AAA Boycott Vote Postmortem Savage Minds: Notes and Queries in Anthropology By now you have probably heard that the boycott vote failed by an incredibly narrow margin: In the end an astounding 51% of its 10,000 members participated. The resolution failed by exactly 39 votes: 2,423-2,384 (50.4%-49.6%)—a statistical dead heat. David Palumbo-Liu, Steven Salaita, Charlotte Silver, … Read more
Why storytelling ‘is still everything’, despite new journalism tools Journalism.co.uk Journalist and producer Scott Rensberger reinforces the power of the story as reporters begin to experiment with mobile journalism tools and techniques Planning for news, misidentification and verification as a process Hi everyone, So this week we held the second in our series of free training … Read more
Affect, Attention, and Ethnographic Research: Thoughts on Mental Health in the Field Savage Minds: Notes and Queries in Anthropology — A Group Blog by Alix Johnson This year has seen some encouraging openings in a much-needed conversation on academia and mental health (for example: The Guardian, Chronicle Vitae, The Professor is In). Many of these interventions … Read more
Istanbul the scene of new novel Dan Brown?s highly anticipated new thriller ?Inferno? was released yesterday. The book has featured on the front pages Istanbul Documentary Days to be held in June The sixth Documentarist Istanbul Documentary Days will feature a record number of films ?Crazy? Istanbul canal project sees first … Read more
Istanbul in top 10 street food list Hurriyet Daily News From the visually-striking stalls selling döner (lamb, chicken, or beef on a vertical skewer) to the balık ekmek (fish sandwiches) sold off of boats, one of the greatest attributes of Istanbul’s street food is the variety of options. Mornings can start with simit Istanbul 2020 … Read more
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Denizden bu kez NORVEÇLİ CHEF çıktı Beste Önkol burada blogluyor;) ?The Norwegian Culinary Team? Kaptanı Chef Jostein Medhus, geçen hafta İstanbul?daydı. Tabi haliyle de Mutfak Sanatarı Akademisi?nde? Norveç?te kullanılan pişirme tekniklerini İskandinav ülkelerinin ?milli balığı? somon başta olmak üzere pek çok balıkta gösterecekti. Yani bu kez denizden Norveçli Chef çıkmıştı! Eh kısmet? 6 reçete hazırlayacağını söyleyen Chef … Read more
Istanbul and Tel Aviv can fix what Ankara and J’lem broke Ha’aretz By Aluf Benn ISTANBUL – Friends and family sounded worried: “Istanbul? Isn’t it dangerous there right now?” But travel warnings are cut off from reality. and a long Istanbul roundup: Bibliopoles of Istanbul set for TÜYAP Fair www.worldbulletin.net Old and secondhand books will … Read more
Levent/Istanbul. Big business district. via Praying and partying in the streets of Istanbul Seattle Times Istanbul is more than 90 percent Muslim. My most recent trip here happened to coincide with Ramadan. During this time, the Muslim faith seems even more … Turkish soap opera Noor brings tourist boom to Istanbul The Guardian Noor, starring … Read more
Today is the anniversary of Istanbul’s conquest by Ottomans. Istanbul municipality has been organizing ceremonies for a while. Every year new elements are added to the spectacularity of the event but there is always a kitschy mood. More photos of this year’s celebrations are here.
By Simon Akam
ISTANBUL (Reuters Life!) – Turkey’s largest city is a 2010 European Capital of Culture filled with the treasures of a glorious past from the Roman and Ottoman empires, while straddling the Bosphorous Strait where Europe meets Asia.
Special issue of Science as Culture on Identity and Narrative in STS from Somatosphere by Eugene Raikhel The latest issue of Science as Culture focuses on a topic which has long been central to cultural anthropology, but remains relatively novel in science and technology studies (STS): first-person narrative and the relationship between scholars and their … Read more
As Turkey’s largest film activity, the International Istanbul Film Festival drew an audience of 162,000 last year. This year the programme is, once again, packed to the brim.
it can be dowloaded here. STARTING POINT: The first edition of ‘Istanbul 2010’ hits newsstands – Hurriyet Daily News and Economic ReviewIstanbul tops unemployment list among Turkish cities [ WORLD BULLETIN- TURKEY NEWS, WORLD NEWS ] Your Travels: Mesmerizing Old Istanbul Sultanahmet district to be re-designed. Istanbul is buzzing: Buy today and reap the rewards … Read more
“A Revival in Istanbul
Carolyn Drake for The New York Times
Deniz Palas, new home of the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts, with its neon chandelier.
By YIGAL SCHLEIFER
UNTIL only recently, the 90-year-old Deniz Palas (Sea Palace in Turkish) in Istanbul?s Sishane neighborhood was a perfect symbol of the city?s faded glory. Originally a grand apartment building that catered to the area?s once large Greek-speaking community, the edifice ? and the surrounding neighborhood ? slowly slid into a state of decay over the decades, as political and economic turbulence drove the area?s original residents away. Now, though, the building symbolizes nothing less than the city?s cultural resurgence.”
La foule sur les quais de Constantinople | Crowd on the quays of Constantinople
found in Sur les quais de Constantinoplefrom Mavi Boncuk by M.A.M