Category: Other Publications

AbstractThis review discusses Dina Kiwan’s Academic Freedom and the Transnational Production of Knowledge (Cambridge University Press, 2024) and its relevance for migration studies. The book examines how geopolitical contexts, transnational academic networks, and institutional constraints shape knowledge production across borders. Drawing on 37 interviews with … more info

SummaryThis blog entry discusses the collection and availability of research data in Kazakhstan and the broader Central Asian region within the current political context. Drawing on the author’s experience conducting master’s, doctoral, and postdoctoral research using mixed methods — including surveys, interviews, focus groups, content … more info

AbstractThis book aims to deconstruct the public perceptions of the “Gypsy” and reclaim Romani memories as European values, with a particular focus on Hungary. Taking an interdisciplinary approach that draws on history, memory studies, sociology, social psychology, anthropology, and ethnography, it critically scrutinizes intergenerational antigypsyist … more info

AbstractThis article offers a phenomenological interpretation of Alexei Navalny’s political testimony through the concepts of futurity, active despair, skeptical epoche, and symbolic institution. Rather than approaching Navalny primarily as an opposition politician, it examines the existential and symbolic structures underlying his political practice. The argument … more info

AbstractThe right of children to access information and media messages is considered one of the important manifestations of children’s rights, and alongside it, their protection and safeguarding against the media is of great importance. After the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the … more info

AbstractWith the increase in economic participation opportunities for women, the level of the society’s economy will develop and women will achieve an independent income. Therefore, efforts have been made to increase the presence of women in the labor market and to play an active role … more info

AbstractThe following Current Debate section brings together three testimonies by scholars working on or with connections to Myanmar, Afghanistan and Palestine, framed by an introductory reflection on the concepts of scholasticide and epistemicide. Drawing on personal experiences as researchers and academics affected by war, authoritarianism, … more info

AbstractThis chapter explores the essence of Edmund Husserl’s genetic phenomenology as a means of revealing how the historical dimension of consciousness manifests for transcendental phenomenology. Genetic analysis of consciousness leads, on one hand, to the interpretation of the world as a network of semantic references—a … more info

Abstract Afghanistan has twice embarked on significant modernization efforts, both of which ended in failure and continue to shape the country’s ongoing crises. The first failure occurred during the Amani period, when clergy and religious groups rebelled against reforms, while the second failure emerged with … more info

Abstract Pozitivist bilim idealine içkin nesnellik anlayışı göz önünde bulundurulduğunda feminist bilim kavramının oksimoron olduğu düşünülebilir. Nihayetinde bu ideal bilimsel bilginin konumsuz bilgi olduğu yönünde normatif bir önkabul üzerine kuruludur ve açıkça konumlanmış feminist bilgi iddialarının bilimselliği bu çerçeve içerisinde anlamlandırılamaz. Öte yandan feminist bilim … more info