The full issue of TESTING-GOUND is available online and in bookshops in London. excerpt from: Wall, Ed, and Alex Malaescu. “Editorial.” Testing Ground, no. 2 (2019). “What resides on the other side can cause fear, concern, intrigue, delight and fascination. Neighbouring and distant lands are destinations to visit, invade, occupy and separate ourselves from. Many national borders are marked
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SPATIAL PRACTICES : SECTION 2 : بتير / Battir
بتير is a small village and UNESCO world heritage site south-west of Jerusalem. Located near Beit Jala within the Bethlehem governorate the ancient terraces have been irrigated for more than two millennia, forming a unique culture that is being preserved until today. As Eyal Weizman notes in his essay “The Landscape Against The State”, it