015
Multi-purpose Room,
Asper Community Campus
123 Doncaster Street, Winnipeg
Please RSVP to Sharon Zalik:
szalik@cfhu.org/204-942-3085
by Thursday, April 30th
Jerusalem is the heart of a religious, ethnic, national and political conflict and is often defined as a polarized and contested city.
In addition to the segregation between Jews and Arabs, the Jewish population residing in Jerusalem is also divided along religious lines. As a result, much of the academic literature describes Jerusalem as polarized and divided.
However, these analyses are based solely on data regarding housing patterns. This presentation challenges this paradigm of Jerusalem, measuring segregation not only by where residents spend their nights but by their daytime activity as well. The study’s main source is a high-resolution database (in time – seconds & space – meters) that includes 16,000 residents of Jerusalem that were all traced with GPS devices for a 24-hour period and then interviewed.
