Föreläsning: Perspectives on holiness, power, and urban planning in Jerusalem

Studentkåren fortsätter med sin föreläsningsserie om konflikten i mellanöstern. Denna föreläsning hålls av Anna Hjälm – Director of The Swedish Theological Institute in Jerusalem. Föreläsningen hålls på engelska.

Jerusalem is a city of approximately a million inhabitants. It has no public swimming pool, a single tram line and half the city comes to a complete standstill once a week. It is a place that evokes religious passion and political upheaval, within its boundaries bringing together the three Abrahamitic religions, two states and at least 5000 years of human history.

Among the miracles and mess of the holy city, this lecture addresses some of the ways that the power to plan urban space can be used as both a political and strategic activity.