Urszula Woźniak – Shifting sensitivities in the diverse mahalle spaces of neoliberal Istanbul 11/7/2016
Kısa süreli IFEA üyelerinin müdahalesinin bir parçası olarak11 Temmuz 2016 Pazartesi saat 15:30’da IFEA’daUrszula Woźniak (Humboldt Üniversitesi)Sunum İngilizcedir Shifting sensitivities in the diverse mahalle spaces of neoliberal Istanbul In this presentation, I want to shed light on the negotiation of “sensitivities” (hassasiyet) in the new landscapes of not only ethnically diverse, but also sexual and gendered mahalle spaces of today’s Istanbul. The neighbourhoods of Tophane and Kurtuluş, two mahalle which allegedly mirror the two ends of a moral axis, reflect the complexity of the current political transformations that have been shaping both Turkey as a whole and Istanbul in particular. With my analysis of neighbourhood-based battles over norms and values, I want to examine how the mounting level of polarizing public moral talk reverberates