I am happy to share with you my latest publication: Şahinol, M. (2021). Living in the Age of Neuro-Digitalization. Brain-Computer Interfaces for Patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Philosophy, Theology and the Sciences, 8 (Being Human in a Technological Age), 53-80. doi:10.1628/ptsc-2021-0005 Abstract This paper examines the development of brain-computer interfaces (BCI) and new types of […]
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Bilim, Sanat ve İletişim: Kesişimlerde Buluşmak (Yuvarlak masa toplantısı, 21 Ocak 22, saat 17:35, Institut français Türkiye, Istanbul)
Yuvarlak masa toplantısı Bilim, Sanat ve İletişim: Kesişimlerde Buluşmak Yuvarlak masa toplantısı katılımcıları Arsev Umur Aydınoğlu (ODTÜ, Bilim ve Teknoloji Politikaları)Yücel Günal (Grafik Tasarımcı)Eser Epözdemir (Sanatçı / kültürel üretici)Merve Şahinol (Sanatçı, Düsseldorf) Moderatör: Melike Şahinol Bilim insanları dünyayı tanımlamaya ve açıklamaya çabaladıkları her alanda, sanatçılar da öznel bakış açılarıyla dünyayı yeniden yaratmak, sorgulamak ve hatta […]
New Publication: Hair:y_less Masculinities. A Cartography (Şahinol, Taşdizen & Başkavak).
I am proud to annouce our freely accessible new publication: Şahinol, M., Taşdizen, B., & Başkavak, G. (2022). Hair:y_less Masculinities . A Cartography. Bonn: Şahinol, Melike (in cooperation with perspectivia.net). https://doi.org/10.25360/01-2022-00000 Cosmetic surgery is booming – and no longer just among women: Both surgical procedures and minimal invasive cosmetic treatments are on the rise among […]
Panel on “Modified (Hu)Man: Traditions, Vulnerabilities and Possible Futures” @ IRAN AT THE CROSSWAYS FILM FORUM, Documentaries and Dialogues on a Changing Society, ORIENT-INSTITUT ISTANBUL
Friday, November 12th, 2021 6:30 p.m. [CET] Opening of the Film Forum IRAN AT THE CROSSWAYS For more information about the two-day film forum and registration visit the film forum website: https://en.filmforum-iran.org/ 7:00 p.m. [CET] Modified (Hu)Man: Traditions, Vulnerabilities and Possible Futures (introduction by Melike Şahinol) Body modifications are used not only to “repair” injuries […]
“Crip Making” keynote by Aimi Hamraie, 16 September 2021, 7–8:30pm (CEST)
Download Flyer Abstract Is design informed by the lived experiences of disability inherently political? Several concepts exist within critical disability studies to name disability-led design. These include crip technoscience (Hamraie 2017; Hamraie and Fritsch 2019), “microactivist affordances” (Dokumaci 2020), “Criptastic hacking” (Yergeau 2014), and the “design theory of disability” (Guffey and Williamson). These approaches center […]
Keynote: Anne Waldschmidt “Inclusion – Accessibility – Normality: Some Remarks from a Dispositif-Analytical Perspective” 17 September 2021, 3:30-5pm (CEST)
Download Flyer Abstract It is Critical Disability Studies as an innovative discourse, which has significantly contributed to revising simplistic and individualistic views of disability and impairment. Introduced in the 1970s, the social model of disability has since fundamentally changed the international disability discourse. This approach, as Disability Studies scholars and disability rights activists know well, […]
New publication: #Medicalised #Masculinities in Turkey and Iran: The Eigensinn of Hair in Hair Transplantation w @buraktasdizen #STS #Body #Biomedicalization
My research assistent Burak Taşdizen and I are very proud to announce that our article titled “Medicalised Masculinities in Turkey and Iran: The Eigensinn of Hair in Hair Transplantation” has been published in the Special Issue “Medicalised Masculinities – Somatechnical Interventions” of the Journal Somatechnics. Abstract Growing cultural enthusiasm for cosmetic surgery and the techno-medical […]
new publ/ yeni yayın: Sosyo-Biyo-Teknik Bakım Kompleksi: Tip 1 Diyabette Dijital Sağlık Takibi / Socio-Bio-Technical Care Complex: Digital Health Tracking in Type 1 Diabetes (Şahinol, M. and Başkavak, G.)
Our peer reviewed article “Socio-Bio-Technical Care Complex: Digital Health Tracking in Type 1 Diabetes” has been published in the Journal for Sociological Research’s special issue on „Contested Bodies in Turkey: Transformation of Body, Health and Society through Techno-Medical Interventions.“ We would like to thank the reviewers for their careful reading, thoughtful comments and efforts towards […]
“Türkiye’de Çekişmeli Bedenler: Tıp Teknolojisindeki Gelişmelerle Dönüşen Beden, Sağlık Ve Toplum” özel sayımız Sosyoloji Araştırmaları Dergisi’nde yayında / Special Issue „Contested Bodies in Turkey“ has finally been published in the Journal of Sociological Research
Our special issue „Contested Bodies in Turkey: Transformation of Body, Health and Society through Techno-Medical Interventions“ (guest editors: Melike Şahinol & Gülşah Başkavak) has finally been published in the Journal of Sociological Research. The development of this special issue involves a long process of reflection and discussion. The birth of the idea began in September […]
Visiting the Department for Media Studies, University of Paderborn – fall 2021, substituting Prof. Dr. Jutta Weber #sts #mediastudies #SociologyofMedia
It’s official. In fall 2021 I will substitute Prof. Dr. Jutta Weber at the Department for Media Studies at the University of Paderborn as part of a guest stay. With this context, I am preparing four Seminars at the intersection of Media/Digitalization, Medicine, Posthumanism and Disability Studies: Cochlea-Implantate, bionische Prothesen und andere assistive Technologien. Digitale […]