Erkan’s Field Diary: Top posts of the week and the month

Submitted by: chris Posted at: 2010-07-11 11:58:35 See full post and comment: http://9gag.com/gag/28919 found in Watching Porn ************* Top Posts for 7 days ending 2010-07-25 1- A video: Turkish Porn Star Şahin K?s comedy film trailer 2- Alice in Chains bullshitting about Istanbul in their blog 3- Nagehan Alçı: ?No headscarf-wearing lady working here 4- … Read more

Torrent edition from The Yes Men: Fix the World

click the photo for downloading information…Who is the Yes Men? “To date, the duo has produced two films: The Yes Men (2003) and The Yes Men Fix the World (2009)……” **************** CINEMA ROUNDUP Twilight: Eclipse from sinefil by melisb Eclipse followed by True Blood. It was a day of werewolves, vampires, and the (slightly irritating) … Read more

A video: Beach House – Walk in the Park

worth watching… Beach House Walk in the Park Teen Dream 2010 Sub Pop / Bella Union Director, Cinematographer, Editor – Allen Cordell Starring – Nick Krever, Isabelle Jusseaume, Robert Dolan, Laurie Isabella, Peter David and Pearl Production Manager – Temperance David Costumes – Laurie Isabella Special Effects and Makeup by Jeremy Selenfriend / Monster In … Read more

Authors selling ebooks through Amazon…and an academic roundup

Celebrated authors bypass publishing houses to sell ebooks via Amazon Discontent over digital royalties prompts Roth, Amis and other leading names to enter into exclusive deal with Odyssey Editions E-books attracting more Turkish readers from Hurriyet Dailynews Interest in e-books, which received only lukewarm support from publishers when they first emerged, is increasing despite worries … Read more

Ethan’s roundup of TED talks

TED (conference) (Technology Entertainment Design), an annual multidisciplinary conference

TEDGlobal: Jason Clay and a sustainable future through corporate collusion

from …My heart’s in Accra by Ethan

(Clay?s talk is similar to the one he gave at the Aspen Institute last year, though that talk was more than an hour long and, obviously, was able to cover more territory than an 18 minute TED talk. Here are my notes on that longer talk, which Clay was kind enough to vet and correct?)

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Cyberculture roundup: New Pew report: The Future of Millennials/ Online Dating lies…

Featured Report: The Future of Millennials Tech experts generally believe that today’s tech-savvy young people – the ‘digital natives‘ who are known for enthusiastically embracing social networking – will retain their willingness to share personal information online even as they get older and take on more responsibilities.Experts surveyed say that the advantages Millennials see in … Read more

Erkan’s Field Diary, one of the top antro blogs…

  To better phrase, this blog is in the top 10 blogs produced by anthropologists. My blog is not an exclusively anthropology blog (it could never make it so Savage Minds blogroll) but still maintained by an anthropologist…   check out here or here

Baksı Museum in Bayburt

Bayburt, my hometown is not known to be cultural center but this museum work has been ongoing for a while, and i believe it has certainly an ethnographic touch. Hopefully, next time I go back to Bayburt, I will stop by the museum, whose opening made news this week… It was Hüsamettin Koçan’s dream project … Read more

SETA report: “Arab Image in Turkey

Arab Image in Turkey
Source: SETA
Introduction:

Myths, stereotypes, prejudices and images increasingly exert their influence in international politics and transnational relations. Socially and politically constructed myths and stereotypes about the ?others? are being re-produced and re-circulated by the forces of globalization and used to legitimize policy options more than ever. In this context, increasing role of the public opinion and popular choices are being paid a special attention as ?images? become invisible actors in the international environment and in the making of alliances based on social, political and cultural approximation among the nation states. Growing use of myths, stereotypes, prejudices and images, whether historically rooted or recently constructed, in political and popular discourse, which is facilitated by the media and educational material, requires a closer attention. Derived from these considerations, this Policy Report focuses on the image of Arabs in modern Turkey. It explores the roots of prevailing and dominant perceptions, investigates how the media and popular culture contribute to the construction of images pertaining to Arabs and examines the current public opinion drawing upon a nation-wide survey.

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Erkan?s field diary: Top posts of the week and month

Top Posts for 7 days ending 2010-07-18 1- A video: Turkish Porn Star Şahin K?s comedy film trailer 2- the Saka family 3- Milli Motor/ Milli Tüp 4- Erkan, Çetin and Sarah, on their way to Samsun 5- Sonisphere Istanbul 2010 aftermath, photos, videos? 6- Elif: Aşk-ı Memnu: Forbidden love killed a woman and injured … Read more

A campaign for İsmail Beşikçi

İsmail Beşikçi is tried again. A radical intellectual who spent a long amount of his life in prison (17 years)… There is a blog in Turkish (Gerçek İnatçıdır) for a campaign to support İsmail Beşikçi…

17 July: March Against Web Censorship

It is now legal.  Turkish netizens are organizing to march against web censorship on 17 July in Taksim. Organization page here. Banner discussions here.

Erkan?s field diary: Top posts of the week and month

http://www.diskursdisko.de/2010/06/der-mensch-als-industriepalast/ http://www.industriepalast.com/ found in Man as an industrial palace Top Posts for 7 days ending 2010-07-11 1- A video: Turkish Porn Star Şahin K?s comedy film trailer 2- Sonisphere Istanbul 2010 aftermath, photos, videos? 3- Elif: Aşk-ı Memnu: Forbidden love killed a woman and injured the rest 4- Report: Ergenekon is our reality 5- A … Read more

A video: RSA Animate – Crises of Capitalism

In this RSA Animate, radical social theorist David Harvey asks if it is time to look beyond capitalism towards a new social order that would allow us to live within a system that really could be responsible, just, and humane? This is based on a lecture at the RSA (www.theRSA.org). A Reaction to THE MARXISTS … Read more

Banners against web censorship

more banner options for Turkish bloggers can be found here.