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 […]
Ph.D. Research Grant Announcement 2021/22 — Call for Applications —
The Orient-Institut Istanbul is pleased to invite applications for Ph.D. research grants for 2021/22. The purpose of the grant is to provide support for field research in Istanbul/Turkey to Ph.D. candidates not living in Turkey. Due to the continuing pandemic situation, the fellowship period need not be spent entirely in Istanbul. If the fellowship is […]
“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, […]
Access and Tinkering: Designing Assistive Technologies as Political Practice / with an Interactive Maker Session
3rd meeting of the DFG Research Network Dis-/Abilities and Digital Media As part of my long-term engagement with inclusive technology design and participatory research, I co-organized the international online workshop Access and Tinkering. Together with Tom Bieling (HAW Hamburg), Anna-Lena Wiechern (Leuphana University Lüneburg), and Robert Stock (HU Berlin), we created a space for critical […]
Is there a Middle Eastern Body? Session I + II: August 8th, 2021 @ “The Re-invention of Traditions in the Middle East” conference
Day 2: August 8th, 2021 9:30 UK Time 9:30–9:40 Registration 9:40-9:50 Dr Soheila Shahshahani: Welcome Note to Participants 9:50: Panel 5: Is there a Middle Eastern Body? Convenors: Prof Dr Claudia Liebelt and Dr Melike Şahinol, “Introductory Remarks” Discussant: Dr Sertaç Sehlikoglu Session I: Regulating the “Middle Eastern” Body 10:00-10:20 Dr Cimen Gunay-Erkol and Dr […]
Online survey: Hair:y_less Masculinities
Our research was affected by the pandemic. Hence, our methodological shift towards an online survey. We invite you to participate in the survey, which you can access from the link below. Our survey takes about 20 minutes. We would appreciate, if you could allocate your time. Your answers will be anonymized. Language options in English, […]