Gary Fields, Enclosure: Palestinian Landscapes in a Historical Mirror (U California Press, 2017)
b'Inspired by the usage of the term \\u2018enclosure\\u2019 to describe the Separation Wall in Israel-Palestine on a visit he made to the West Bank, Gary Fields in Enclosure: Palestinian Landscapes in a Historical Mirror (University of California Press, 2017) draws upon the past to speak to the Palestinian present and explain Palestinian dispossession. We talk through why Fields thinks it is necessary to use a long lens to think about the discourses framing the conflict in Israel/Palestine, specifically the English enclosures, which changed the nature of access to common land across the English countryside and Amerindian dispossession in colonial America. As land, discourse, and people themselves shape the practice of enclosure, we hone in on the politics of writing about Palestine and Palestinians, as well as how Fields\\u2019 other work fits into his academic work. Enclosure is on the short-list for the Palestine Book Award for the 2018 year.\\n\\nGary Fields is professor of communication at UC San Diego. He received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in\\xa0City and Regional Planning. \\xa0He often uses photo and film to explore his research interests and writes widely beyond the academy.\\n\\n\\n\\nNadirah Mansour is a graduate student at Princeton University\\u2019s Department of Near Eastern Studies working on the global intellectual history of the Arabic-language press. She tweets\\xa0@NAMansour26\\xa0and produces another Middle-East and North Africa-related podcast:\\xa0Reintroducing.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices\\nSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/law'