Space, Kinship and Gender (ص 182)

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Space, Kinship and Gender (ص 182)

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CHAPTER FIVE
THE VILLAGE COMMUNAL PLAZA AND GUEST-HOUSE:
The Central Arena for Reinforcing Inter-Village Relations
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Fig. 5.1: The village plaza (saha) ana quest-house
Separation and unity, or the tension between what we might call,
following Norberg-Schulz (1971: 46) "centripetal" and "centrifugal"
forces constituted the essence of the village spatial organisation.
At the level of the living quarters (harat), kinship acted as a
"centrifugal" force which gave legitimacy to the breaking up of the
village into its different clanship-based quarters. However, at the
village level, the different kin groups halted their division to
express a strong village identity; a centripetal force giving
expression to the village as a whole. As discussed earlier, this
village identity was enhanced by a shared cultural and religious
heritage, shared common interests and similar external threats, e.g.
the communal burdens of tax imposition. Spatially, such village
identity took two forms which pertained to different environmental
levels: 1- The spatial unity of the village vis-a-vis other
villages (see chapter three). Re The creation of communal centers
of activities (nodes), within the village shared space, which cut
partially or totally across kinship lines. Undoubtedly, the village
communal plaza fes-saha el~'amumieh) and the village guest—-house (el-
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