For our initial group project we are looking into culture as a constant throughout the Israeli-Arab conflict. Culture in Jerusalem is a complex subject because of the subcultures and layers that developed over time and continue to develop. How do different cultural aspects link various groups across Jerusalem. I personally would like to look into religious dress and fashion within Jerusalem. I would like to do this by portraying a virtual "fashion show" displaying various examples of dress found in Jerusalem. I put "fashion show" in quotations because that sounds like a vain term, but I propose that these people would be walking in a neighborhood or area within Jerusalem. I would strive to depict various groups that we choose in an accurate manner in order to depict one aspect of culture through dress. Dress separates and bonds religious and secular groups within Jerusalem, but our question is how. What is the overlap? How did these traditions come about? How does this separation or relationship relate to the conflict? Through this method of representation we would not be making a statement either positive or negative about the various types of dress, just representing them as they might be seen in Jerusalem. This would hopefully by absent of biases and we would connect the dots between the external appearances of various groups and the subcultures that exist. We would also explore how these perceptions and perspectives have religious implications (or lack there of).
Our next issue would address the future generations. This part is still a little fuzzy as we would have to create some sort of group conclusion after we have done our research, but I think we have a really good start!
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