Conclusion
The family practices and politics described in this chapter are undoubtedly more complex, nuanced, and fragmented than can be summarized. Even the concepts used to describe them (i.e., discursive objectification, resistance, and endurance) are inadequate attempts to corral an always excessive plurality of spatial practices for the purposes of analysis.
However, these concepts and the discussion they enable, illustrate the diverse ways in which Palestinian families intersect with spaces and practices of colonial violence. While the family may embody colonial violence, family relations also enable Palestinians to endure and resist this violence. Consequently studying family practices not only reveals the diverse geographies of family but also presents Palestine as more than a space of death, destruction, and demise.Families offer the potential for a form of intellectual engagement that not only generates new understandings of violence and conflict but also richer representations of place. This argument demands that children’s geographers take account of the family relations and practices that so often play a crucial role in shaping the lives of children and young people. Conversely, a focus on children and young people enables sociospatial relations within the family to be explored more fully.