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Zusatztext ‘The question of marking territories and defining borders in the city of Beirut demands not only a distinct and complex approach, but also a considered and enduring level of engagement. Mohamad Hafeda’s volume, detailing the nuances of his current site-specific and practice-led research projects, provides not only this level of commitment, it also offers a thoroughly engaging encounter with the profound social and political processes that determine how we negotiate conflict.’ Informationen zum Autor Mohamad Hafeda is Senior Lecturer at the School of Architecture, Leeds Beckett University. He is co-founder of Febrik, a collaborative platform for art and design projects focussing on the dynamics of urban space, including refugee camps in the Middle East and marginal housing estates in London. Vorwort What is a border? Zusammenfassung Drawing on innovative research into sectarian-political struggle in Beirut, Mohamad Hafeda shows how boundaries in a divided city are much more than simple physical divisions and reveals the ways in which city dwellers both experience them and subvert them in unexpected ways. Through research based on interviews, documentation of various media representations such as maps, visual imagery and gallery installations, Negotiating Conflict in Lebanon exposes the methods through which sectarian narratives are constructed - arguing for the need to question, deconstruct and transform these constructions. Hafeda expands upon the definition of bordering practice by considering artistic research as a critical spatial practice which allows self-reflection and transformation of border positions. This study offers an alternative view to the mainstream narratives of what is meant by a border, and provides insights, methods and lessons that may be applied to other cities around the world affected by conflict and political-sectarian segregation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction:Bordering Practices AdministrationBordering Practice 01: HidingThe Chosen Two SurveillanceBordering Practice 02: CrossingAt Her Balcony SoundBordering Practice 03: TranslatingThis is How Stories of Conflict Circulate and Resonate DisplacementBordering Practice 04: MatchingThe Twin Sisters are ‘About to’ Swap Houses Epilogue:Temporal Bordering Practices of Resistance EndnotesBibliographyList of FiguresList of InterviewsAcknowledgementsIndex...
