The new research project will focus on the relationship between space and law in the “Area C” of Palestine. Looking at legal mechanisms from a spatial perspective, the project moves between geopolitical models and concrete case-studies in an attempt to push forward critical reflections on the paradigmatic characteristics of the Palestinian territory.

We propose to examine how conflicting spatial interventions are influencing and are influenced by legal procedures and how “de facto” situations are molding this elastic geography. In “Area C”, space and law seem to influence each other in the making, almost in the moment of production: are spaces designed by the law or should we rather talk of lawmaking spatial practices? Who are the actors involved in this process? What are their modes of operation? How would it be possible to map the intricacies of this condition? How do financial and economic interests infiltrate the cracks of this splintered geography and take advantage of its volatility? What creative possibilities could
this situation open up?