Coltivare cibo baladii in Palestina

In the Occupied Territories, particularly in Battir (Bethlehem), Palestinian farming practices reveal intricate links between environmental agency and political dynamics. The study highlights how local food cultivation patterns, rooted in familial knowledge, reflect broader national and regional politics of nature, including denial of both human 'Others' and environmental elements. Despite military occupation and border development, Palestinian farmers maintain autonomy through ecological relationality, challenging technofix utopias and nationalist perspectives that fail to address shared environmental challenges like overheating atmospheres and resource scarcity. The research underscores the interdependence between patterns of exclusion—both social and ecological—and the resilience of local knowledge in sustaining food sovereignty amid political and environmental upheaval.

Van Aken, M. (2018). Coltivare cibo baladii in Palestina [JD]. Antropologia Pubblica, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.1473/anpub.v4i1.129