Professor Meral Özbek
Visiting Research Fellow, Manchester (Nov 2009- Apr 2010).
Mimar Sinan Güzel Sanatlar University, Turkey
Research Interests
My principal academic interests lie in the general field of culture and politics. I am interested in sociology of culture, popular culture and texts, everday life, public sphere, urban space and social movements (inequality and difference, and collective-individual experience).
Publications
- (ed.), Kamusal Alan (Public Sphere), Istanbul, Hill Yayinlari, 2005.
- “Giris: Kamusal Alanin Sinirlari” (Introduction: The Limits of Public Sphere), Kamusal Alan (Public Sphere), M. Özbek (ed.), Istanbul, Hill Yayinlari, 19-90, 2005.
- “Giris: Politik Kamusal Alan ve Kolektif Yaraticilik” (Introduction: Political Public Sphere and Collective Creativity), Kamusal Alan (Public Sphere), M. Özbek (ed.), Istanbul, Hill Yayinlari, 181-232, 2005.
- “Giris: Kamusal-Özel Alan, Kültür ve Tecrübe” (Introduction: Public-Private Spheres, Culture and Experience), Kamusal Alan (Public Sphere), M. Özbek (ed.), Istanbul, Hill Yayinlari, 443-500, 2005.
- “Kamusal Alan Kavraminin Kamusallasmasi ve Kamu Otoritelerinin Kamusal-Özel Alan Söylemleri”(The Publicness of the Concept of Public Sphere, and the Discourses of Private-Public Sphere of the Public Authorities), Kamusal Alan (Public Sphere), M. Özbek (ed.), Istanbul, Hill Yayinlari, 2004, 515-528.
- "Ahmet Oktay: Popular Culture in Turkey",Bogaziçi University Journal, no. 1-2, volume 18, 177-180, 2004.
- "Kentsel Mekan, Toplum, Bilissel Harita ve Planlama"(Urban Space, Society, Cognitive Mapping and Planning), Çevre Tümdür, Deniz Incedayi (der), Istanbul, Baglam Yayinlari, 175-208, 2002.
- "Walter Benjamin Okumak-I" (Reading Walter Benjamin-I), SBF Dergisi, cilt. 55, no. 2, 70-96, Haziran 2000.
- "Walter Benjamin Okumak- II"(Reading Walter Benjamin-II), SBF Dergisi, cilt. 55, no. 3, 104-131, Eylül 2000.
- "Walter Benjamin Okumak-III"(Reading Walter Benjamin-III),SBF Dergisi, cilt. 55, no. 4, 84-110, Aralik 2000.
- “Uygarlik, Kültür ve Romantik Hareket” (Civilization, Culture and the Romantic Movement), Iletisim, GÜ ILEF Yayinlari, no. 7, Güz 2000.
- "Arabesk Culture: A Case of 'Modernization' and Popular Identity ", Rethinking Modernity and National Identity in Turkey, S. Bozdagan, R. Kasaba (ed), Seattle, University of Washingon Press, 211-232, 1997.
- “Mekansal ve Kültürel Haritalar: Istanbullu Kadin Ögrencilerden Yasam ve Göç Öyküleri"(Spatial and Cultural Maps: Migration and Life Stories from Female Students in Istanbul), Defter, no.32, 110-127, 1997.
- Kültür Grubu, ein Gender-Projekt aus Istanbul (A Gender Project, Istanbul),Rote Fabrik, Shedhalle Publications, 1996.
- "Iletisim Egitimi Üzerine" (On Education in Communications) , Yillik'92, Ankara Üniversitesi Iletisim Fakültesi Yayinlari, Ankara, 307-327, 1993.
- Popüler Kültür ve Orhan Gencebay Arabeski (Popular Culture and Orhan Gencebay Arabesque) Istanbul, Iletisim Yayinlari, 1991.
Contact Details
email:meral.ozbekbostancioglu@manchester.ac.uk; meral_ozbek@yahoo.com