From February 1 – July 31, 2007 I held a Senior Fulbright Research Fellowship through Haifa University in Haifa, Israel. I am now in the midst of processing and analyzing the data and material that I collected during this period in order to write a monograph with the tentative title, “Settling for Less: A Longitudinal Study of the History and Evolution of a Planned Bedouin Town, 1992-2007.” It is my hope to complete the final manuscript no later than December, 2008.
In brief, the work concerns 15 years of longitudinal socioeconomic analysis of the planned bedouin community of Segev Shalom, a community of 6,000 post-nomadic Muslim Arabs in southern Israel. I wrote my doctoral dissertation about this town in the early 1990s, and have been tracking the development of the community ever since.
The following is a list of my research activities concerning the Negev bedouin. Many of these articles are available on-line. If you are interested in any of these topics and can not locate a full text copy you can email me, and I will send a hard copy out to you. I appreciate receiving copies of finished works which use my work as sources.
“Women’s Roles, Polygyny and Cultural Transformation in Negev Bedouin Townships: A Gendered Landscape of National Resistance to Post-Colonial Conquest and Control,” in Chatty, Dawn (ed.). Nomadic Societies in The Middle East and North Africa: Entering the 21st Century. Brill Academic Publishers: Leiden & Boston, 2006. Pp. 883-915.
“New Identity/Identities Formulation in a Post-Nomadic Community: The Case of the Bedouin of the Negev,” in National Identities, vol. 6(3): 261-75, 2004.
"Planning in a Post-Nomadic Bedouin Town: An Update and Follow-up Assessment of Development and Change in Segev Shalom, Israel," in Scottish Geographical Magazine: The Journal of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, vol. 114(2):66-75, August 1998.
"Social Adaptation and Welfare Planning in the Post-Nomadic Environment: The Case of the Israeli Negev Bedouin," in the Journal of Community Practice, vol. 5(2):15-36, 1998.
"Female Role Change and Male Response in the Post-Nomadic Environment: The Case of the Israeli Negev Bedouin," in the Journal of Comparative Family Studies, vol. 29(3):248-261, Autumn 1997.
"Observation, Advocacy or Interference? Undertaking Research in a 'Fourth World' Community," in Humanity & Society. vol. 20(3):111-132, August 1996.
"Resettlement and Modernization in Post-Nomadic Bedouin Society: The Case of Segev Shalom, Israel," The Journal of Planning Education and Research, vol. 15(2):105-116, 1996.
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