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Thinking in Four Dimensions: New Directions in Spatial Analysis of the Middle East

El-Kazaz, Sarah

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Abstract

The study of the Middle East is experiencing an explosion in the dimensions through which scholars study space. The five new books reviewed in this essay stand out for pushing the boundaries of how we conceptualize the production of space and mobilize it as a methodological intervention. Through remarkably sensitive ethnography, creative use of sources, and an array of vibrant theoretical and methodological tools, they expand upon an earlier pioneering literature that centered spatial analysis in the study of the Middle East. In this essay, I focus on three dimensions they have opened up: analyzing space in time; drawing connectivities across spaces; and reframing the agency of spatial tactics and the nonhuman.

Citation

El-Kazaz, S. (2017). Thinking in Four Dimensions: New Directions in Spatial Analysis of the Middle East. International Journal of Middle East Studies, 49(3), 535-545. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0020743817000423

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Apr 26, 2017
Online Publication Date Jul 26, 2017
Publication Date Jul 26, 2017
Deposit Date Sep 22, 2020
Journal International Journal of Middle East Studies
Print ISSN 0020-7438
Electronic ISSN 1471-6380
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Peer Reviewed Not Peer Reviewed
Volume 49
Issue 3
Pages 535-545
DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/S0020743817000423
Related Public URLs https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-journal-of-middle-east-studies/article/thinking-in-four-dimensions-new-directions-in-spatial-analysis-of-the-middle-east/7087FC238CD7275ED5BABFDD6B51A7AB
Additional Information Copyright Statement : COPYRIGHT: © Cambridge University Press 2017
Additional Information : This is a review essay analysing five recent works in the field, where the author makes original insights about the state of the field of spatial analysis in the Middle East.