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Compensative memory making amidst conflict: Spatial memory and gentrification in Jaffa

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Urban Studies: An International Journal of Research in Urban Studies

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Abstract

Urban Studies, Volume 63, Issue 6, Page 1197-1215, May 2026.
This article examines spatial memory making in Jaffa, a contested city shaped by both Palestinian and Jewish histories. Using the Yaffa Streets Project as a case study, it explores symbolic efforts by gentrifiers to address historical injustices through...