Space, Kinship and Gender (ص 85)

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Space, Kinship and Gender (ص 85)

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CHAPTER FOUR
VILLAGE QUARTERS: SOCIAT, AND SPATIAL DIMENSIONS
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Fig. 4.1: The village of Deir Ghassaneh
Deir Ghassaneh occupies the top of a hill, spreading out on its
eastern and western slopes. Seen from a distance, the village appears
as a compact unit of white stone. This dense settlement contrasts
strongly with the indefinitly extended rocky mountainous landscape
around it. The ancient appearance of the village structures, and the
neatly organised stone terraces which surround the village give the
feeling that the fallah has found an "anchorage" in this site for
hundreds of years. fhe silhouette of the village with its many
rounded domes (fig. 4-1) is in sharp contrast with the bright blue
skies. On the one hand, the vertical Barghouthi buildings accentuate
the vertical direction and give a feeling that the village "rises" up
(to use Norberg-Schulz's term) towards the skies. The verticalism
finds an echo in the domes of the Barghouthi buildings occupying the
top of the hill. On the other hand, the horizontal stone buildings of
the fallaheen seem to be an extension of the surrounding landscape.
The "hugging of the earth" is emphasized by the heavy and massive
stone buildings. The horizontal expansion of the buildings located on
slopes, expresses a strong relationship between the natural landscape
and man-made environment. The closeness to earth is one striking
aspect of the village. The natural landscape penetrates all levels
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