Biography
Prior to the PhD, I completed an MPhil in Social Anthropology at Cambridge (with Distinction), a Master’s in Ethnomusicology at Istanbul Technical University, and a BA in English Literature at Concordia University. A previous ethnographic research project addressed the impact of a state-led urban renewal project in Sulukule, Istanbul on the cultural lives of young residents. Publications from this research include a chapter in Landscapes of Music in Istanbul: A Cultural Politics of Inclusion and Exclusion (Transcript-Verlag 2017).
Research
Economic anthropology, work, material exchange, social and commercial relations, urban politics, the state, morality, migration, informality, waste, Turkey
Publications
2017 "Poorness is Ghettoness': Urban Renewal and hip-Hop Acculturation in Sulukule, Istanbul". Landscapes of Music in Istanbul: A Cultural Politics of Place and Exclusion. Papadopolous, A and Duru, A. (eds). Transcript-Verlag. pp. 85-112.