Papers by Anat Goldman
The Journal of Middle East and Africa, 2018
This article explores the current ambiguous position of the cult of Atatürk in Turkish society an... more This article explores the current ambiguous position of the cult of Atatürk in Turkish society and politics, as both a state cult that is not entirely desired by the ruling party and a fragmen- ted and contested people’s cult. The article argues that the commodification and personal appropriation of the cult of Atatürk in the 1990s and 2000s blurred the lines between state and society and between political ideologies, eventually turning the cult into a much more inclusive realm than before, which enables debating national identity in Turkey despite the contentious political environment.
Talks by Anat Goldman
The extraordinary scope and durability of the #J14 movement in the summer of 2011 took many by su... more The extraordinary scope and durability of the #J14 movement in the summer of 2011 took many by surprise. It’s rapid decline at the end of that summer may have not been as surprising, but still sets some challenges to our understanding of social movements in general and political mobilization in Israel in particular. This paper wishes to argue that the economic and civic discontents of Israelis were not enough to explain the emergence of this mass mobilization, and suggest that the symbolic meanings of intentional and unintentional practices played a significant role in mass mobilization and de-mobilization that summer. The paper traces three intentional and unintentional symbolic acts preformed in tent camps, rallies and public discourse between July 14th and September 7th, 2011: dismissing the state, meaning a complete rejection of the existing political system; reclaiming the state, meaning taking over social responsibilities previously held by the state and appropriating national symbols to the social and political context of the protest; and reproducing the old social order through preservation of the same hierarchies and relationships that took protestors to the streets in the first place. These symbolic acts reveal an ambivalent movement, trying to consolidate its own identity and practices as separated from traditional political practices in Israel, while at the same time relying heavily on these exact same practices and its own national legacies in order to achieve mass mobilization.
The practices through which the Sheikh Jarrah Solidarity movement had sustained itself and grew ... more The practices through which the Sheikh Jarrah Solidarity movement had sustained itself and grew in its first two years, this paper argues, have created a space ,which enables conflicting Israeli and Palestinian communities to mobilize into the movement and shape its intellectual and ideological core, as well as its social and political boundaries in a way that breaks off from main stream leftist activity in Israel, and marks the movement as “the new hope for the Israeli left” in the eyes of many.
An analysis of the movements' inner discourse, relying mainly on independent websites, blogs and social media, showed how in the process of growing the movement had kept its social borders permeable while not compromising its core purposes, thus making those who wish to join it cross old mental, social and political boundaries, and negotiate their values with other members of diverse social, cultural and political background. This ongoing dynamics has been shaping the movement's ideological core, practices and its social and political boundaries.
The paper looks into this development from the movements earliest formative stages as an ad-hoke response to the displacement of Palestinian families in August 2009, to July 2011 as the movement, with its thousands of activists, already experienced in effectively challenging state housing policies for Israeli and Palestinian communities, joined the #J14 social protest, and played an important role in connecting and mobilizing diverse communities into it.
Teaching Documents by Anat Goldman
This is a note I started using in my classes. It explains the advantages and limitations of using... more This is a note I started using in my classes. It explains the advantages and limitations of using generative tools for undergraduate students.
Uploads
Papers by Anat Goldman
Talks by Anat Goldman
An analysis of the movements' inner discourse, relying mainly on independent websites, blogs and social media, showed how in the process of growing the movement had kept its social borders permeable while not compromising its core purposes, thus making those who wish to join it cross old mental, social and political boundaries, and negotiate their values with other members of diverse social, cultural and political background. This ongoing dynamics has been shaping the movement's ideological core, practices and its social and political boundaries.
The paper looks into this development from the movements earliest formative stages as an ad-hoke response to the displacement of Palestinian families in August 2009, to July 2011 as the movement, with its thousands of activists, already experienced in effectively challenging state housing policies for Israeli and Palestinian communities, joined the #J14 social protest, and played an important role in connecting and mobilizing diverse communities into it.
Teaching Documents by Anat Goldman
An analysis of the movements' inner discourse, relying mainly on independent websites, blogs and social media, showed how in the process of growing the movement had kept its social borders permeable while not compromising its core purposes, thus making those who wish to join it cross old mental, social and political boundaries, and negotiate their values with other members of diverse social, cultural and political background. This ongoing dynamics has been shaping the movement's ideological core, practices and its social and political boundaries.
The paper looks into this development from the movements earliest formative stages as an ad-hoke response to the displacement of Palestinian families in August 2009, to July 2011 as the movement, with its thousands of activists, already experienced in effectively challenging state housing policies for Israeli and Palestinian communities, joined the #J14 social protest, and played an important role in connecting and mobilizing diverse communities into it.