Olive growing in Palestine / Stories of everyday forms of resistance

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Palestinian olive farming functions as a form of everyday resistance that can be analyzed through an interdisciplinary framework combining occupational therapy, occupational science, sociology, and anthropology. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

Maha Samman

doi:10.1080/01419870.2026.2721448

September 3, 2026Ethnic and Racial Studies

Olive growing in Palestine / Stories of everyday forms of resistance

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To examine Palestinian olive cultivation through an interdisciplinary lens combining occupational therapy, occupational science, sociology, and anthropology to characterize daily forms of resistance.
Interdisciplinary qualitative analysis synthesizing occupational science, occupational therapy, sociology, and anthropology.
Identifies Palestinian olive growing as an essential everyday occupation that serves as cultural, economic, and political resistance.
Demonstrates how shared agricultural practices maintain community identity, social cohesion, and ties to ancestral land amidst ongoing adversity.

Implication

Qualitative analysis reveals everyday resistance through olive farming in Palestine, highlighting the profound role of daily occupations in cultural resilience.

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Juman Simaan’s Olive Growing in Palestine offers an interdisciplinary analysis of Palestinian olive farming through occupational therapy and occupational science, while engaging sociology, anthropo...

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