The Battir Landscape Project as a means of defence of territory and human rights by Giovanni Fontana Antonelli (Defining Landscape Democracy Conference, Oscarsborg, 4 June, 2015) ________________________ « BATTIR, CLARITY OF SENSATION » by Nabeel Abu Laban (2013) http://dai.ly/x2aq7ox _فيلم-بتير-الجلاء-السمع-والبصر-02-49-33_shortfilms #MappingBattir Genesis https://youtu.be/oKn1TaMA5ag (Video 11:44) Giovanni Fontana Antonelli : « When you visit Battir today, you have the impression that somehow time has stopped. When you look at the countryside, when you look at the fields, and the terraces that are so strongly characterizing these landscape, it is 'a terrace landscape' because every single slope has been manufactured and shapped by human work. Well. When you look at these terraces, and the people, the Felayin, the Paysans, cultivated his land, you feel the impression to be in a sort of 'a Palestine of the past'.. simple but very genuine and original. »

1. Giovanni
Fontana
Antonelli,
Ba/r
Landscape
Project
-­‐
Defining
Landscape
Democracy
Conference,
Oscarsborg,
4
June
2015
The
Ba'r
Landscape
Project
as
a
means
of
defence
of
territory
and
human
rights
Giovanni
Fontana
Antonelli

2. 1.
LAND…
[
FARMING
METHODS
]
[
SURVEY
]
2.
COMMUNITY…
[
IDENTITY
]
[
SOCIAL
COHESION
]
3.
PARTICIPATION…
[
INCLUSIVENESS
]
[
PLANNING
]
5.
CITIZENSHIP…
[
RESILIENCE
]
[
L.
DEMOCRACY
]
4.
ADVOCACY…
[
PREVENTIVE
]
[
JUDICIAL
]

4. Scale:
UNESCO RAMALLAH OFFICE in partnership
with BATTIR VILLAGE COUNCIL
In cooperation with:
THE MINISTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT
THE MINISTRY OF TOURISM AND ANTIQUITIES
THE GOVERNORATE OF BETHLEHEM
BATTIR BALADNA (LOCAL COMMUNITY COMMITTEE)
BATTIR LANDSCAPE
CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT PLAN
PROJECT COORDINATION AND WORKING TEAM SUPERVISION:
Arch. Giovanni Fontana Antonelli
LANDSCAPE SURVEY, GIS MAPPING AND ADVOCACY PLANNING:
Arch. Samir Harb
Arch. Mohammad Hammash
Eng. Hassan Muamer (from February 2010)
Arch. Mohammad Abu Hammad (until September 2009)
LANDSCAPE PLANNING SCIENTIFIC ADVISOR:
Arch. Pasquale Barone
CONSULTANCY FOR GEOMORPHOLOGICAL ASPECTS:
Mr. Francesco Cini
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION:
Dr. Claudia Cancellotti
Dr. Patrizia Cirino
Dr. Nicola Perugini
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH
2.D
LEGENDA
31 August 2010
µ
0 150 300 450 60075
m1:5,000
UNESCO Area of Study
BATTIR
OLD
CORE
RAILWAY
BORDER
OF
STUDY
AREA
ISRAELI
COLONY
IRRIGATED
TERRACES
WADI
MAHROUR
BATTIR
SPRAWL
ALONG
NEW
ROAD

6. BATTIR
LANDSCAPE
PLAN:
MAP
OF
VULNERABILITIES
1

7. THREAT
ONE:
SEPARATION
BARRIER

8. THREAT
TWO:
COLONIAL
EXPANSION

9. 1.
LAND…
[
FARMING
METHODS
]
[
SURVEY
]

10. Ba/r
irrigated
terraces,
Al-­‐Jinan,
in
1892

11. The
landscape
analysis
was
based
on
the
Land
Unit
surveying
methodology,
carried
out
through
photo
interpretaaon
and
field
work.
The
study
area
was
divided
into
46
rectangles
subsequently
recomposed
in
a
geo-­‐referenced
sheet
through
GIS
mapping

12. Scale:
UNESCO RAMALLAH OFFICE in partnership
with BATTIR VILLAGE COUNCIL
In cooperation with:
THE MINISTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT
THE MINISTRY OF TOURISM AND ANTIQUITIES
THE GOVERNORATE OF BETHLEHEM
BATTIR BALADNA (LOCAL COMMUNITY COMMITTEE)
BATTIR LANDSCAPE
CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT PLAN
PROJECT COORDINATION AND WORKING TEAM SUPERVISION:
Arch. Giovanni Fontana Antonelli
LANDSCAPE SURVEY, GIS MAPPING AND ADVOCACY PLANNING:
Arch. Samir Harb
Arch. Mohammad Hammash
Eng. Hassan Muamer (from February 2010)
Arch. Mohammad Abu Hammad (until September 2009)
LANDSCAPE PLANNING SCIENTIFIC ADVISOR:
Arch. Pasquale Barone
CONSULTANCY FOR GEOMORPHOLOGICAL ASPECTS:
Mr. Francesco Cini
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION:
Dr. Claudia Cancellotti
Dr. Patrizia Cirino
Dr. Nicola Perugini
MAP OF PREVALENT
LAND COVER / LAND USE
3.C
LEGENDA
31 August 2010
µ
0 150 300 450 60075
m1:5,000
Olive Groves
Orchards
Vegetable Gardens
Vineyard
Crop Fields
Almonds
Green House
Uncultivated Land
Garigue
Maquis on Limestone terrsces (remnants)
Barren land colonized by conifers
Rocky Area
Rock Belts
Dry water course
Historic Core
Cemetery
Urban Sprawl
Urban space
Urban Park
Third Landscape
Excivated land
Dump Yard
Bypass Road
Ottoman-British Railway
Asphalted road
Gravel road
Checkpoint Terminal
New Israeli Generator
LAND
USE
MAP

13. 2.
COMMUNITY…
[
IDENTITY
]
[
SOCIAL
COHESION
]

14. ‘AIN
AL
BALAD
THE
VILLAGE
WATER
SPRING
WHICH
ORIGINATES
THE
IRRIGATED
TERRACES

15. ENVIRONMENTAL
EDUCATION
CAMPAIGNS
FOR
CHILDREN
AND
YOUTH

16. LANDSCAPE
RESTORATION:
REHABILITATION
OF
TRAILS
IN
WADI
MAHROUR

17. 3.
PARTICIPATION…
[
INCLUSIVENESS
]
[
PLANNING
]

19. Scale:
UNESCO RAMALLAH OFFICE in partnership
with BATTIR VILLAGE COUNCIL
In cooperation with:
THE MINISTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT
THE MINISTRY OF TOURISM AND ANTIQUITIES
THE GOVERNORATE OF BETHLEHEM
BATTIR BALADNA (LOCAL COMMUNITY COMMITTEE)
BATTIR LANDSCAPE
CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT PLAN
PROJECT COORDINATION AND WORKING TEAM SUPERVISION:
Arch. Giovanni Fontana Antonelli
LANDSCAPE SURVEY, GIS MAPPING AND ADVOCACY PLANNING:
Arch. Samir Harb
Arch. Mohammad Hammash
Eng. Hassan Muamer (from February 2010)
Arch. Mohammad Abu Hammad (until September 2009)
LANDSCAPE PLANNING SCIENTIFIC ADVISOR:
Arch. Pasquale Barone
CONSULTANCY FOR GEOMORPHOLOGICAL ASPECTS:
Mr. Francesco Cini
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION:
Dr. Claudia Cancellotti
Dr. Patrizia Cirino
Dr. Nicola Perugini
MAP OF THE DRY-STONE
MASONRY SYSTEM
4.A
LEGENDA
31 August 2010
µ
0 150 300 450 60075
m1:5,000
Terrace mattress
Dry Stone Masonry Walls
Topography
The
extensive
texture
of
terracing
in
the
Ba/r
area:
545,000
linear
meters
of
dry-­‐stone
walls
in
12
sq.
km

20. Valley-­‐bogom
terraces
Irrigated
terraces
Contour
terraces
Cross-­‐channel
terraces
Relic
terraces
Enclosed
terraces
The
diverse
typologies
of
terraces
define
the
landscape
classificaaon
in
land
units

21. 4.
ADVOCACY…
[
PREVENTIVE
]
[
JUDICIAL
]

22. PARIS,
UNESCO
HEADQUARTERS
29
MAY
2011
IRINA
BOKOVA,
UNESCO
DG,
AND
AKRAM
BADER,
MAYOR
OF
BATTIR
AT
THE
PRIZE-­‐GIVING
CEREMONY
OF
THE
MELINA
MERCOURI
INTERNATIONAL
PRIZE

23. are on the
2014
World Monuments
Watch SPONSOR
Ancient Irrigated Terraces of Battir
Bethlehem Governorate, West Bank, Palestinian Territory
8
OCTOBER
2013
BATTIR
IS
ON
THE
WORLD
MONUMENTS
WATCH
2014

24. 20
June
2014,
Doha,
Qatar
–
38^
Session
of
the
World
Heritage
Commigee
THE
CULTURAL
LANDSCAPE
OF
SOUTHRN
JERUSALEM
-­‐
BATTIR
IS
INSCRIBED
ON
THE
WH
LIST

25. 5.
CITIZENSHIP…
[
RESILIENCE
]
[
L.
DEMOCRACY
]

26. SMALL-­‐SCALE
REFORESTATION
ACTIVITIES
ON
UNCULTIVATED
LAND
AS
PREVENTIVE
MEASURE
AGAINST
LAND
CONFISCATION

27. 4
January
2015,
Jerusalem,
High
Court
of
Jusace
THE
HIGH
COURT
DECIDES
TO
FREEZE
THE
CONSTRUCTION
OF
THE
SEPARATION
BARRIER.
THE
ISRAELY
ARMY,
IF
KEEPS
ITS
INTENTION
IN
BUILDING
THE
BARRIER,
SHALL
RESTART
THE
PROCEDURE
FROM
SCRATCH