Published in 2024 by Darat al Funun - The Khalid Shoman Foundation.
Curated by Rana Beiruti
Book Designed by Rasha Tabbalat
Language: En/Ar
ISBN 978-9957-578-05-3

Re-rooting: Self-Determination and Autonomous Practices continues the conversations started by Darat al Funun’s Re-rooting exhibition. This publication features a diverse collection of contributions, including testimonies, artworks, local interventions, and dialogues, that examine how self-determination and autonomous practices can help us overcome industrialized systems and challenge preconceptions about water politics, agro-ecology, and extractive building practices.

By examining the global crisis of economy and ecology through a local lens, the exhibition attempt to untangle the complex histories and events that have led to our current state of unlivability, characterized by exhausted geographies, imposed scarcities, unjust economic systems, and an irreversible degradation of natural landscapes. 

Publication contributors: Rana Beiruti, Tirdad Zolghadr, Lama Khateib, Mariam Al Jaajaa, Dr. Dimah Mahmoud, Dina Bataineh and Reef Fakhoury, Eman Haram, Khaled Al-Bashir, Deema Assaf, Abeer Seikaly, 7iber, and Design Earth.

Participating artists: Abeer Seikaly, Ayla Hibri, Deema Assaf, Deema Dabis, Eman Haram, Hareth Ramzi, Hussein Al Azaat, Karmah Tabbaa, Khaled Al-Bashir, Mais Al Azab, Melika Abdel Razzaq and Soraya Ghazelbash, Mirna Bamieh, Nadia Bseiso, Nujud Ashour, Paola Farran, Rawan Baybars, Sarah Risheq, Sima Zureikat, Taghmees, and Al Barakeh Wheat.

Essays:

Wheat is the thread of life that connects us to the land and to each other - Lama Khateib & Zikra for Popular Learning 

Enhancing food sovereignty begins with confronting the roots of agricultural neglect - Mariam Al Jaajaa 

Food is love, land, and liberation - Dr. Dimah Mahmoud 

Education killed our learning, using the myth of scarcity as its weapon - Dina Bataineh and Reef Fakhoury 

In straddling uncharted terrains that lie between historical research and art, concealed histories waiting to be told begin to appear - Eman Haram

Architecture is more than just a static form; it is an active record that bears witness to the Nakba - Khaled Al-Bashir 

We need to rewild our cities into multi-species ecosystems - Deema Assaf 

The Parallel existence of nature and industry in Jordan’s Badia challenges notions of permanence in building and dwelling - Abeer Saikaly 

Beyond climate management, regional geopolitics is worsening the water crisis in Jordan - 7iber