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Durham E-Theses Durham E-Theses Diasporic Urbanism: Place, Politics and Development in a Jordanian-Palestinian Neighbourhood PRICE, MARTIN,WILLIAM,HENRY How to cite: PRICE, MARTIN,WILLIAM,HENRY (2020) Diasporic Urbanism: Place, Politics and Development in a Jordanian-Palestinian Neighbourhood, Durham theses, Durham University. Available at Durham E-Theses Online: http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/13550/ Use policy The full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-prot purposes provided that: • a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in Durham E-Theses • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders. Please consult the full Durham E-Theses policy for further details. Academic Support Oce, Durham University, University Oce, Old Elvet, Durham DH1 3HP e-mail: [email protected] Tel: +44 0191 334 6107 http://etheses.dur.ac.uk 2 Diasporic Urbanism Place, Politics and Development in a Jordanian- Palestinian Neighbourhood Martin Price Thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Department of Geography, Durham University January 2020 2 Abstract This research presents ‘diasporic urbanism’ as a framework capable of interrogating the ways in which place and locality feature in the lives of diasporic communities. The objective of diasporic urbanism is not to provide a renewed, prescriptive account of what ‘diaspora’ and ‘the diasporic’ entail. Rather, its objective is to carve out a conceptual and methodological space for the geographical study of diasporic communities in the city, reconciling important aspects of urban life with the ongoing negotiations of temporality and scale that come with living in the diaspora. The framework stresses the need for diaspora studies to commit to ethnographic forms of enquiry, and to have the confidence to think beyond the Jewish, black, postmodern, or postcolonial experiences and approaches, that disproportionately shape the discipline, when analysing and articulating diasporic life in specific communities. Rejecting the view that diaspora represents a transnational and de-territorialised social condition, this research explores the specificities and contingencies of life in the Palestinian-Jordanian neighbourhood of Jana’a, in Zarqa. The Palestinian diaspora is often depicted as vulnerable to multiple existential challenges, relating to issues of statehood, the right of return to the homeland, and citizenship rights in countries of residence. But how do Palestinians in Zarqa articulate their own lives and their own identities? This research reveals a separate, and at times counter-intuitive, set of concerns that are of fundamental importance to residents in Jana’a. The project challenges our assumptions around both the concept of diaspora and Palestinian politics by re-examining local histories, urban politics, development, and the ways in which residents articulate their past experiences, present conditions, and aspirations for the future. Diasporic urbanism is presented as a unique opportunity to rethink diasporic geographies in relation to place, and it is through place-based research that we can successfully move beyond the entrenched conceptual crisis within diaspora scholarship. 3 Declaration The material contained in this thesis has not previously been submitted for a degree in this or any other institution. It is the sole work of the author who takes full responsibility for any errors contained. Statement of Copyright The copyright of this thesis rests with the author. No quotation from it should be published without the author's prior written consent and information derived from it should be acknowledged. 4 Jana’a 5 6 Table of Contents ABSTRACT .................................................................................................................. 3 DECLARATION ............................................................................................................ 4 STATEMENT OF COPYRIGHT .................................................................................... 4 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ........................................................................................ 10 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ........................................................................................ 10 A NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION AND TRANSLATION ......................................... 12 A NOTE ON CONSENT AND ANONYMITY ............................................................ 12 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .......................................................................................... 12 MAPS ......................................................................................................................... 15 I: INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................... 18 RESEARCH OUTLINE .................................................................................................. 21 A PALESTINIAN DIASPORA? ........................................................................................ 23 DIASPORA IN THE CITY: TENSIONS AND DILEMMAS ...................................................... 28 ZARQA’S PALESTINIAN DIASPORA ................................................................................ 32 THESIS STRUCTURE ................................................................................................... 37 II: GEOGRAPHIES OF DIASPORA ........................................................................... 41 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................... 42 7 THE DE-TERRITORIALISED SUBJECT ............................................................................ 44 THE MARGINALISED SUBJECT..................................................................................... 50 PLACE-BASED DIASPORAS .......................................................................................... 57 LOCALISING DIASPORA............................................................................................... 63 CONCLUSION ............................................................................................................. 66 III: DIASPORIC URBANISM ..................................................................................... 68 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................... 68 RESEARCH PROCESS .................................................................................................. 70 ETHNOGRAPHIC ENCOUNTERS .................................................................................... 78 DIASPORIC URBANISM: A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK .................................................. 85 DIASPORIC URBANISM: METHODOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS ............................................ 91 CONCLUSION ............................................................................................................. 93 IV: SETTLED POSITIONS ......................................................................................... 95 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................... 95 MEMORIES OF HOME ................................................................................................. 97 DIASPORIC MOBILITIES ............................................................................................ 103 A DIASPORIC CITY ................................................................................................... 106 LOCALISED IDENTITIES ............................................................................................. 112 CONCLUSION ........................................................................................................... 117 V: NOSTALGIA IN THE DIASPORIC PRESENT ..................................................... 120 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................... 120 NOSTALGIA FOR THE HOMELAND .............................................................................. 123 ‘J ANA’A IS NOT RESIGNED TO MEMORY ALONE’ .......................................................... 128 RUPTURE ................................................................................................................ 135 RETROSPECTION...................................................................................................... 142 CONCLUSION ........................................................................................................... 147 VI: POLITICS IN THE DIASPORA .......................................................................... 149 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................... 149 (TRANS)NATIONAL POLITICS .................................................................................... 150 8 ‘THERE IS NO MUNICIPALITY’ ................................................................................... 156 ‘WE HAD TO BECOME ONE’ ..................................................................................... 163 ‘THEY’VE CORRUPTED HIM’ ...................................................................................... 168 ‘THINGS WILL BECOME CLEAR’ ...............................................................................
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