This might the coolest action in protests. The protester throws a firework through a pipe to a police helicopter.
new LINKS pages: Cyberculture Media BJK and Football Links Cool links new ABOUT pages: Erkan in Media Writings Erkan?s CV Updated: Erkan and Web 2.o
The American way Irony & contrasts. @ haha.nu The boundaries of Brand Obama by Mark Mardell (the Reporters) The president’s home city has been knocked out in the first round of the vote to choose the host city for the 2016 Olympic Games, even though he and the First Lady travelled to Copenhagen to push … Read more
I have met Merve Tekeoğlu through Youth Studies Unit at Bilgi U. At one point we have become Facebook friends and I happen to see her photo uploads from time to time. She has a particular album of photos she has taken and I am quite fascinated with her shoots of ordinary human faces, some scenes from the campus and her -as far as I understand- more montages photos. I publish here some of her photos after getting permission from her. I asked her if she has a website or blog where she publishes her photos. She said she only used her Facebook profile so far. In case, she has a public place where she exhibits, I will let you know. Until then, here is a selection:
last update: 02 Oct. 2009- 10:50
The paper for whom Mr. Özbek works for shows solidarity, I guess. “Everyone needs a shoe one day”. The thrown shoe is an imitation Nike shoe.
Selçuk Özbek, an editor at Birgün, a leftist daily, throws a shoe at Mr. Strauss-Kahn. The incident took place at another campus of my university. I was in the other campus, waiting for the introductory meeting with Media MA students. At first, we thought he was one of our students but he turned out to be a journalist. Not particularly imaginative after the original show throwing event. Mr. Strauss-Kahn responded maturely.
The protester has been released during the day. My Facebook and Friendfeed newsstream is full of comments praising the action although I am not that excited. More in the comments section…
Global elites will meet in Istanbul between 28th September ? 7th October to discuss their new plans for exploiting all humanity and the world. For this reason we organized an extremely festive action programme.We?re inviting everyone -who has a problem with capitalism and the global destruction it created ? to the streets and calling everyone to make Istanbul hell for the IMF & the WB!
1st October ? We?re in the streets against the Social Security Law!Place: Taksim Gezi Park Time: 11:002nd October ? Global resistance day against the ecological destruction of capitalism !Place: Galatasaray SquareTime: 15:003rd October ? Global resistance day against Urban Transformation, Gentrification, and Homelessness !Place: Taksim SquareTime: 15:004th October ? Global insurrection day against capitalismPlace: Tunnel SquareTime: 15:006th ? We?re shutting the IMF & the WB meeting down! Place: Tunnel Square
Time: 10:00 7th October ?We?re shutting the IMF & the WB meeting down!Autonomous Actions Place: Everywhere
Time: Any time THE STAGE IS YOURS, ISTANBUL!
France banned burqas in public schools in 2004. Now, a parliamentary commission is investigating a possible ban on burqas in public places and anthropology professor John Bowen was asked to testify on this matter, Student Life and New York Times report.
And older round of anthro news and unrelated images from the web:
Dear scholar,
We have established a new research group, namely ‘Changing Turkey in a Changing World’ affiliated with the Centre for Global and Transnational Politics led by Prof. Chris Rumford and Prof. Sandra Halperin. (Please, see the announcement at: http://cgtp.rhul.ac.uk/changing-turkey-in-a-changing/ )This group starts by setting up a new blog. The blog address is:
http://changingturkey.wordpress.comWe are looking for valuable contributions from researchers on Turkish society and politics. Could you help us to disseminate this information? Thank you very much for your interest and valuable collaboration….
Here are two posts from the blog:
Wishing all the Muslims a Happy Bayram! Eid ul-Fitr or Id-ul-Fitr (Arabic: ??? ????? ‘?du l-Fi?r), often abbreviated to Eid, is a Muslim holiday that marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting. Eid is an Arabic word meaning "festivity", while Fi?r means "to break fast"; and so the holiday symbolizes the … Read more
The program I used to work as a TA launches an MA program. I was informed that I will also be teaching there as an Assistant Professor at Spring 2010 semester in addition to my full time position at Public Relations. This newspaper ad only includes Professors. A newly launched website here with an English page. … Read more
It happens five minutes away from the campus but I do not have any access and honestly I think at this moment of my life, I have no interest… Turkish police officers stand guard on a boat in Istanbul’s Golden Horn, Turkey, Monday, March 16, 2009, during the opening ceremony of the 5th World Water … Read more
The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo. This looks like an excellent video that teaches us, dummies, what happened in the crisis..
Getting into graduate school in anthropology: What we/I look for in applicants
I am serving on the admissions committee of my department again this year, and as usual we are in a position to admit at maximum 20% of the total applicants we receive. I don’t want to reveal the confidential deliberations of the committee, but it has gotten me thinking a lot about how to apply for graduate school, what I look for in an application and how people should prepare theirs. What people look for varies from place to place, and different people will have different priorities than I do, but I offer this to help orient people to an application process that is often confusing and opaque to people who go through it. What, then, do I look for when we admit people to graduate school?………
Metal Hammer editors provide you top 10 song lists on Valentines Day…….
India?s Shri Ram Sene, a right-wing Hindu group, is responsible for violent attacks on women who wear attire that they claim ?violates Indian norms.? To counter the thuggery, Bangalore-based Alternative Law Forum (ALF) has launched a satirical campaign seen above, titled ?A Consortium of Pubgoing Loose and Forward Women?. Found in Pink Panties to Counter Violence Against Women
