Sign in

Wassim Ghantous

@wassim-gh.bsky.social
96 followers 133 following 8 posts

Political Geographer researching Palestine/Israel and their global extensions. Tampere University, Finalnd.

PostsRepliesMedia
Wassim Ghantous @wassim-gh.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Danna Masad and I write about how colonial herding outposts in the West Bank appropriate and weaponize indigenous Palestinian pastoral practices and animal bodies to erase and replace Palestinian life and life-worlds. @natureandspace.bsky.social doi.org/10.1177/2514...
doi.org
The wandering frontier: Geographies of colonial herding in Palestine - Danna Masad, Wassim Ghantous, 2026
This article examines the emergent phenomenon of Israeli colonial herding outposts in the occupied West Bank, where animals—sheep, goats, cows, and camels—are d...
062
Wassim Ghantous @wassim-gh.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Our paper (with @mikkojorge.bsky.social and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian) on the colonial weaponization of smell, boomeranging, and atmospheric policing through the Israeli invented Skunk Water technology is out at @secdialogue.bsky.social academic.oup.com/sd/advance-a...
academic.oup.com
Stench atmospheres: policing, affect, and colonial boomeranging in Palestine/Israel
Abstract. The weaponization of smell has sparked a growing interest in the studies of warfare, policing, and the senses. This paper examines one peculiar m
032
Reposted by Wassim Ghantous
Geographies of Coloniality and Everyday Violence Research Group @gocep.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Essay by group of Gazan scholars, including our Khalid Dader @dader-khalid.bsky.social, problematising framings of Gazan resilience, ingenuity and strenght. Highly recommended read. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
tandfonline.com
When Resilience Becomes a Burden: Reflections from Gazan Palestinian Scholars
In this essay, Palestinian scholars from Gaza reflect on how Gaza is brought into Western academic spaces since the beginning of the genocide. Over the last two years, academic engagement with Gaza...
01710
Wassim Ghantous @wassim-gh.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Sharing my new article at @antipodeonline.bsky.social which suggests a novel framing for enquiring the deep entanglement between Israel and global centers of domination. doi.org/10.1111/anti...
doi.org
2117
Wassim Ghantous @wassim-gh.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
www.archpaper.com/2025/02/acsa...
archpaper.com
ACSA cancels Fall 2025 Journal of Architectural Education issue about Palestine and fires its interim executive editor
ACSA announced this afternoon it has cancelled a forthcoming JAE edition about Palestine. The Fall 2025 issue was planned to be edited by Cruz Garcia, Nora Akawi, Omar Jabary Salamanca, Zoé Samudzi, a...
000
Reposted by Wassim Ghantous
Space and Political Agency Research Group @sparg-tuni.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
For anyone around Tampere University, another exciting iteration of the Decentering the Global lecture series is in the works for April. Students can register to participate for course credit (5 ECTS).
083
Wassim Ghantous @wassim-gh.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
bostonreview.net
The Boomerang Comes Back - Boston Review
How the U.S.-backed war on Palestine is expanding authoritarianism at home—from Project Esther to violence at the border.
020
Reposted by Wassim Ghantous
AbdouMaliq Simone @xazaaradjame.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
tandfonline.com
From the Editor
Published in Journal of Palestine Studies (Vol. 53, No. 3, 2024)
075
Reposted by Wassim Ghantous
Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Save 30% on #NewBook "The Time beneath the Concrete" by Nasser Abourahme, which argues that settler colonialism is always as much an attempt to conquer time as it is to conquer land. #Geography #MiddleEastStudies buff.ly/3COvDJf
Cover of The Time beneath the Concrete: Palestine between Camp and Colony by Nasser Abourahme. Cover is blue and features an image of an art installation featuring six human figures in concrete. There is some Arabic text above them on the right. The title is in white at the top of the design, the subtitle beneath that in red, and the author name at the bottom in white.
12712
Reposted by Wassim Ghantous
Geographers for Justice in Palestine @geogboycott.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Join us at the AAG preconference hosted by Geographers for Justice in Palestine in Detroit!
An inviting red, black, and green graphic announcing the Geographers for Justice in Palestine - pre-AAG workshop on Sunday March 23, 2025 in Detroit, Michigan. A QR code links to the following https://linktr.ee/geog4pal?utm_source=qr_code
35826