Politics of Identity
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This is the second of a two-part Opinion Piece/article I published in Indonesia's leading English-language daily, The Jakarta Post (TJP), to celebrate Indonesia's National Awakening Day (Hari Kebangkitan Nasional) on 21 May last. It was... more
Bu makalede, Gezi Parkı olayları sırasında ve sonrasında Türkiye’deki performatif protesto eylemleri ve bu bağlamda performans sanatçılarının rolü üzerinde duracağım. Butler’ın “performativite” anlayışı aracılığıyla, Gezi’nin... more
ABSTRACT Within the scope of this thesis, it was questioned whether the Labor and Justice Platform, conceptualized as Muslim-Left, adopted a politics beyond the politics of identity. In this context, first of all, it was emphasized that... more
This article discusses how identity is narrated in the arena of power struggles in the context of electoral democracy. Narration of identity tends to be strenghten in various political events, including elections of regional heads. To... more
Germany is home to the largest community of Anatolian Alevis outside of Turkey. Alevis migrated to Germany first as laborers and later also as political refugees. In the late 1980s, around the same time as Alevis in Turkey, they started... more
Eyes Re-Cast is a catalogue essay that accompanied Savi Sawarkar's solo exhibition at Rabindra Bhawan, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi in 2008. It takes up the politics of representation in Savi's paintings and the manner in which he... more
20. yüzyılın başlarında ulusçu düşüncenin eyleme dönüşmesiyle yeni bir dünya düzeni kurulmuştur. Bu yeni düzende, tarihe şekil veren büyük imparatorluklar yerlerini kendi içlerinden çıkan ulus-devletlere bırakmak zorunda kalmıştır. Yüzyıl... more
Brazil experienced, in June of 2013, the largest popular demonstrations in its recent history —an event that has been called the June Journeys. In this paper, we briefly address briefly the processes of spatial diffusion and dispersion... more
A Third Culture Kid (TCK) is a person who has spent a significant part of his or her developmental years outside the parents’ culture. Although elements from each culture are assimilated into the TCK’s life experience, the sense of... more
Fruits d’une ethnographie de cinq mois réalisée en collaboration avec des organismes inuit et autochtones de la ville d’Ottawa, cette thèse de maîtrise s’attache à analyser la diversité et la complexité des expériences urbaines telles que... more
Auf Basis jüngster Forschungen untersucht das Tel Aviver Jahrbuch die Kontexte und Beweggründe, die unterschiedliche Gruppen von Deutschen zu verschiedenen Zeiten nach Palästina und Israel brachten. Die Autoren analysieren zu diesem Zweck... more
The solemn presentation by Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople of the so-called tomos, or a decree of autocephaly, for the Ukrainian Orthodox Church to newly elected Ukrainian primate Metropolitan Epiphanius in Istanbul on January 7,... more
Critical theory with emancipatory aims today to find a source of regeneration in ordinary cultures, and in particular, in TV series. Certain series can play a role in reinventing critical theories, drawing on the tradition of the... more
1 A Book by Another Name Would Also be Legible: the Limits of the Bibliography of African American Cookbooks The Book Club of California Quarterly, editor, Antiquarian book scholar, Donald Lindgren —Winter 2020 Scott Alves Barton, PhD In... more
This paper focuses on the socio-political and economic issues involved in the production of oil producing and non-oil producing communities as categories of identification in Nigeria. Using Ilaje people of Ondo State as a case, this... more
This essay focuses on political implications of Derrida’s messianicité as a form of Marrano messianism: a universal vision of community “out of joints” which, despite its disjointedness and inner separation, nonetheless addresses itself... more
What do Malaysians understand by the term, "intellectual"? Is the intellectual in the Malaysian context undefined, or insignificant? Do Malaysians see the need for intellec-tuals? Answers to these questions reflect the extant to which... more
A short paper, from a feminist perspective, covering the production of representational narrative space in Daphne Marlatt's novel, Ana Historic. Exploring space (both narrative and physical) in relation to the female body, identity, and... more
A presente Tese de Doutorado investiga algumas das relações entre arte, política e movimentos sociais que permeiam nosso presente, partindo de uma constelação insurgente composta por exposições, ações, trabalhos de arte e de ativismo... more
This presentation provides the rationale for and an overview of an exploratory guide, in which there is a discussion of specific post-disciplinary perspectives for (un)thinking current modes of research into praxes that co-construct a... more
Minangk@u is wide& knownfor its matrilineal system. One of the matrili11wl values is the man (sumando;l'uhat positioned as marginal. Sumando is a stranger in his wife's family, as shown in the traditional proverb saying like ushes on the... more
This essay provides a detailed and critical analysis of Rawls' notions of respect and self-respect from the vantage point of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It demonstrates that Rawls' empirical and normative claims concerning... more
This essay critiques the postcolonial posture towards human rights and queer activism and the failure of postcolonial studies in recognizing the essential work done towards social freedom and emancipation by the human rights movement in... more
جنگ سرد فقط رقابت، تنش و کشمکشهای سیاسی و ژئوپلیتیکی بین بلوک شرق (اتحاد جماهیر شوروی و دولتهای اقماریاش) و بلوک غرب (ایالات متحده و متحدان ناتو) بعد از جنگ جهانی دوم در اروپا نبود؛ خاورمیانه یکی از میدانها بود. صهیونیسم به سازمانی... more
Thailand adalah sebuah negara monarki di Mainland Asia berpenduduk mayoritas etnis Thai beragama Budha dan sebagian kecil etnis Melayu beragama Islam. Pada umumnya, Melayu Muslim di Thailand tinggal di wilayah selatan atau eks Kesultanan... more
The study gives an overview of the constructions of Transylvania and their relations during the interwar period. It presents the distance as well as the closeness to Transylvania and the process of establishing the boundaries of... more
ਭਾਰਤੀ ਲੋਕਾਂ ਦੀ ਪਛਾਣ ਇਸ ਧਰਤੀ ਵਿਚੋਂ ਉਪਜੇ ਪੁਰਾਤਨ ਕਾਲ ਦੇ ਸਭਿਆਚਾਰ ਨਾਲ ਜੁੜੀ ਹੋਈ ਹੈ। ਇਸ ਦੀ ਸੰਸਕ੍ਰਿਤੀ, ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਅਤੇ ਸਾਹਿਤ ਇਕ ਸਾਂਝੇ ਸਭਿਆਚਾਰਕ ਅਮਲ ਵਿਚੋਂ ਹੀ ਰੂਪ ਧਾਰਦੀ ਅਤੇ ਤਬਦੀਲ ਹੁੰਦੀ ਰਹੀ ਹੈ। ਭਾਰਤ ਵਿਚ ਮੌਜੂਦ ਵਿਭਿੰਨ ਸਭਿਆਚਾਰਕ ਵੰਨ-ਸੁਵੰਨਤਾਵਾਂ ਦੇ ਮੂਲ ਵਿਚ... more
Translation with Takashi Fujiwara, Yukie Matsushima, Maromi Aoyama and Takahisa Sato. I translated chaps. 1-2 and Preface to the Japanese edition.
Ruf nach Ende der Identitätspolitik ebenso verfehlt wie der Ruf, den Fokus wieder von Identität auf Klasse zu verlagern. Aber auch im linksidentitären Lager haben sich Fundamentalismen eingeschlichen, die zu Konflikten innerhalb der... more
This paper focuses on the comparative analysis of three fictional characters, the female lawyers of the American TV series The Good Wife (CBS, 2009-2016), Suits (USA Network, 2011 – present) and Damages (FX; Audience Network, 2007-2012).... more
Статья посвящена музыкальным ритуалам афро-карибской диаспоры как форме ответа на исключение из публичной сферы. Автор постулирует наличие двух ключевых особенностей «черной» музыки (во всем многообразии ее жанров): а) партисипативности и... more
On identity politics and the politics of identity: https://euppublishingblog.com/2017/04/04/the-woman-on-westminster-bridge/
The career of Neapolitan group 99 Posse has always been permeated by an uncompromising political militancy, mainly associated with the activities and ideologies of the Italian extra-parliamentarian left wing. After reaching the peak of... more
Monuments exist in many different forms, but what is common among them is that they have both commemorative and political functions. While articulating specific historical narratives, monuments convey the worldviews of those in power. As... more
Rather than being seen as a foreign import, the Israeli women's movement should be understood as an authentic, domestic women's movement with a range of specific identity politics and common concerns, including violence against women.... more
The Jakarta Gubernatorial Election 2017 is an important momentum for improving and evaluating the quality of democracy at the local level. Various issues of religion, ethnicity, as well as differences in political support, colored both in... more
Let's talk identity politics:
https://www.opendemocracy.net/lasse-thomassen/identity-politics-trump-everybody-does-it-and-it-s-ok-too
https://www.opendemocracy.net/lasse-thomassen/identity-politics-trump-everybody-does-it-and-it-s-ok-too
This paper discusses and defends the analytical usefulness of the concept of identity which has been pervasively criticized by authors like Richard Handler or Rogers Brubaker and Frederic Cooper. Starting with reviewing the problematic of... more
The main objective of this paper is to analyze the gap between the Indonesian legal framework and civil society's use of the term masyarakat adat and the World Bank's International Finance Corporation (IFC) Performance Standard 7... more