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This book offers a critical look at the territory that today forms the state of Israel and the lasting historical role of agriculture, which sprang from the Neolithic revolution in the Middle East, had for a wide range of aspects of human social and ecological development. Topics considered include agriculture’s role in territorial appropriation and domestication, in structuring the development of urbanization, in creating a national homeland narrative for the Jewish state, and in changing the climate. Israel Lessons explores in particular the three major types of Israeli agricultural development: vernacular Palestinian/Bedouin, socialist utopian Kibbutz/Moshav, and contemporary high-tech desert farming. Presenting findings through text matched to striking images, graphics, and maps, and featuring proposals for architectural intervetions, it demonstrates how facts and narratives related to agriculture and the climate crisis are intertwined with geopolitics and sectarian ideals of an earthly paradise.   

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Harry Gugger is an architect and has been a Professor at EPFL's School of Architecture since 2005. He is head of EPFL's Basel-based satellite studio Laboratory Basel (laba). Barbara Costa is laba's Head of Research. She graduated in architecture from the University of Porto's Faculty of Architecture and has also completed a Master's degree in drawing at the University of Lisbon's Faculty of Fine Arts. Juliette Fong is laba's web project manager and administrator. Salomé Gutscher studied architecture at EPFL and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen and currently works as a teaching assistant at laba. Stefan Hörner graduated in architecture from ETH Zurich and is currently laba's Head of Teaching. Charlotte Truwant graduated in architecture from EPFL and currently works as a research assistant at laba.

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