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Planting The Promised Landscape: Zionism, Nature, And Resistance In Israel/Palestine, Irus Braverman
Planting The Promised Landscape: Zionism, Nature, And Resistance In Israel/Palestine, Irus Braverman
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This article reveals the complex historical and cultural processes that have led to the symbiotic identification between pine trees and Jewish people in Israel/Palestine. It introduces three tree donation techniques used by Israel, then proceeds to discuss the meaning of nature in Israel, as well as the meaning of planting and rooting in the context of the Zionist project. The article concludes by reflecting on the ways that pine trees absent Palestinian presence and memory from the landscape, and explains how Palestinian acts of aggression toward these pine landscapes relate to the Israel/Palestine relationship.
"Everybody Loves Trees": Policing American Cities Through Street Trees, Irus Braverman
"Everybody Loves Trees": Policing American Cities Through Street Trees, Irus Braverman
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Recently, municipalities have been investing large sums of money as well as much bureaucratic and professional effort into making their cities not only a more "treefull" place, but also a place that surveys, measures, regulates, and manages its trees. This article explores the transformation of the utilitarian discourse on trees, which focuses on the benefits of trees and greenery, into a normative discourse whereby trees are not only considered good but are also represented as if they are or should be loved by everybody. This transformation is not only the result of top-down governmental policies. It is also a consequence …