Joyce Dalsheim

Joyce Dalsheim is a cultural anthropologist in the department of Global Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Her work focuses on nationalism, colonialism, religion and conflict. She is author of three books on Israel/Palestine: Unsettling Gaza, Producing Spoilers, and most recently, Israel Has a Jewish Problem.

Police states, pandemic, and the end of the university

“One of my roles is to be in the classroom with my students come September, because coming together to think in real time and real space is fundamental to any other cause we care about.”

By Joyce Dalsheim

/ 29 Jun 2020

Police states, pandemic, and the end of the university

Why do some religious groups defy public health orders even in a pandemic?

Culture and collective memory can be just as influential as science, medicine and government.

By Joyce Dalsheim

/ 5 May 2020

Why do some religious groups defy public health orders even in a pandemic?

Por que a cultura de estar ocupado é tão prejudicial

Nossa ordem econômica e política incentiva um estado de atividade constante que prejudica o bem-estar individual e comunitário. Español English

By Jackie Smith and Joyce Dalsheim

/ 13 Aug 2019

Por que a cultura de estar ocupado é tão prejudicial

Estar tan atareado perjudica seriamente la salud

Nuestro orden económico y político alimenta un estado de actividad constante que perjudica el bienestar individual y social. English

By Joyce Dalsheim and Jackie Smith

/ 9 Jul 2019

Estar tan atareado perjudica seriamente la salud

Why busy-ness is so damaging

Our economic and political order fuels a state of constant activity which harms both individual and community well-being.

By Joyce Dalsheim and Jackie Smith

/ 7 Jul 2019

The next Gaza war: is dismantling Jewish settlements more dangerous for Palestinians than Israelis?

Before the Israeli government removed Jewish settlers from the Gaza Strip, settlers warned that their eviction would only make things worse for Israelis inside the Green Line. Nearly a decade later, it looks like they were right.From the openGlobalRights debate, Human rights: mass or elite movemen

By Joyce Dalsheim

/ 10 Dec 2014

حرب غزة التالية: هل تفكيك المستوطنات اليهودية أكثر خطورة بالنسبة للفلسطينيين من الإسرائيليين؟

قبل أن تقوم الحكومة الإسرائيلية بترحيل المستوطنين اليهود من قطاع غزة، حذر المستوطنون من أن طردهم سيؤدي فقط إلى زيادة تعقيد الأمور بالنسبة للإسرائيليين داخل الخط الأخضر. وبعد مرور عشر سنوات تقريباً، يبدو أنهم كانوا على حق. עברית, English

By Joyce Dalsheim

/ 10 Dec 2014

המלחמה הבאה בעזה: האם פירוק ההתנחלויות מסוכן לפלסטינים יותר מאשר לישראלים

לפני שישראל פינתה את המתנחלים מרצועת עזה, הזהירו האחרונים כי פינויים רק יחמיר את מצבם של הישראלים שבתוך הקו הירוק. כמעט עשור מאוחר יותר, נראה שהצדק היה עמם. العربية, English

By Joyce Dalsheim

/ 10 Dec 2014

“Never again”: for an education toward critical self-reflection

The education system, recovering from economic crisis, increasingly obsesses itself with downsizing and rationalising, with “student learning outcomes” determined by test scores and the job market. Now, more than ever, we need to return to Adorno.

By Joyce Dalsheim

/ 28 Jul 2014

The banality of legal

The outcome of the Trayvon Martin case holds critical implications. We are not responsible for George Zimmerman pulling the trigger, because the law treats this as an action subject to legal judgement. Is this the banality of legal?

By Joyce Dalsheim

/ 12 Aug 2013