Narrating Instability
Political detouring in Jerusalem
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7921035 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dana Hercbergs (University of Calgary, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 415-438 |
| Publication date | 2012-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Mobilities (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1745-0101 • E-ISSN: 1745-011X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17450101.2012.659469 |
| OpenAlex | W1970944130 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 35 |
This paper contributes to the ethnography of guided tours in politically contested spaces by interrogating their use for political advocacy by Palestinian guides in the Old City of Jerusalem. It advances the guided tour genre as a potentially transformative encounter for tourists, while offering reflection on its possibilities and limitations for solidarity. Analyzing the narrative framework of the tour vis-à-vis the cityscape shows that guides strategically employ both discourse and movement to convince tourists of the injustice of the Israeli occupation through a practice called political detouring. It reveals how guides manipulate the tour genre’s dynamic nature by spontaneously altering its trajectories to expose the corresponding instability of Palestinian lives in Jerusalem
Aesthetics · Art · Cityscape · Ethnography · Injustice · Literature · Media studies · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Solidarity · Transformative learning · Visual arts · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Religious Tourism and Spaces
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2021 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |