JERUSALEM’S GEOPOLITICAL QUESTION:

AN URBAN & SOCIAL GEOGRAPHY

Lecture with Prof. Noam Shoval

Department of Geography,

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

MONDAY, MAY 4TH, 2015

Multi-purpose Room,

Asper Community Campus

123 Doncaster Street, Winnipeg

Please RSVP to Sharon Zalik:

[email protected]/204-942-3085

by Thursday, April 30th

Jerusalem is the heart of a religious, ethnic, national and political conflict and is often defined as a polarized and contested city.

In addition to the segregation between Jews and Arabs, the Jewish population residing in Jerusalem is also divided along religious lines. As a result, much of the academic literature describes Jerusalem as polarized and divided.

However, these analyses are based solely on data regarding housing patterns. This presentation challenges this paradigm of Jerusalem, measuring segregation not only by where residents spend their nights but by their daytime activity as well. The study’s main source is a high-resolution database (in time – seconds & space – meters) that includes 16,000 residents of Jerusalem that were all traced with GPS devices for a 24-hour period and then interviewed.