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June 30, 2026Environment and Planning C Politics and Space

Witnessing scholasticide in Gaza: A conversation forum

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TDThom Davies

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Conversation forum explores the implications of scholasticide and geographicide in Gaza, highlighting the role of testimony.

Key Points

  • This forum seeks to illuminate the concept of scholasticide through Lubna Abu Sitta's eyewitness account, emphasizing the destruction of educational spaces in Gaza.
  • Eyewitness account by Lubna Abu Sitta, a geographer, from Al-Aqsa University under occupation conditions.
  • Responses from five geographers through commentaries discussing implications for the geography discipline and knowledge production.
  • Reflection on the responsibilities of the global academic community regarding the erasure of Palestinian experiences.
  • Abu Sitta's testimony documents the killing of geography professors and students alongside the destruction of educational institutions.
  • The contributions challenge existing narratives in geography, emphasizing the need for centering Palestinian testimonies.
  • The forum affirms the role of geography as a practice of resistance against systemic erasure.

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Thom Davies (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a435c8c759b888809a52eddhttps://doi.org/10.1177/23996544261466060
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