reoccupations

Returning to inhabit

Reoccupations are instances of occupying again—taking possession of or moving back into a place previously held.

The term appears in military and political contexts: Israeli reoccupations of Palestinian territories, the reoccupation of abandoned factories by squatters.

It can also describe returning to a profession or activity after a period away.

military

reconquest

Regaining seized territory

liberation · annexation · reestablishment · fortification · counteroffensive · reclamation · peacekeeping · zone control · redeployment

housing

resettlement

Reestablishing in new place

squatting · urban renewal · gentrification · repopulation

employment

rehiring

Restoring someone's job

protest

sit-in

Protest by remaining seated

resistance · blockade · encampment · direct action

Opposites
temporal sequence of settlement

reoccupationspioneer settlements

Early communities in wilderness

presence vs absence in a space

reoccupationsevacuations

Removals from dangerous areas

abandonments · vacations · desertions · withdrawals · departures

Family

preoccupation, reoccupation

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