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 […]
Category: Medicine & Society
new publication: “Contested Daily Routines, Contested Care. Children with Type 1 Diabetes in Covid-19 Times”
My colleague Gülşah Başkavak and I are very proud to announce that our article submitted in October 2020 titled “Contested Daily Routines, Contested Care. Children with Type 1 Diabetes in Covid-19 Times” has been published in the Special Issue of the Childhood Vunerability Journal. We are immensely proud and thank the Editors-in-Chief Sabine Andresen, Gill […]
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 […]
Assistance – On the History of Assistive Ensembles (2nd Meeting of the network “Dis-/Abilities and Digital Media”) 17-19 March 2021 #ststwitter
The category of assistive technologies is often discussed as a political category (Alper 2017), as they invoke connotations such as “in need of help” with respect to the respective users (Mills 2015; Kotsch 2012; Ott 2014). At this meeting, the concept of assistance will be historically situated and questioned. The aim is to problematize the […]
New publication: eHealth Applications in Knowledge Landscapes. In: Svalastog, A.L., Gajović, S., Webster, A. (eds) Navigating Digital Health Landscapes (pp.193-221). @Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. #ststwitter #ehealth #medicalsociology #information
The year has began with good news for me, which I am happy to share with you. Finally my book chapter on eHealth Applications in Knowledge Landscapes has been published (abstract below): Şahinol M. (2021) eHealth Applications in Knowledge Landscapes. In: Svalastog A.L., Gajović S., Webster A. (eds) Navigating Digital Health Landscapes (pp.193-221). Health, Technology […]
Kick-Off Meeting: Scientific Network Dis-/Abilities and Digital Media (10-11 Dec 2020)
Our DFG scientific network #DisAbilities & #DigitalMedia has started its activities. I am very excited and look forward to this great kick-off meeting with some public lectures. You can find details about the meeting below. For information about our network please visit our website: https://dis-abilities-and-digital-media.org/ . Agency – Participation – Cooperation The Praxeological Production of […]
edited volume “Upgrades der Natur, künftige Körper – Interdisziplinäre und internationale Perspektiven” published (eds. @mesahinol @ChriXCoenen #Motika) #ststwitter #körper #sport #technik #enhancement #disability #cyborg
The edited volume “Upgrades der Natur, künftige Körper – Interdisziplinäre und internationale Perspektiven”, on which we have been working since the workshop of the same title in 2016, has been published. And here is the link: https://lnkd.in/e4fhYzh
Workshop: Medicalized #Masculinities. Knowledge Exchange from Denmark to Turkey
We are very excited about this new collaboration and our first small workshop next week on “Medicalized Masculinities” with our colleagues from Denmark. Next time we will hopefully meet in Istanbul and then also in a larger group.