Liron Shani
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 168978 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Liron Shani |
| NOMBRES | Liron |
| APELLIDO | Shani |
| FIRMA | SHANI L |
| AFILIACIONES | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7935-2724 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 11 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 39 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 11 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2018 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Solar Peppers
This article examines the implications of changes in agriculture over the years on identity and culture in the Arava, a desert region in southern Israel where intensive agriculture has long shaped both local society and the environment. Drawing on ethnographic research, this article traces how residents’ environmental–agricultural imagination historically structured space and community, and how agricultural infrastructures have adapted to politic…
Cutting Across Disciplines
Over the past few decades, the academic landscape has been shaped by two concurrent trends: growing specialization into multiple disciplines and subfields, alongside increasing calls for collaboration. Parallel to these developments is the growing integration of advanced computational methods into research. Against this backdrop, this paper examines how this computational turn reshapes researchers’ fundamental understanding of scientific inquiry.…
Becoming amphibious
The ground beneath our feet is still holding strong
The 'Mushroom Fever
Make the desert bloom—imaginaries, infrastructure, and water-land entanglement in desert agriculture in Israel
Understanding the meaning of land–water entanglement is increasingly important today, in an age of climate change and desertification. Despite the close ties between water and land, literature largely focuses on each of them separately or ignores the attempts to disconnect them. This paper examines the connections and disconnections between water and land in the southern desert of Israel in the shadow of political use and environmental disaster. …
Invasive species or legal alien? Confrontation and controversy in protecting sabras in Israel
In an era marked by heightened globalization and climate crisis, the proliferation of alien or invasive species has emerged as a critical issue. This article delves into the contentious debates surrounding strategies for addressing these species, offering insights into divergent visions of "environmental futures" and the intricate interplay of concern, risk, and power relations in the Anthropocene. Through ethnographic research, the article scrut…
Predatory Fleas, Sterile Flies, and the Settlers
In this essay, I follow predatory fleas, sterile flies, and other insects, as well as farmers, across the Arava/Arabah, an arid desert region in southern Israel/Palestine, south of the Dead Sea, marked by harsh environmental conditions. Following a four-year ethnographic study, I examine the ecological and political impacts of Zionist settlement in the area and the fluidity of definitions of alien/native species. I use the term agricultural infra…
Love of Land
Although there is burgeoning research on environmental activism, few studies have examined the interrelationship between nationalism and nature protection in detail. This article examines how groups manage the tension between national commitment and caring for the environment. It focuses on two opposing Israeli activist groups: a settler movement that aims to establish new communities in the fast-dwindling Israeli open expanses and a 'green' move…
Liquid Distinctions
Relations between humans and "nature" have long been a focus of social research and, in particular, anthropological inquiry. In recent years, scholars have generally dismissed the distinction between these categories as empirically and conceptually irrelevant. Based on fieldwork in an agricultural community in the Israeli desert (2010–2015), this article shows that the boundaries between nature and culture remain salient to social and critical an…
Of Trees and People
This article portrays the shift experienced in the role of acacia trees during environmental-political struggles as the entanglement of trees and people. Drawing on a four-year ethnographic study around Israel's Arava desert valley, the article narrates human interactions with these trees amid an environmental conflict fraught with personal and political conflict, opposing perspectives on natural preservation and scientific debate, as well as dis…
Of Trees and People
This article portrays the shift experienced in the role of acacia trees during environmental-political struggles as the entanglement of trees and people. Drawing on a four-year ethnographic study around Israel's Arava desert valley, the article narrates human interactions with these trees amid an environmental conflict fraught with personal and political conflict, opposing perspectives on natural preservation and scientific debate, as well as dis…
Love of Land
Although there is burgeoning research on environmental activism, few studies have examined the interrelationship between nationalism and nature protection in detail. This article examines how groups manage the tension between national commitment and caring for the environment. It focuses on two opposing Israeli activist groups: a settler movement that aims to establish new communities in the fast-dwindling Israeli open expanses and a 'green' move…
Liquid Distinctions
Relations between humans and "nature" have long been a focus of social research and, in particular, anthropological inquiry. In recent years, scholars have generally dismissed the distinction between these categories as empirically and conceptually irrelevant. Based on fieldwork in an agricultural community in the Israeli desert (2010–2015), this article shows that the boundaries between nature and culture remain salient to social and critical an…
Invasive species or legal alien? Confrontation and controversy in protecting sabras in Israel
In an era marked by heightened globalization and climate crisis, the proliferation of alien or invasive species has emerged as a critical issue. This article delves into the contentious debates surrounding strategies for addressing these species, offering insights into divergent visions of "environmental futures" and the intricate interplay of concern, risk, and power relations in the Anthropocene. Through ethnographic research, the article scrut…
Predatory Fleas, Sterile Flies, and the Settlers
In this essay, I follow predatory fleas, sterile flies, and other insects, as well as farmers, across the Arava/Arabah, an arid desert region in southern Israel/Palestine, south of the Dead Sea, marked by harsh environmental conditions. Following a four-year ethnographic study, I examine the ecological and political impacts of Zionist settlement in the area and the fluidity of definitions of alien/native species. I use the term agricultural infra…
Becoming amphibious
Make the desert bloom—imaginaries, infrastructure, and water-land entanglement in desert agriculture in Israel
Understanding the meaning of land–water entanglement is increasingly important today, in an age of climate change and desertification. Despite the close ties between water and land, literature largely focuses on each of them separately or ignores the attempts to disconnect them. This paper examines the connections and disconnections between water and land in the southern desert of Israel in the shadow of political use and environmental disaster. …
Liquid Distinctions
Relations between humans and "nature" have long been a focus of social research and, in particular, anthropological inquiry. In recent years, scholars have generally dismissed the distinction between these categories as empirically and conceptually irrelevant. Based on fieldwork in an agricultural community in the Israeli desert (2010–2015), this article shows that the boundaries between nature and culture remain salient to social and critical an…
Of Trees and People
This article portrays the shift experienced in the role of acacia trees during environmental-political struggles as the entanglement of trees and people. Drawing on a four-year ethnographic study around Israel's Arava desert valley, the article narrates human interactions with these trees amid an environmental conflict fraught with personal and political conflict, opposing perspectives on natural preservation and scientific debate, as well as dis…
Love of Land
Although there is burgeoning research on environmental activism, few studies have examined the interrelationship between nationalism and nature protection in detail. This article examines how groups manage the tension between national commitment and caring for the environment. It focuses on two opposing Israeli activist groups: a settler movement that aims to establish new communities in the fast-dwindling Israeli open expanses and a 'green' move…
Predatory Fleas, Sterile Flies, and the Settlers
In this essay, I follow predatory fleas, sterile flies, and other insects, as well as farmers, across the Arava/Arabah, an arid desert region in southern Israel/Palestine, south of the Dead Sea, marked by harsh environmental conditions. Following a four-year ethnographic study, I examine the ecological and political impacts of Zionist settlement in the area and the fluidity of definitions of alien/native species. I use the term agricultural infra…
Make the desert bloom—imaginaries, infrastructure, and water-land entanglement in desert agriculture in Israel
Understanding the meaning of land–water entanglement is increasingly important today, in an age of climate change and desertification. Despite the close ties between water and land, literature largely focuses on each of them separately or ignores the attempts to disconnect them. This paper examines the connections and disconnections between water and land in the southern desert of Israel in the shadow of political use and environmental disaster. …
Invasive species or legal alien? Confrontation and controversy in protecting sabras in Israel
In an era marked by heightened globalization and climate crisis, the proliferation of alien or invasive species has emerged as a critical issue. This article delves into the contentious debates surrounding strategies for addressing these species, offering insights into divergent visions of "environmental futures" and the intricate interplay of concern, risk, and power relations in the Anthropocene. Through ethnographic research, the article scrut…
Cutting Across Disciplines
Over the past few decades, the academic landscape has been shaped by two concurrent trends: growing specialization into multiple disciplines and subfields, alongside increasing calls for collaboration. Parallel to these developments is the growing integration of advanced computational methods into research. Against this backdrop, this paper examines how this computational turn reshapes researchers’ fundamental understanding of scientific inquiry.…
Becoming amphibious
The ground beneath our feet is still holding strong
The 'Mushroom Fever
Solar Peppers
This article examines the implications of changes in agriculture over the years on identity and culture in the Arava, a desert region in southern Israel where intensive agriculture has long shaped both local society and the environment. Drawing on ethnographic research, this article traces how residents’ environmental–agricultural imagination historically structured space and community, and how agricultural infrastructures have adapted to politic…
Geographies of human-animal interactions (7 obras) · Political science (7 obras) · Sociology (7 obras) · Geography (6 obras) · Environmental ethics (5 obras) · Law (5 obras) · Politics (5 obras) · Agriculture (4 obras) · Archaeology (4 obras) · Law (4 obras)