Invisible Walls. Identity boundary processes among Arab and Jewish students in Jerusalem.

Abstract

This thesis considers the making and unmaking of identity boundaries among Arab and Jewish students in Jerusalem. It focusses on two specific sorts of boundaries, namely social and spatial. It shows how in the contested city of Jerusalem, students of the Hebrew University, reify and contest both social boundaries and their spatial materialisation. These students do so within their own communities, but also in interaction with each other. This thesis takes the lens of the majority-minority dynamic to analyse these processes.