This talk invites us to think about what it would mean if we considered Palestine from an a priori space of de-territorialization. Taking the examples of mapping and speculative infrastructures, it proposes to start from the Palestinian condition of fragmentation, distance, and disconnection, and move outward beyond the confines of territoriality.

Helga Tawil-Souri is an Associate Professor in Media, Culture and Communication, and Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at New York University. Helga’s work deals with spatiality, technology, infrastructure, and politics in the Middle East, with a particular focus on contemporary Palestine. She is most recently co-editor of the book Producing Palestine: The Creative Production of Palestine Through Contemporary Media (I.B. Tauris, 2024).