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Uruguay: the evolution of authoritarian regime
(Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 1982., 1982.) Prat, Graciela.; Sunar, İlkay,
"Interpretative" approaches to explanation of human action
(Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 1983., 1983.) Kocaoluk, Hülya.; Sunar, İlkay,
The power of the dedes in Alevi society in South-Western Anatolia
(Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute of Social Sciences, 1983., 1983.) Esen, Nüket, 1949-; Duben, Alan.
Employment rather than unemployment in a transitional rural formation
(Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 1984., 1984.) Karaşin, F. Banu.; Öncü, Ayşe.
This study is an endeavour to develop a model of employment and/or unmployment so that it can adequatly be defined as both a theoretical and a social problem. For this end, the theoretical premise of a dynamic social totality and a certain structural causal model are adopted. Thus, while producing the new definition, employment is conceived of as an overdetermined social phenomenon. Accordingly, the employment process is analyticalIy broken down into three constituent determinants and/or aspects; theidnternal dynamics are elaborated to arrive at the general concep'tual description of each. It is argued that each aspect of employment involves different social practices founded on discrete levels of social reality. These in tum are generated by the contradictory but indispensable unity of elements embeded in each structural level. As a corollary, at the economic level, the production aspect of employment puts stress on the consequence of labour performance. At the political level, the income aspect of employment is concerned with renumeration of labour performance through the distribution of newly created value within the production process. Finally, at the ideological level, the recognition aspect of employment deals with the relation of the employed/unemployed to the lived world through labour performance in the form of selfconception vis-a-vis employmen t. The analysis proceeds historically when each aspect of employmentis discussed within an 'imaginary' context of a transitional rural formation. Here, the rural employment situation is elucidated in a (definite) time and (relatively indefinite) space matrix characterized by a specific form of capitalist penetration which subsumes other existing capitalist and non-capitalist modes of production. Theoretically, each determinant of employment also indicates one potential cause of unemployment. Emprically, the logical consequences of the suggested model can be used to 'quantify' unemployment. However, the tentative operationalization of these aspects may lead to the identification of a person's employment/unemployment status differently which depends on what determinant of employment he/she is subjected to testing. Therefore, the counterpart of employment can only be unemployment when a person is simultaneously ranked as unemployed in all aspects of employment. It has to be noted, furthermore, that the new concept of employment/unemployment developed in the present research is to be considered as a contribution towards the organization of thought, collection of data and formation of policies. It does not advocate a certain remedial strategy in combating unemployment although it has focused on the relevant dimensions of employment in a transitional rural formation where social policy can be effective. Nor, does it intend to establish a new discipline. Still, hopefully, it is designed to reveal that the range of social phon omena can be treated consistenty and more fruitfully over a common denominator. And this is realized on the basis of a definite methodology.
The history of industrial sociology in Turkey
(Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 1984., 1984.) Üşümezsoy, Belkıs.
Culture popularized: |the world of TAN
(Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 1985., 1985.) Yavuz, Nuran.
Women writers and women's fiction in 1970-1985 period of Turkey
(Thesis (M.A.)- Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Scieences, 1986., 1986.) Cindoğlu, Dilek.; Öncü, Ayşe.
Hilmi Ziya's life and thought from 1928 to 1960, in relation to the political and religious developments in the republic of Turkey
(Thesis (M.A.)- Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Scieences, 1986., 1986.) Özberki, Ayşe R.; Mardin, Şerif,
This is the study of Hilmi Ziya tllken's (1901-1974) thought in relation to the political and religious development in the Republic of Turkey. Hilmi Ziya Ulken is a representative example of the very first intellectuals of the young Turkish Nation. Much weight was given to his ideas about religion as religion is the core of the paradigma of his sociological views. On the other hand empasis was also given to men of ideas who have been influencial on Hilmi Ziya Ulken's thought or intellectual development. Finally the study exposes the continiuty of his ideas which changed in appearence only.
A study of the Vakıf institution in the traditional Ottoman city
(Thesis (M.A.)- Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Scieences, 1986., 1986.) Kuleli, Nurcan.; Öncü, Ayşe.
Prince Sabahaddin and his sociology
(Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 1987., 1987.) Arslan, Ali.; Öke, Kemal,
Feminist themes after 1980 in Turkey :|a study of two magazines
(Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 1989., 1989.) Yenigün, Candan.; Göle, Nilüfer,
In this study, feminist themes of 1980's in Turkey which have been largely discussed and become popular are analyzed. The feminist themes brought about through analyzing two magazines are discussed with respect to the feminist discourse. This study aims to examine "how" the woman question is understood in Turkey of 1980's.
Sexual dimensions of the power relations which manifest violence
(Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 1992., 1992.) Hattatoğlu, Zeynep Dilek.; Göle, Nilüfer,
This study is an attempt to understand the existence ground of violence which is experienced in the power relations in daily lives of the ordinary persons who are not classified as beyond the normal according to any standards. with focusing on the sexual dimensions. The research this thesis based on was completed in 1988. in Istanbul.
Islamist civil society associations: |the case of the Rainbow İstanbul Women's Platform
(Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute of Social Sciences, 1997., 1997.) Çayır, Kenan.; Göle, Nilüfer,
This thesis analyzes the self-definition of Turkish Islamist women who are organized around the Rainbow Istanbul Women's Platform which consists of more than forty Islamist women's civil associations. The thesis is based on a survey of the members, interviews, participant observation in panels of the Platform, the pamphlets of the Platform and media material. It asserts that the Islamist women of the nineties differ from the critical actors of the eighties with their discourse focused on self-definition in relation to their public and private roles, professional rights and on participation. The contemporary Islamist women express their demands to take place in the public sphere on an equal basis with other social actors. However they are not for a total equality which according to them results in a denial of the 'feminine nature' of women. Instead, they stress difference of women as mothers and propose to rearrange working hours and spaces for women. Similarly the private sphere must be reorganized to make women more active in their homeplaces. In the last analysis they feel the tension in combining their public and private roles or their professional aspirations and motherhood roles.
A sociologically interpretative approach to the Fettullah Gülen community movement
(Thesis (M.A.)- Bogazici University. Institute of Social Sciences, 1997., 1997.) Kömeçoğlu, Uğur.; Göle, Nilüfer,
The aim of this study is to draw a discursive profile of Fethullah Güllen community movement with respect to cultural meanings that are constructed to shape the Islamic identity of the community participants. First, I have tried to describe the dynamic process of meaning formation through religio-conservative values. Secondly, I have contextualized this problematic/ on the changing nature of public sphere by depicting the transformative influence of sacred-private over the profane-public. I showed that this community movement tries to carve a space for the creation of a conservative model of public sphere through the discursive practices of an Islamic inner world. The research this thesis based on was conducted between January 1996 and July 1997, in Istanbul.
Turkish medical doctors: |historical experience and self-narratives
(Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute of Social Sciences, 1998., 1998.) Terzioğlu, Ayşecan.; Öncü, Ayşe.
This thesis addresses a broadly fonnulated question: Why do medical doctors in Turkey conceive themselves as the voice of authority on a broad range of social and political issues which extend beyond their professionalmedical expertise? In pursuing answers to this question, it focuses on three analytically distinct sets of factors which contribute to the self-conceptions of medical doctors in contemporary Turkey: a) the historical experiences and narratives of earlier generations of doctors who were a part of the nation-building project and who were important social and political actors in the process of transition from Empire to nationhood; b) career experiences of medical doctors in the context of ongoing changes in the social and political positions of the medical profession as well as the health sector; c) power relationships between doctors and their patients in hospital contexts Each chapter of the thesis explores one of these complex and interlinked sets of factors, using information gathered from various som"ces. These sources of infonnation include autobiographies written by earlier genera:tions of doctors; interviews wi thmedical doctors currently in mid-career, as well as observation of doctor-patient relations in hospital settings.
The iconography of Taksim square: competing claims on a public space
(Thesis (M.A.)- Bogazici University. Institute of Social Sciences, 2000., 2000.) Baykal, Güldem.; Öncü, Ayşe.
This thesis focuses on Taksim Square in istanbul, which is one of the most significant public places in Turkey. What lends the site significance is the multitude of meanings and readings that have been attached to it. The continuous tension between competing representations of the place and alternate projects centering on its use and meaning tum the square into a 'contested space'. The research explores how different social and political actors seek to interpret the meaning(s) and use(s) of the square in different ways. It concurrently aims to demonstrate how this place is unceasingly remade and reconstructed through the ongoing struggle on its morphology and symbolism. The thesis deals with the discursive construction of space within a theoretical framework, which makes it possible to relate the spatial category with some concepts of cultural politics like social memory, collective identity, and national discourse.
Performance as a strategy for women's liberation: practices of the theatre of the oppressed in Okmeydanı Social Center
(Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2004., 2003.) Karabekir, Jale.; Özbay, Ferhunde,
This study aims to analyze the practices of the theatre of the oppressed with women in the Okmeydanı Social Center, along with women's narratives on these practices and the social center itself, in terms of women's strategies for liberation within the context of Turkey. The thesis aims to show that the perspective that approaches the issue of women's liberation within the framework of modern education discourses and their practices fail to develop strategies for women in their everyday life. The main argument of this thesis is that the theatre of the oppressed provides a space and a tool for women in terms of their emancipation, transformation and helps them to develop strategies for resisting patriarchy.This thesis discusses the premises of considering the theatre of the oppressed and performance as a feminist method for women's liberation, as a means of deciphering the construction of gender identities, gendered organization of everyday life and the patriarchal power relations.
Belonging to Imbros: citizenship and sovereignty in the Turkish Republic
(Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2003., 2003.) Babül, Elif Müyesser.; Sirman, Nükhet,
This study aims to analyse the narratives and practices of belonging in Imbros, and the implications of those narratives and practices of belonging related to the larger issues of governmentality and sovereignty in Turkey in general. Based on the ethnographic analysis of the island along with the narrative analysis of the interviews conducted during the fieldwork, it intends to address migration and belonging as issues of governmentality and sovereignty. In that sense, the thesis aims to problematize the concept of citizenship with regard to its relation to power and authority. It claims that the emergence of citizenship in the republican Turkey refers to a cultural process of subjectivation and a form of governmentality through the regulation of the legitimate way of belonging to a place within the national borders.Through the definition of Imbros in terms of marginal and exceptional, where the contestations over belonging take place currently, this thesis argues that looking at the ways in which these terms operate on the island reveals the undeclared of the republican citizenship and governmentality related to ethnicity, religion, nativeness, land and locality.
The lost lullaby and other stories about being an Armenian in Turkey
(Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2004., 2004.) Bilal, Melissa.; Ahıska, Meltem.
This thesis tries to understand the experience of being an Armenian in Turkey today. It focuses on lullabies as a gendered medium of transmitting memories. By analyzing the change in the contexts within which lullabies are transmitted today, it argues that displacement and loss are two interrelated experiences shaping the sense of being an Armenian in Turkey. By conceptualizing these experiences as tools for understanding the cultural politics in Turkey, liberal perspective of multiculturalism is criticized in this thesis. It is argued that such a perspective dwells on the idea of dead cultures since it cuts the link between the past and the present with regard to the existence of different cultures in Anatolia and its destruction.In a context where the Armenian culture is represented as detached from its lived experiences and memory, it becomes impossible to share the grandmothers' stories in the public sphere and the loss itself becomes the experience of Armenianness. Young Armenians in Istanbul today, in their search for the Armenian identity, develop a certain way of belonging to the space and culture that is shaped very much by the experience of loss.
Social space, leisure time and changing youth cultures in Boğaziçi University since the 70s
(Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2004., 2004.) Şenoğuz, Hatice Pınar.; Yenal, Zafer.
The aim of the thesis is to contribute to the discussions on the current neo-liberal restructuring of higher education in Turkish context. The neo-liberal restructuring not only implies the institutional changes, but it also transforms the social space and the social relations of everyday life. It could be argued that the current discussions concerning the restructuring of higher education remain limited, as they do not tend to conceptualize the implications of such transformation to the everyday life of the students. As universities become more commercial, dominant forms of sociality and lifestyles also change. The inquiry of changing youth cultures could illustrate how the emergent forms of sociality and lifestyles lead the students to adapt themselves to new relations of power and control. My principal concern is to trace the changing cultural representations of youth, leisure and space in Boğaziçi University since the 1970s. I compare the 1970s generation and the generation of 1990s in order to understand how the cultural representations give way to emergent forms of sociality and lifestyles in different decades. In the thesis, I argue that the aesthetic and cultural processes such as cultural fragmentation and aestheticization of everyday life are influential in shaping the youth cultures since the 1970s. Although the youth cultures of the 1970s display the early emergence of a consumerist culture, they are also marked with a political discourse that underlined the class identities and the nationalistic and developmentalist concerns in line with the anti-imperialist struggle. Thus, the youth cultures of the 1970s also constituted a counter-cultural tendency, opposing the individualistic culture in the campus space. On the contrary, the youth cultures of the 1990s point to the fact that social identities become more fluid and culture got fragmented. They are marked by the emergent lifestyles associated with leisure and consumption activities. The thesis elaborates on the aesthetic and cultural processes embedded in various uses of space and the concomitant constitution of youth identities as well. It is demonstrated that the campus space increasingly takes on an iconographic character in the 1990s and turns out nearly a commodity which is to be rented and marketized as the image of the university. These processes also afford visibility to companies and to the cultural consumption styles that place an emphasis upon the bodily display of tastes. As the space turns out to a medium of exchange of looks, emergent spaces of public display not only expose the students to the display of new tastes, but also afford pleasure and satisfaction derived from looking. The thesis demonstrates that these processes could also inform new forms of symbolic resistance.

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