Abstract
This paper examines the role of artistic expression in shaping notions of home and identity within Al Wehdat refugee camp, exploring how Palestinian refugees navigate the tensions between resistance and assimilation in displacement.
Through murals and architectural adaptations, residents inscribe their collective memory, cultural heritage, and aspirations onto the built environment, transforming public and domestic spaces into sites of cultural continuity and
defiance. Semi-structured interviews with long-term refugees reveal community-led initiatives that beautify shared spaces while reinforcing a sense of belonging in an environment marked by precarity. By integrating elements of both Palestinian and Jordanian heritage, these artistic interventions redefine domesticity within the camp, negotiating between permanence and transience. Ultimately, this study highlights how creative expression becomes a means of
reclaiming agency, resisting erasure, and asserting identity in the face of displacement.
Through murals and architectural adaptations, residents inscribe their collective memory, cultural heritage, and aspirations onto the built environment, transforming public and domestic spaces into sites of cultural continuity and
defiance. Semi-structured interviews with long-term refugees reveal community-led initiatives that beautify shared spaces while reinforcing a sense of belonging in an environment marked by precarity. By integrating elements of both Palestinian and Jordanian heritage, these artistic interventions redefine domesticity within the camp, negotiating between permanence and transience. Ultimately, this study highlights how creative expression becomes a means of
reclaiming agency, resisting erasure, and asserting identity in the face of displacement.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Domesticity Under Seige |
| Subtitle of host publication | International Architecture Conference. 2-4 April 2025 |
| Publisher | University of Brighton |
| Pages | 33-33 |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781036914325 |
| Publication status | Published - 3 Apr 2025 |
| Event | Domesticity Under siege : International Architectural Conference - University fo Brighton, Brighton, United Kingdom Duration: 2 Apr 2025 → 4 Apr 2025 https://blogs.brighton.ac.uk/domesticityundersiege/ |
Conference
| Conference | Domesticity Under siege |
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| Abbreviated title | DUS |
| Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
| City | Brighton |
| Period | 2/04/25 → 4/04/25 |
| Other | Hosted by the BA(Hons) Interior Architecture course at the School of Architecture, Technology and Engineering, University of Brighton, the Domesticity Under Siege (DUS) Conference critically re-examines the concept of home as a space historically shaped by disruption, negotiation, and shifting power structures |
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