Student Im/mobility in Birzeit, Palestine

Harker, C.

doi:10.1080/17450100802657947

Student Im/mobility in Birzeit, Palestine

Harker, C.

Authors

C. Harker

Abstract

This paper draws on research with students at the Birzeit University in Palestine to examine how their experiences of university are shaped by a range of im/mobilities. In particular I am interested in how students who rent accommodation in Birzeit and make frequent trips to the cities and villages where they grew up experience a range of im/mobilities that are heavily impacted by technologies and practices of the Israeli Occupation Forces that are designed to render Palestinians less mobile in the West Bank. After mapping how students understand these im/mobilities, I explore how these differently mobile practices create Birzeit as place, how they unsettle particular notions of home, and the micropolitical responses they embody and engender.

Citation

Harker, C. (2009). Student Im/mobility in Birzeit, Palestine. Mobilities, 4(1), 11-35. https://doi.org/10.1080/17450100802657947

Journal Article Type	Article
Publication Date	Mar 1, 2009
Deposit Date	Nov 6, 2009
Publicly Available Date	Oct 5, 2010
Journal	Mobilities
Print ISSN	1745-0101
Electronic ISSN	1745-011X
Publisher	Taylor and Francis Group
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	4
Issue	1
Pages	11-35
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1080/17450100802657947
Keywords	Palestine, Mobilities, Immobilities, Students.

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This is an electronic version of an article published in Harker, C. (2009) 'Student im/mobility in Birzeit, Palestine.', Mobilities., 4 (1). pp. 11-35. Mobilities is available online at: http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=1745-0101&volume=4&issue=1&spage=11