CCST7310 | PALESTINIAN CULTURAL SCENE

Prominent features of the Palestinian cultural scene, with a special focus on the liberatory dimensions in lieu of similar conditions in the global south. This includes investigating the Palestinian cultural scene in terms of: production, practices, and policies. Investigates theoretical debates in: landscape, culture, and liberation. The transformations of the Palestinian cultural scene at the levels of: the concept, the revolution, and the “state”. Al the while centralizing the dilemmas of the historical formation of the Palestinian self and the Zionist other, and its connection to the relationship between the intellectual and the authority in the different geographies in which the Palestinians reside. Differentiations between authoritative and popular culture. Lastly, the representative models of Palestinian cultural production in verbal, written, visual, and performing arts, as well as recent studies on these productions, that will serve as introductions to the study of the cultural, social, and political history of Palestine.