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UNRWA and the Historical Evolution of Palestinian Refugee Camps in Jordan: Policy Mobilities and the Role of Refugees in Home-Making on the Scale of the Camp.

Authors :
Alqub, Heba
Matar, Osaid
Source :
Journal of Holy Land & Palestine Studies. Apr2024, Vol. 23 Issue 1, p39-76. 38p.
Publication Year :
2024

Abstract

This article examines UNRWA policy's on-the-ground translation and its connection to the evolution of three Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan, with a focus on refugees' role in shaping these policies and their physical manifestation. Thus, this manuscript connects both literatures' policy mobilities and refugee camps to explore how policy mobility can provide an instructive lens to analyse the divergent forms of refugee camp evolution. This study argues that the same policy can produce different outcomes that are, in some ways, similar. Building on assemblage theory (Deleuze & Guattari 1987) through ethnographic fieldwork, this article focuses the study of the different actors involved in the refugee camps' construction processes and layouts since their establishment and how they have evolved distinctively over time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20541988
Volume :
23
Issue :
1
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Journal of Holy Land & Palestine Studies
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
176926576
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3366/hlps.2024.0326