Coloniality and Communications: Aerial Images of Palestine (Episode 9)

This episode features Sebastian James Rose and Burçe Çelik discussing depictions of Palestine by the British through a painting and a map. The first image discussed is an oil painting by Sydney William Carline, titled Study of the Sea of Galilee: Aeroplanes Attacking Turkish Boats, produced in 1919. The second image discussed is an engraved map by Robert Creighton, titled Holy Land: A New Historical Map of Palestine with Part of Egypt & Arabia, published in 1838. Focusing on visual depictions of Palestine reveals how the Holy Land was understood visually from the early nineteenth century and later ruled through aerial technologies and perspectives in the interwar period. Under the British Mandate, the aircraft became a symbol of British civilisational strength and progression in contrast to oriental stagnation and barren landscapes. © the creators