Synagogue as Infrastructure in Everyday Life of Batumi Jewish Community

What is it about?

The article argues that the Batumi synagogues could be viewed and understood as “infrastructure” in their own right, as they serve as objects through which other objects, people and ideas operate and function as system. This paper tries to show that in the ambient environment of everyday life, synagogues seem temporal and vulnerable to disintegration. The paper attempts to demonstrate how they change their trajectory according to modern conditions, and how the sacred space is inserted and coexists inside a network of touristic infrastructure.

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