1st Edition
Remaking Urban Heritage Refugee Walking Tours in Berlin, Jaffa, and Tel Aviv
By Michal Huss
Copyright 2025
232 Pages
by
Central European University Press
232 Pages
by
Central European University Press
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This book follows the perspectives of refugee activists to examine cities shaped by layered histories of war, colonialism, and partition. Challenging the crisis-driven, state-centric frameworks that dominate migration and border studies – where refugees are often cast as passive victims or threats – the book foregrounds their agency in reimagining urban heritage. Moving beyond the edge of the... Read more
Introduction, Chapter One: Expanding the Geo-temporal Scope of Forced Displacement Research and Representation, Chapter Two: Refugees Show Their Berlin, Chapter Three: Refugees Reclaim Jaffa, Chapter Four: Refugees Re-contextualize Tel Aviv, Conclusion, Acknowledgements, Appendix.
Biography
Michal Huss is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow and Lecturer in Architectural Studies at the University of Manchester. Her research explores everyday life, memory, and resistance in post/colonial and divided cities, focusing on spatial justice.
