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Border collapse and boundary maintenance: militarisation and the micro-geographies of violence in IsraelâPalestine
This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from the publisher via the DOI in this record.Drawing upon subaltern geopolitics and feminist geography, this article explores how militarisation shapes micro-geographies of violence and occupation in IsraelâPalestine. While accounts of spectacular and large-scale political violence dominate popular imaginaries and academic analyses in/of the region, a shift to the micro-scale foregrounds the relationship between power, politics and space at the level of everyday life. In the context of IsraelâPalestine, micro-geographies have revealed dynamic strategies for âgetting byâ or âdealing withâ the occupation, as practiced by Palestinian populations in the face of spatialised violence. However, this article considers how Jewish Israelis actively shape the spatial micro-politics of power within and along the borders of the Israeli state. Based on 12 months of ethnographic research in Tel Aviv and West Jerusalem during 2010â2011, an analysis of everyday narratives illustrates how relations of violence, occupation and domination rely upon gendered dynamics of border collapse and boundary maintenance. Here, the borders between home front and battlefield break down at the same time as communal boundaries are reproduced, generating conditions of âtotal militarismâ wherein military interests and agendas are both actively and passively diffused. Through gendering the militarised micro-geographies of violence among Jewish Israelis, this article reveals how individuals construct, navigate and regulate the everyday spaces of occupation, detailing more precisely how macro political power endures.This work was supported by the SOAS, University of London; University of London Central Research Fund
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This chapter focuses on the value of using career counselling to support the transition of veterans back into the civilian workforce. We provide a brief theoretical overview of career counselling orientations as well as a summary description of its application with a client (âChrisâ). Our case study demonstrates the utility of psychological testing as an assessment tool, as part of Kiddâs (2003, 2006) second stage of career counselling: enabling clientâs understanding. Our case study also describes the use of the Occupational Interests Profile+ as a basis for discussion with the client, along with career recommendations based on a combination of a career history interview and interpretation of the results from the psychometric test