On Tuesday January 27, Prof. Dr. Noam Shoval will give the lecture "GEOPOLITICAL JERUSALEM'S QUESTION: AN URBAN AND SOCIAL GEOGRAPHY" in the subject Topics in Geography. Here you can find a brief summary provided by Dr. Noam Shoval:

"Jerusalem is the heart of a religious, ethnic, national, and political conflict and is polarized and Often defined as a contested city. In addition to the segregation between Jews and Arabs, the Jewish population residing in Jerusalem is also Divided along religious lines. as a result, much of the academic literature as Describes polarized and Divided Jerusalem. However, these Analyses are based solely on data regarding housing patterns. this presentation challenges this paradigm of Jerusalem, not only by measuring segregation wheres residents Spend Their goal by theire nights daytime activity as well. The study's main source is a high-resolution database (in time [seconds] and space [meters]) That includes 16,000 residents of Jerusalem That Were all tracked with GPS devices for a 24-hour Period and Then interviewed. this presentation generated greater understanding of Jerusalem's current social and urban geography. It offers a more complex view of the city, Which may contradict prevailing notions of static segregation. "