Encampment against Enclosure

This article examines the emergence of student encampments protesting university complicity with Israeli occupation of Palestine. It analyzes these encampments as sites of resistance, highlighting their disruption of university space and their challenge to administrative authority. The encampments’ use of barricades and their occupation of central campus locations are interpreted as acts of counter-enclosure, reclaiming space and challenging traditional power structures within the university. Furthermore, the article critiques administrative attempts to discredit and dismantle these encampments, arguing that such efforts reflect a broader struggle over the definition and control of “community” within the university setting. By linking the student protests to historical examples of enclosure and resistance, the article ultimately emphasizes the encampments’ significance as expressions of collective action and their potential to reshape the university's role in struggles against settler colonialism.