The Personal as Political: The Function of the Private Space in Contextualizing the "Other" in Jewish-Palestinian Encounters

Autor/in	Markovich, Dalya Yafa
Titel	The Personal as Political: The Function of the Private Space in Contextualizing the "Other" in Jewish-Palestinian Encounters
Quelle	In: Journal of Peace Education, 12 (2015) 2, S.167-181 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1740 0201
DOI	10.1080/17400201.2015.1046423
Schlagwörter	Arabs; Jews; Ethnography; Role; Cultural Differences; Power Structure; Group Dynamics; History; Political Influences; Social Environment; Epistemology; Interpersonal Relationship; Peace; Conflict; Intergroup Relations; Foreign Countries; Intercultural Communication; Cultural Awareness; Teacher Education Programs; Student Characteristics; Program Descriptions; Student Attitudes; Observation; Beliefs; Questionnaires; Hermeneutics; Israel + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Arab; Araber; Jew; Jude; Jüdin; Juden; Ethnografie; Rollen; Kultureller Unterschied; Gruppendynamik; Geschichte; Geschichtsdarstellung; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Soziales Umfeld; Erkenntnistheorie; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Frieden; Konflikt; Intergruppenbeziehungen; Ausland; Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Schülerverhalten; Beobachtung; Belief; Glaube; Fragebogen; Hermeneutik
Abstract	The private/personal sphere is perceived to be a channel of empowerment that fosters processes of acknowledgment and recognition during encounters between participants from different cultural groups. Drawing on ethnographic research at an inter-cultural program that offered a space for engagement for Palestinian and Jewish educational trainees', we followed the role played by the private sphere in the process of articulating a perception of the "Other". Most participants from both groups chose to locate their position toward the "Other" in their private sphere. The different ways through which the private sphere was preformed and justified by the participants reveals that for the Palestinian participants the private sphere served as a way to create particularity, while for the Jewish participants it served as a way to construct universalized claims. These justifications, which were tightly coupled with each groups' social position and social power, were working in both cases to isolate the discussion from immediate historical, social, and political contexts. Thus, these findings deepen our understanding of the meaning ascribed to the private sphere and the common epistemology that defines the personal as political and contributes to advance warm relations between Palestinian and Jewish individuals that these educational frameworks seek to foster. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01