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Núm. 22 (2017)
Artículos

Climbing walls to feel at home: Palestinian climbers re-appropriating space

Olga Blázquez Sánchez
PhD candidate at Departamento de Estudios Árabes e Islámicos y Estudios Orientales. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM)
Publicado junio 9, 2017
Cómo citar
Blázquez Sánchez, O. (2017). Climbing walls to feel at home: Palestinian climbers re-appropriating space. Revista De Estudios Internacionales Mediterráneos, (22). https://doi.org/10.15366/reim2017.22.006

Resumen

Abstract

Rock climbing is an outdoor activity that has recently become popular in Palestine partly due to the development of the Wadi Climbing project. A climbing community of local climbers has therefore developed and this implies new relationships and belonging ties between space and Palestinians are appearing. This article explores the ability of climbers to re-appropriate a space such as the natural landscape of the West Bank that has been under Israeli occupation since 1967.

Key words: Palestine, West Bank, climbing, Wadi Climbing, re-appropriation of space.

Resumen

La escalada es una actividad que se realiza al aire libre y que se ha popularizado recientemente en Palestina gracias, en parte, a la puesta en marcha del proyecto Wadi Climbing. Ello ha dado lugar a la aparición de una comunidad local de escaladores/as, lo que supone el desarrollo de nuevas relaciones y lazos de pertenencia entre la población palestina y el entorno. Este artículo explora la capacidad de dichos escaladores/as palestinos/as para reapropiarse de un espacio como el paisaje natural de Cisjordania, que vive bajo la ocupación israelí desde 1967.

Palabras clave: Palestina, Cisjordania, escalada, Wadi Climbing, reapropiación del espacio.

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