One feels a bit of rootlessness when you are continously on the road/ or better to say flight to flight. i have been in skopje last week, after one day in Istanbul, flew to Berlin for the DW Bobs Awards now on my way to Lisbon, through Barcelona. i will be in Lisbon until Sunday. … Read more
As Turkey keeps its own AKP-led political chaos, I could manage to be away for a few days to spend in Tokyo, Japan to attend a workshop described below. I arrived late in Tokyo, and went straight to hotel to finish up an article I am working on. I could not finish it before the … Read more
I and three other colleagues arrived Beirut today afternoon. We will stay here until Wednesday noon. This is my first time in a Middle Eastern location. I hope to go beyond a mere touristic trip. I have one connection to get in touch but I will see if he can be helpful. Otherwise, we will end up tasting … Read more
I will fly in a few hours to Bonn. The 3-day program looks fantastic. Hopefully, I will blog about it or tweet. Digitalization and participation politics occupy a central role this year and that’s all I am for… Hopefully, I will also see Christian Runkel who is one of the most loyal reader of this blog … Read more
The program looks fantastic. I am happy to be part of it. We will review Post-Gezi Resistance process with my colleague Prof. Aslı Tunç tomorrow. I will probably be tweeting about it and in the end I may end up producing a piece in Turkish or in English. We will see… Lemme jump into the … Read more
I will be until Wednesday night. The voting continues until May 7. Give it a shot if you haven’t do so until now. I believe there are a few good sites from Turkey that have chance to win the awards in specified categories. I am honored to be part of this jury work… The Bobs … Read more
I have been following Turkey news since March 9 while looking at this view outside. I have been in an Eramus IP project in which 7 European universities cooperate with 70 students, 10 per each. Our study place is close to Cascais and instructors stay at the center of this beautiful town. It has been … Read more
I and another colleague of mine and 8 of our students are attending an Erasmus IP Project lectures in Cascais, Lisboa, Portugal. We will be the guest of IADE Lisboa. You would probably not recognize that I am not in Turkey as I will probably keep posting Turkey related stuff/ as I will probably not … Read more
I fly this evening and will be around in Skopje until Sunday… Here is the program: e-Society: Youth and Media is a two-day conference organized by the Metamorphosis Foundation and the Youth Educational Forum, exploring media from a youth perspective, youth led media, media literacy, information quality, digital media activism, music and movements. The conference is … Read more
As a sort of workaholic, this is the first time in this summer to be out of town for pleasure. I initially intended to spend some time in Black Sea region mountains but summer school classes lasted longer than I expected and could not leave town on time. Antakya/Hatay is one of the cities I … Read more
A short road trip is about to begin in a few hours. Our TA Anıl and one of the newly graduated students Fulya come along with me. I was invited to organize a digital activism workshop in an annual camp in İzmir organized by Öğrenci Kolektifleri [Student Collectives]. I will probably hang around for a … Read more
ANA TEMASI ?YEREL MEDYA: YARIN İÇİN DİJİTAL ÇÖZÜMLER? OLAN ETKİNLİKTE KATILIMCILARA UYGULAMALI DİJİTAL YAYINCILIK EĞİTİMİ DE VERİLECEK ?Yerel ve Bölgesel Medya Buluşmaları?nın 23?üncüsü, Başbakanlık Basın- Yayın ve Enformasyon Genel Müdürlüğü (BYEGM) ve Muğla Valiliğinin işbirliğiyle Marmaris?te gerçekleştiriliyor. Başbakan Yardımcısı Bülent Arınç?ın himayesi ve katılımıyla 29 Kasım 2012 Perşembe günü düzenlenecek buluşmaya Muğla?nın yanı sıra … Read more
I will attend a workshop that I am really excited about. The first part took place two years ago in Istanbul, Boğaziçi University and now comes the part 2 at Humboldt University at Berlin, Department of European Ethnology and Collaborative Research: Re-Ordering the Social ? Producing Change: Contemporary Ethnographies of Turkey in an Interconnected World … Read more
This is an international seminar “bringing together language learning professionals, career development experts and the international press around the topic of ?Global careers in a challenging economy?. Erik Qualman, the International Best-Selling Author of Socialnomics & Digital Leader, together with EF Management and internationally recognized authors and personalities of the business and academic world will participate in this event. The seminar … Read more
A few dates. 1 September. Deadline for the article for Ethnologie Française. Probably I will ask for an extension (!) 5-9 September. Attending ‘Careers Beyond Borders seminar’, Manchester, UK. Of course, if i get the UK visa on time:) 7 September. Deadline for applications. PhD. at Communication/ MA Program at Public Relations and Corporate Communication. I teach … Read more