[Bilimsel Haber] Seeking a discussant:"Formation of the 'public' in Turkey", Istanbul, 8-10 September

[murakami at ide.go.jp]

Dear colleagues, 

We are seeking a discussant for a panel entitled "Formation of 'the 
public' in Turkey" at the 6th International Cultural Studies Conference 
that will be held at Kadir Has University in Istanbul,Turkey on 
September 8-10, 2011. 

Based on field research on disaster preparedness, the urban poor, and 
pious women’s NGO activities, the panel examines following questions: 
How do the everyday practice and vernacular logic of publicness 
intersect? How would the boundary between private interests and public 
concerns be negotiated? Would there be pressure to close the discursive 
space and what would make resistance against it possible? And, finally, 
what would change the hegemonic structure of the public in Turkey? 

The panel has already been accepted. If you are interested in the panel, 
please contact Kaoru Murakami at murakami at ide.go.jp.  

Kaoru Murakami 
Institute of Developing Economies(IDE), JAPAN
Email: murakami at ide.go.jp