Elon Student Project Offered Skewed Narrative of Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
By Candace Hall, 2019–2020 CAMERA on Campus Fellow
Every year, Elon University celebrates the academic achievements of its students by highlighting some of the undergraduate research that has been painstakingly gathered, organized, and presented to its professors and student body. However, this year, the content of one project took me aback.
The research offered by one student, a graduating senior, was an analysis of intergenerational narratives of violence among marginalized Argentinian and Palestinian women. The intent of the project itself was a valid and commendable effort to bring women’s narratives of violence, which have historically been marginalized or completely ignored, to public attention. However, there were aspects of the Palestinian narratives presented in the senior’s research that I found troubling.
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