{"product_id":"ungrounding-the-architecture-of-genocide","title":"Ungrounding: The Architecture of Genocide","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEyal Weizman is one of the world’s leading experts on the relationship between violence, conflict and the environment, both built and natural. As director of the organisation Forensic Architecture, he and his team of interdisciplinary researchers document acts of state crimes and human rights violations around the world. Since 2023, the group has worked to produce evidence for the International Court of Justice’s genocide case against Israel.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReviews\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eUngrounding\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e by Eyal Weizman proves that \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003edecolonisation is not revenge but a condition for justice and, in the end, for the liberation of both Palestinians and Israelis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e-- FRANCESCA ALBANESE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the face of overwhelming state violence, forensic architecture is becoming \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ean indispensable tool of international law and human rights\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, as well as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ea new approach to history\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eUngrounding\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ework of profound moral clarity and scientific precision\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, based on years of tireless collaboration and advocacy. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eUrgent and essential reading\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e-- DAVID WENGROW\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA wake-up call to the world and the international community – \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ea very important book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e-- SHAWAN JABARIN\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eUngrounding\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eleads us between layers of earth and history, soil and infrastructure, elucidating both the long story of Israeli aggression against Gaza and the histories of Palestinian resistance . . . \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWeizman cuts through obfuscations and horror, and helps us to see something of the truth\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e-- ISABELLA HAMMAD\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEyal Weizman’s work has long manifested a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eunique combination of moral passion and scientific rigour\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. It makes him, as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eUngrounding\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e shows, a formidable adversary of technically sophisticated regimes of violent dispossession. No further evidence of Israeli genocidal acts and intentions in Gaza would be necessary after this shocking report \u003cstrong\u003e-- PANKAJ MISHRA\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003etimely and crucial\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e contribution tracing the trail of the Israeli architectural, ecological and infrastructural destruction of the Gaza Strip. The ruthlessness and inhumanity detailed in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ethis extraordinary book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, nonetheless, also \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ehold hope for turning the future soil and grounds into spaces of liberation and reconciliation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e-- ILAN PAPPÉ\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eUngrounding\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003epowerfully\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ereveals the architecture of the genocide in Gaza within its century-long context\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. But with a forensic architect’s precision, Weizman excavates, reassembles and ultimately \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003elays the foundations for an architecture of liberation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e-- TAREQ BACONI\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe work of Eyal Weizman and Forensic Architecture has been fundamental to our understanding of the Gaza genocide, and will probably play a major part in the ICJ case.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eHis book . . . is a major contribution\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e-- MARTIN SHAW\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eUngrounding\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ebrilliant, shocking and urgent\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e book for our times, as well as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ea precious warning to future generations\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e-- YANIS VAROUFAKIS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eremarkable\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebook, Weizman commands \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ethe mastery of architecture, the accuracy of a geographer and the evidence of a historian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e-- SALMAN ABU SITTA\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eOne of the most informative and relevant books of our present moment\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e― \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBookseller\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBuy two copies of this book.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne for yourself and one for those that need to be educated \u003cstrong\u003e― \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMorning Star\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEyal Weizman\u003c\/strong\u003e is the founder and director of Forensic Architecture and Professor of Spatial and Visual Cultures at Goldsmiths, University of London, where, in 2005, he founded the Centre for Research Architecture. In 2007, with Sandi Hilal and Alessandro Petti, he established the architectural collective DAAR in Beit Sahour, Palestine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe is the author of numerous books, including \u003c\/span\u003eHollow Land\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003eThe Least of all Possible Evils\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003eInvestigative Aesthetics\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003eThe Roundabout Revolutions\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003eThe Conflict Shoreline\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003eForensis\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003eForensic Architecture: Violence at the Threshold of Detectability\u003cspan\u003e. In 2019 he was elected Life Fellow of the British Academy. In 2020 he received a MBE for services to architecture. He was the recipient of the London Design Award (2021) and the Mark Cousins Theory Award (2024). Forensic Architecture is the recipient of the Right Livelihood Award, a Peabody Award for interactive media, the European Cultural Foundation Award for Culture and the RIBA Charles Jencks Award.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEyal graduated with a degree in architecture from the Architectural Association in 1998 and received his PhD in 2006 from the London Consortium at Birkbeck, University of London.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Eyal Weizman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45199572271304,"sku":null,"price":180.0,"currency_code":"ILS","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0507\/3679\/1752\/files\/ungrounding.jpg?v=1787653638","url":"https:\/\/educationalbookshop.com\/products\/ungrounding-the-architecture-of-genocide","provider":"EducationalBookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}