This article is published as part of the Geografiska Annaler: Series B, Human Geography special issue “Palestinian Futures Anticipation, Imagination, Embodiments”, edited by Mikko Joronen, Helga Tawil-Souri, Merav Amir & Mark Griffiths.

ABSTRACT

In this paper, I examine the activities of internally displaced Palestinians as performative resistance against the settler-colonial dispossession. Since 1948, when close to 800,000 Palestinians were displaced from their homes in the process of establishing the state of Israel, return has been a key political objective of the displaced. By concentrating on the recent activities organized by internally displaced Palestinians, I scrutinize the power of performative practices in challenging present conditions of continuing displacement. Based on interviews, participatory observation, and published source material, I show how the return activities concentrating on the lost villages do not only commemorate the past but also utilize it in performative claim-making in achieving the desired future. I make the argument that the performative dimensions of claiming work to undermine the settler-colonial reality by issuing a call for a right to belong and for a more just future.

本文作为 Geografiska Annaler：B 系列，人文地理特刊“巴勒斯坦未来的预期、想象、实施”的一部分发表，由 Mikko Joronen、Helga Tawil-Souri、Merav Amir 和 Mark Griffiths 编辑。

抽象的

在本文中，我将国内流离失所的巴勒斯坦人的活动作为对定居者-殖民地剥夺的表演性抵抗进行了研究。自 1948 年以来，将近 800,000 名巴勒斯坦人在建立以色列国的过程中流离失所，回归一直是流离失所者的主要政治目标。通过专注于近期由境内流离失所的巴勒斯坦人组织的活动，我审视了表演实践在挑战当前持续流离失所的状况方面的力量。基于访谈、参与式观察和已发表的原始材料，我展示了以失落村庄为中心的回归活动如何不仅纪念过去，而且还利用它进行表演性声明以实现预期的未来。