Desert Experience in Israel

Communities, Arts, Science, and Education in the Negev

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

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The Desert Experience in Israel shares the responses of settlers, artists, poets, scientists, and educators who lived near the Blaustein Institute in the Negev Desert of Israel as they answer the question, "What difference has living in the desert year round made in your work?"The book begins with a reprint of David Ben-Gurion's call for settlement and science in the desert. This is followed by an account of life in early kibbutzim, a discussion of the meaning of the term "desert," accounts of religion in the desert, and the relationship of the desert experience to art, theatre, literature, poetry, sculpture, and the use of color categories by the Bedouin. Accounts of research on solar energy, fossil fuel, water, microalgae, runoff agriculture, fish, and architecture are followed by desert-related activities in the high school, field school, and research institute.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2009-09-29
Mått156 x 230 x 16 mm
Vikt327 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor220
FörlagUniversity Press of America
ISBN9780761848400

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Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 1. The Desert ExperiencePart 3 Part 1: Communities in the DesertChapter 4 2. A Call for Desert Communities and ScienceChapter 5 3. The First Days at Kibbutz RevivimChapter 6 4. The Pioneer at Kibbitz Sde BoqerPart 7 Part II: What is a Desert?Chapter 8 5. Midbar, Shmama, and Garbage CanChapter 9 6. The Conquest of the Desert and the Settlement EthosChapter 10 7. The Perception of the Four WindsPart 11 Part III: InspirationChapter 12 8. Religion and the DesertChapter 13 9. The ArtsPart 14 PhotographsPart 15 Angels in the Desert - A visit with Binah Kahana by Gretel Rieber, Translated from the German by Wolfgang Motzafi-HallerPart 16 TheaterPart 17 LiteraturePart 18 SculpturePart 19 SculpturePart 20 PoetryPart 21 PoetryPart 22 Bedouin PoetryChapter 23 10. Linguistic and Ethnographic Observations on the Color Categories of the Negev BedouinPart 24 Part IV: ResearchChapter 25 11. Founding of the Institute for Desert ResearchChapter 26 12. Desert ResearchPart 27 Solar Power ResearchPart 28 Solar SurgeryPart 29 Fossil WaterPart 30 MicroalgaePart 31 Runoff AgriculturePart 32 FishPart 33 Desert ArchitecturePart 34 Apology for Architecture, or The Planner's CraftPart 35 Part V: Education and ScholarshipChapter 36 13. Environmental High SchoolChapter 37 14. Field SchoolChapter 38 15. Ben-Gurion Research and Heritage InstitutesChapter 39 ReferencesChapter 40 Name IndexChapter 41 Subject IndexChapter 42 About the Contributors