Episodes
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Legacies of Socialist Masculinities in Contemporary Oppositional Politics in Turkey
In this episode, I am hosting Sercan Çınar again.Back in the fourth episode, we discussed the historical, political and social dynamics that played an important role in constructing, what Sercan calls, socialist masculinities. Sercan detailed how the political violence of the 1970s in Turkey was...
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Politics of Water in Northern Cyprus: Gendered Symbolisms and Infrastructures of Power
In this episode, I am hosting Ezgican Özdemir. We will talk about the symbolic meanings ascribed to water and infrastructures in Northern Cyprus, which also includes gendered imageries of motherhood. Ezgi conducted impressive fieldwork on the water pipelines transferring water from Turkey to...
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Neoliberal and Neoconservative Politics of Intimacy in Turkey: Sexting as a Means of Negotiating with "New Turkey"
In this episode, I am hosting Didem Şalgam, a Ph.D. candidate at the Department of Gender Studies, CEU. We will talk about neoliberal and neoconservative politics of intimacy in Turkey. Didem will make a compelling case for the need to challenge Global North-dominated narratives around the...
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Effeminacy and the Construction of Masculinity in the Turkish Army: The Curious Case of the Pink Certificate
In this episode, I am hosting Tankut Atuk; a Ph.D. student at the Department of Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies at the University of Minnesota. We will talk about the construction of masculinity in the Turkish Army while sharing the findings of our field researches, showing how far the…
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When the Music Stopped
What did Nicolae Ceausescu have in common with Romania's most famous radio DJ, Cornel Chiriac? In Episode 1 of 'Five Senses of Austerity' we explore this and how it relates to the invasion of Prague in 1968. This was a period before austerity, the so-called 'golden age' of Romanian socialism. And...
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Transsiberian Blind
The most unusual expedition to Transsiberian railway was organised by British anthropologist Maurice Fitzmaurice in the 1920s: a daring scientific campaign, which had a disastrous end and mysterious consequences. Keen to capture the unique soundscape of the newly built gargantuan railroad from...
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Introducing the Five Senses of Austerity
In recent years, most of us have become used to hearing about austerity. Following the 2007 financial crisis, it was said that austerity was the only viable cure. Today, more than 10 years later, the ghost of austerity still haunts Europe and much of the Western World. But this is not the first...
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Children of the Crazy Woman (Bedouin Nights)
Abu Bashir is sixty years old. He is one of the Bedouins who spent the first years of his life traveling with his herd in the desert. Abu Bashir has never found the Jinni of Aladdin, but his stories are full of the wonders of the jinn. The true jinns have never been mentioned in the story of...
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