PLACE IDENTITY AMONG NATIVE MINORITIES: LESSONS FROM ARABS IN ISRAEL. Issue 2 (15th March 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Shdema, Ilan; Martin, Deborah
• Is Part Of: Geographical review. Volume 112:Issue 2(2022)
• Page Start: 286
• Page End: 305
• Publication Date: 2022-03-15
• Subjects: Arabs -- Israel -- place identity -- environmental psychology; Geography -- Periodicals; 910
• DOI: 10.1080/00167428.2020.1852405
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0016-7428

Abstract

Abstract: This study addresses place identity among native minorities by focusing on the Arabs in Israel. It follows a recent trend in geography—the environmental-psychology approach to place identity—which focuses on the identity of individuals rather than the identity of places commonly emphasized in human geography. The study draws on mixed methods: 25 in-depth interviews with residents of Arab localities, in addition to questionnaires administered to both Arabs (210) and Jews (100) serving as a comparison group. Native minority members in this study have emphasized place identity as rooted in multilayered memories in situ, the clan-based social structure, and tensions with the government. These issues are discussed in the contexts of majority-minority relations and settler colonialism and nativism.