Maps are widely believed to be objective, and data-rich computer-made maps are iconic examples of digital knowledge. It is often claimed that digital maps, and rational boundaries, can solve political conflict. But Jess Bier challenges the view that digital maps are universal an…
Digital practices in social and political landscapes: Why two researchers can look at the same feature and see different things.
Maps are widely believed to be objective, and data-rich computer-made maps are iconic examples of digital knowledge. It is often claimed that digital maps, and rational boundaries, can solve political conflict. But Jess Bier challenges the view that digital maps are universal an…
Maps are widely believed to be objective, and data-rich computer-made maps are iconic examples of digital knowledge. It is often claimed that digital maps, and rational boundaries, can solve political conflict. But Jess Bier challenges the view that digital maps are universal an…
An investigation into how government persists under even the most untenable conditions, based on an analysis of government in Gaza between 1917 and 1967.
This historical ethnography of Gazan civil service examines practices of bureaucracy during a 50-year period (that of the British Mandate and the Egyptian Administration) to understand how the crises of regime change and other instabilities affect the everyday work of rule.
An investigation into how government persists under even the most untenable conditions, based on an analysis of government in Gaza between 1917 and 1967.
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An investigation into how government persists under even the most untenable conditions, based on an analysis of government in Gaza between 1917 and 1967.
Egypt came to govern Gaza as a result of a war, a failed effort to maintain Arab Palestine. Throughout the twenty years of its administration (1948-1967), Egyptian policing of Gaza concerned itself not only with crime and politics, but also with control of social and moral order…
