A Primer for a New Terrain: Palestinian Schooling in Jordan, 1950
- 1 November 2018
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Journal of Palestine Studies
- Vol. 48 (1), 16-32
- https://doi.org/10.1525/jps.2018.48.1.16
Abstract
This article offers a close reading of the first geography textbook printed by the Ministry of Education after the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan annexed the West Bank in 1950. Examining the Hashemite regime's early curricular attempts to incorporate its new Palestinian citizens, refugees and otherwise, the article highlights the tactics used to achieve these ends, namely a topographic centralization of Jordan, an erasure of human geography in favor of a natural one, and the foreclosure of other forms of national attachment and belonging. The discussion seeks to expand our understanding of one of the most significant narrative materials confronted by Palestinians in the aftermath of the Nakba, seeing in it a possible mechanism by which to understand the challenges to Palestinian demands for a self-determined education.Keywords
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