The Common Camp
eBook - PDF

The Common Camp

Architecture of Power and Resistance in Israelā€“Palestine

  1. 368 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Common Camp

Architecture of Power and Resistance in Israelā€“Palestine

About this book

Seeing the camp as a persistent political instrument in Israel–Palestine and beyond

The Common Camp underscores the role of the camp as a spatial instrument employed for reshaping, controlling, and struggling over specific territories and populations. Focusing on the geopolitical complexity of Israel–Palestine and the dramatic changes it has experienced during the past century, this book explores the region’s extensive networks of camps and their existence as both a tool of colonial power and a makeshift space of resistance. 

Examining various forms of camps devised by and for Zionist settlers, Palestinian refugees, asylum seekers, and other groups, Irit Katz demonstrates how the camp serves as a common thread in shaping lands and lives of subjects from across the political spectrum. Analyzing the architectural and political evolution of the camp as a modern instrument engaged by colonial and national powers (as well as those opposing them), Katz offers a unique perspective on the dynamics of Israel–Palestine, highlighting how spatial transience has become permanent in the ongoing story of this contested territory. 

The Common Camp presents a novel approach to the concept of the camp, detailing its varied history as an apparatus used for population containment and territorial expansion as well as a space of everyday life and subversive political action. Bringing together a broad range of historical and ethnographic materials within the context of this singular yet versatile entity, the book locates the camp at the core of modern societies and how they change and transform. 

Frequently asked questions

Yes, you can cancel anytime from the Subscription tab in your account settings on the Perlego website. Your subscription will stay active until the end of your current billing period. Learn how to cancel your subscription.
No, books cannot be downloaded as external files, such as PDFs, for use outside of Perlego. However, you can download books within the Perlego app for offline reading on mobile or tablet. Learn more here.
Perlego offers two plans: Essential and Complete
  • Essential is ideal for learners and professionals who enjoy exploring a wide range of subjects. Access the Essential Library with 800,000+ trusted titles and best-sellers across business, personal growth, and the humanities. Includes unlimited reading time and Standard Read Aloud voice.
  • Complete: Perfect for advanced learners and researchers needing full, unrestricted access. Unlock 1.4M+ books across hundreds of subjects, including academic and specialized titles. The Complete Plan also includes advanced features like Premium Read Aloud and Research Assistant.
Both plans are available with monthly, semester, or annual billing cycles.
We are an online textbook subscription service, where you can get access to an entire online library for less than the price of a single book per month. With over 1 million books across 1000+ topics, weā€™ve got you covered! Learn more here.
Look out for the read-aloud symbol on your next book to see if you can listen to it. The read-aloud tool reads text aloud for you, highlighting the text as it is being read. You can pause it, speed it up and slow it down. Learn more here.
Yes! You can use the Perlego app on both iOS or Android devices to read anytime, anywhere ā€” even offline. Perfect for commutes or when youā€™re on the go.
Please note we cannot support devices running on iOS 13 and Android 7 or earlier. Learn more about using the app.
Yes, you can access The Common Camp by Irit Katz in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Architecture & Architecture Criticism. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Glossary
  7. Introduction: The Common Camp
  8. Chapter 1. The Camp Reconfigured: Modernityā€™s Versatile Architecture of Power
  9. Chapter 2. Facilitating Double Colonialism: British and Zionist Camps in Mandatory Palestine
  10. Chapter 3. Gathering, Absorbing, and Reordering the Diaspora: Immigrant and Transit Camps of Israelā€™s Early Statehood
  11. Chapter 4. Forced Pioneering: Settling Israelā€™s Frontiers
  12. Chapter 5. Unrecognized Order: The Imposed Campness of the Negev/Naqab Bedouin
  13. Chapter 6. Camping, Decamping, Encamping: Palestinian Refugee Camps and Protest Camps and Israeli Settler Camps in the Occupied Territories
  14. Chapter 7. In the Desert Penal Colony: Holot Detention Camp for African Asylum Seekers
  15. Conclusion, or Toward an Ever-Emerging Theory of the Camp
  16. Notes
  17. Index
  18. About the Author