Schlagwort: research project
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A crackling sound and the smell of burnt wood: Ottoman braziers and the Romanian countries – Author: Roxana Coman
A crackling sound and the smell of burnt wood: Ottoman braziers and the Romanian countries Author: Roxana Coman 30 April 2021 Ottoman material culture in Romania underwent significant paradigm changes with many symbolical implications during the 18th and 19th centuries, most notably if we take into consideration the westernization and nation building processes. Insofar, the…
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A German-Ottoman Scramble for Objects in ar-Raqqa. Antiquities Trade, Archaeological Looting and Museum Rivalry in the Late Ottoman Empire – Author: Sebastian Willert
A German-Ottoman Scramble for Objects in ar-Raqqa. Antiquities Trade, Archaeological Looting and Museum Rivalry in the Late Ottoman Empire Author: Sebastian Willert 23 April 2021 “Since I arrived at Halep [Aleppo] I have been seeing valuable antiquities in many houses. Telegrams I receive from Raqqa indicate that antiquity smuggling is pervasive.”[1] In his telegram of…
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Historical Resonances of Nichori – Author: Salih Demirtaş
Historical Resonances of Nichori Author: Salih Demirtaş 9 April 2021 Studies on ocularcentric aspects of visual culture in modernity cover broad epistemological areas that focus on priority to the eyesight over other senses; in other words, a vision-oriented construction of knowledge, truth and reality. As part of anti-ocularcentric discourses across the social sciences including multisensory…
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Muslim Woman: The Translatability of a Patriarchal Order – Authors: A. Ebru Akcasu and Maha Abdelmegeed
Muslim Woman: The Translatability of a Patriarchal Order Authors: A. Ebru Akcasu and Maha Abdelmegeed 9 October 2020 The research carried out over the course of June 2018 – January 2019, conducted with one of us being based at the Orient-Institut Istanbul, and the other at the American University in Beirut, contributed to an article…
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“When you start working on a topic, you feel like swimming in an ocean, and without a boat“ – An interview with Gülşah Başkavak
“When you start working on a topic, you feel like swimming in an ocean, and without a boat“ – An interview with Gülşah Başkavak May 15 2020 Gülşah Başkavak, research associate in the research field “Human, Medicine, and Society” at the Orient-Institut Istanbul, started working at the institute in February 20. In her research project,…
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Heads Looking for their Bodies: A Report on a Lecture-Performance – Authors: Shahrzad Irannejad, Setareh Fatehi
Heads Looking for their Bodies: A Report on a Lecture-Performance Authors: Shahrzad Irannejad, Setareh Fatehi 30 APRIL 2020 On the 22nd of January 2020, we had the pleasure to present a recapitulation of our artist-researcher collaboration project “Bodiless Heads” at the Orient-Institut Istanbul. Our lecture-performance was invited as part of the lecture Series “Human, Medicine,…
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The Rifa’iyya Sufi Order in South-Western Asia – Authors: Hasan Ali Khan, Aliya Iqbal Naqvi
The Rifa’iyya Sufi Order in South-Western Asia Authors: Hasan Ali Khan, Aliya Iqbal Naqvi 30 APRIL 2020 As a Sufi order, the Rifa’iyya is better identified with Iraq, its birthplace, and with parts of Anatolia and the Levant. But, a branch of the order, retaining its pre-modern organizational structure, is also based in the city…
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“The Medicalization of Bodies Is a Gendered Practice” – Interview with Burak Taşdizen
“The Medicalization of Bodies Is a Gendered Practice” – Interview with Burak Taşdizen 30 APRIL 2020 Burak Taşdizen, research associate in the research field “Human, Medicine, and Society” at the Orient-Institut Istanbul, started working at the institute in 2020. In the following interview, which was first published on 17 March 2020 by Max Weber Foundation…