Background
Avinoam Meir was born on November 1, 1946 in Israel. He is the son of Shmuel and Lea Meir.
Tel Aviv, Israel
In 1972 Avinoam Meir received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the Tel Aviv University.
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
In 1975 Avinoam Meir obtained a Master of Arts degree from the University of Cincinnati and a Doctor of Philosophy in 1977.
(As pastoral nomads become settled, they face social, spat...)
As pastoral nomads become settled, they face social, spatial, and ecological change in the shift from herding to farming, toward integration into the market economy. This book analyzes the socio-spatial changes that follow the end of nomadism, especially in the unique case of the Bedouin of the Negev.The culture of the Negev Bedouin stands in sharp contrast to that of the westernized Israeli Jews. The Bedouin live as an Arab Muslim minority within a Jewish state whose people have until very recently been in political conflict with their Arab neighbors. Such a cultural and political gap generates conflicting forces that can drive change in unpredictable directions. Focusing on the structural consequences of the shift to sedentarization, the author explores the related socio-spatial issues of the encounter with the modern, westernized world within a settlement frontier context: The adaptation of territorial behavior; the adoption of western demographic patterns; changes in the social status of individuals, etc.
https://www.amazon.com/As-Nomadism-Ends-Israeli-Bedouin/dp/0813389593/?tag=2022091-20
1997
(Exploring the evolution of Israel's ethnic landscapes, th...)
Exploring the evolution of Israel's ethnic landscapes, this interdisciplinary volume makes a contribution to the analysis of Israeli society by introducing space, territory and place into the discussion of ethnic relations. The book focuses especially on the social and geographical marginalization of groups such as Palestinian and bedouin Arabs, oriental Jews, and recent Ethiopian migrants, examining their persistent challenges to the state.
https://www.amazon.com/Ethnic-Frontiers-Peripheries-Landscapes-Development/dp/0813389291/?tag=2022091-20
1997
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Avinoam Meir was born on November 1, 1946 in Israel. He is the son of Shmuel and Lea Meir.
In 1972 Avinoam Meir received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the Tel-Aviv University. In 1975 he obtained a Master of Arts degree from the University of Cincinnati and a Doctor of Philosophy in 1977.
From 1965 to 1968 Avinoam Meir had a military service. He was an cartographic editorial assistant at the Yavneh Publishing House in Tel-Aviv, Israel, from 1970 to 1972. From 1977 to 1981 he served as a lecturer at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beer Sheva, Israel, then a senior lecturer from 1981 to 1987, a chairperson of department from 1982 to 1984, then he became a chairperson of Urban Studies Division and served from 1986 to 1988, and an associate professor from 1987 to 1996. Meir was appointed a professor of geography in 1996 and was a chairperson of Department for General Bachelor of Arts Studies in 1997. From 1979 to 1982 and 1987 to 1988 he was a fellow at Blaustein Institute for Desert research, and a vice-dean for regional colleges affairs from 1989 to 1997.
Meir was a lecturer at the HaNegev College from 1977 to 1978 and was appointed an associate professor in 1989, and an academic coordinator of faculty of social sciences and humanities from 1989 to 1997. From 1979 to 1989 Avinoam was a co-editor of the Geography Research Forum. In 1989 he was appointed a member of Subcommittee for Regional Colleges at the Israel Council for Higher Education. From 1982 to 1983 Avinoam was market research designer at the Tesco Supermarket Chain (England). From 1985 to 1988 he was a newsletter editor for Israeli Geographical Association. In 1992 Avinoam became a co-editor of the Geography Research Forum. In 1996 he was an editor of "Working Paper Series" of Negev Centre for Regional Development at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
(Exploring the evolution of Israel's ethnic landscapes, th...)
1997(As pastoral nomads become settled, they face social, spat...)
1997Avinoam is member of Israeli Association for Environmental Planning, of the Israeli Association of Regional Science, of the Eilat College Association and an associate member of Association American Geographers.
In 1969 Avinoam married Ziona. In 1988 they divorced. He became a life partner of Henya Admon, an artist. Meir has two children: Maya Mor, Yariv.