A core goal of this project is to rethink the language we use when discussing Palestine-Israel and to stimulate political imagination for future scenarios and possibilities. We are developing the Alternative Lexicon to explore how meaning or value might fundamentally shift when examined through the lens of a Shared Homeland Paradigm.
This Alternative Lexicon is intended to inform not only the project’s scenario-development process but also contribute to a broader discourse about potential political models for Palestine-Israel’s future.
The transcendent can help cultivate a shared appreciation for the land and its significant sacred sites, rather than the sectarian divisions created by the zero-sum game of colonialism and nationalism.
Dependence can become interdependence when it is symmetrical, just, and sustainable. This is a continued process, perhaps never fully achieved, rather than a fixed objective or endgame.
The Green Line can play a prominent role under an “emancipatory peacebuilding” paradigm (ibid.) by being a border between two internationallyrecognized states, on the one hand, and a porous membrane in everyday nation- and state-building on a local, national and supranational level, on the other.
We invite authors from diverse disciplines (law, social science, planning, environment, literature, art and more), different backgrounds (academics as well as activists and policy makers), diverse geographies, early career researchers as well as more established scholars, to develop a term for the Alternative Lexicon in one-day workshops in various locations. If you are interested in hosting and/or participating in an Alternative Lexicon workshop, please email us.