| ID | 161168 |
| Title Proper | Governing through timescape |
| Other Title Information | Israeli sustainable agriculture policy and the palestinian-arab citizens |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Gutkowski, Natalia |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Social scientists commonly know that time is a social construct and a tool for governing by those holding power. Yet, how exactly is time used for governing? This article examines how timescape (embodiment of approaches to time) works in practice as a tool of power by considering multiple networks of time that manifest in al-Batuf/Beit Netofa Valley planning policy. This valley's agriculture, mostly owned by Palestinian-Arab citizens of Israel, is considered by ecologists and officials a unique traditional agriculture landscape and wetland habitat that has become scarce in Israel due to its development and wetland drainage. Assembling separate modes of anthropological inquiry that attend to time as a technique, I show that knowledge, ethics, and time management are not separate spheres of governance but rather interwoven as one timescape tool of governing. Thus, the case of al-Batuf/Beit Netofa elucidates the ways in which time is used for governing in the context of an agricultural-environmental development policy and plan. |
| `In' analytical Note | International Journal of Middle East Studies Vol. 50, No.3; Aug 2018: p.471-492 |
| Journal Source | International Journal of Middle East Studies 2018-09 50, 3 |
| Key Words | Agriculture ; Governance ; Anthropology ; Time ; Israel/Palestine |