Contents

1 Introduction................................................................................................................................... 216

2 Spatialization Within Humanitarian Praxis....................................................................................

3 Spatialization of Childhood.......................................................................................................... 218

4 Spatialization of Child Protection in Emergencies................................................................. 221

5 Spatialization of Child Protection in the oPt.......................................................................... 221

5.1 TheSetting............................................................................................................................ 222

5.2 Spatialization...................................................................................................................... 224

5.3 Institutional Agendas.......................................................................................................... 228

6 Conclusion..................................................................................................................................... 230

References............................................................................................................................................ 230

Abstract

Over recent years, humanitarian agencies have developed a range of spatialized practices within their child protection efforts. The containment of children within dedicated spaces may offer particular benefits in settings of outright warfare. However, political violence manifests in different forms with varying levels of intensity. In the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt), the violence issuing from Israeli forces and settlers has continued over decades and is embedded within the everyday lives of Palestinian children. Here a spatialized approach may be less appropriate, possibly even harmful. Starting with a brief overview of the geneal­ogy of enclosure in the field of humanitarianism and in relation to childhood, examination is then made of spatialized practice in the oPt. The chapter reveals

J. Hart (EI)

Department of Social and Policy Sciences, University of Bath, Bath, North East Somerset, UK e-mail: jh462@bath.ac.uk

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that in this setting, efforts to promote the protection of children through containing them within bounded space raises both practical and political concerns.

Keywords

Protection • Children • Palestinian • Space • Humanitarianism

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