Mit großer Vorfreude möchte ich für das Sommersemester 2024 an der Hochschule München ein Seminar vorstellen, auf das ich mich ganz besonders freue: „Technokulturen: Kunst, Technologie und gesellschaftlicher Wandel“ (Leitung Dr. Melike Şahinol). Dieses Seminar wird eine tiefgehende Untersuchung der immer enger werdenden Verflechtungen zwischen Kunst, Technologie und gesellschaftlichen Entwicklungen anbieten. Abstract representation of the […]
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Workshop: Beyond Boundaries: Persons, (Bio)Technologies, & the Law
From October 2nd to 3rd, I had the privilege of participating in the workshop “Beyond Boundaries: Persons, (Bio)Technologies, & the Law” in Wales, organized as part of the ‘Everyday Cyborgs 2.0: Law’s Boundary Work and Alternative Legal Futures‘ project and the ‘Hybrid Minds‘ project, coordinated by Dr. Joseph Roberts. The purpose of this workshop was […]
“Kellik nedir?” – Deutsche Welle için verdiğim röportaj ve konu ile ilgili videosu
Saç dökülmesi dünya çapında milyonlarca insanı etkilemekle birlikte genellikle estetik bir kusur olarak algılanmaktadır. Bu bağlamda, “Cartography of Hair:y_less Masculinities. A Comparison between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Republic of Turkey” projemde sosyolojik araştırma alanındaki uzmanlığım nedeniyle Durmuş Bayram tarafından bir video röportaj için seçildim. Saç ekimi, saç dökülmesiyle mücadele etmek için kullanılan […]
STS Meets Ethics – STS TURKEY & METU Applied Ethics Research Center Joint Conference 2023, October 31 – November 2 2023 (Ankara, Turkey)
We are thrilled to announce that this year’s STS TURKEY conference will be a joint conference, organized in collaboration with Middle East Technical University (METU) Applied Ethics Research Center (UEAM), and with the valuable support of UEAM, Bilkent University and STS Turkey. The event will take place at the Kültür ve Kongre Merkezi, METU Ankara, […]
Eine Vielfalt von Körperzukünften: Human Enhancement und die sozio-technische Perspektive
Als Soziologin am Orient-Institut Istanbul und Forscherin zum Thema Human Enhancement habe ich kürzlich Barbara Esser ein Interview gegeben, das im Magazin “Weltweit vor Ort” der Max Weber Stiftung im Themenheft “Zeitwende” veröffentlicht wurde. Der Beitrag “Eine Vielfalt von Körperzukünften” gibt Einblicke in meine Forschung und beleuchtet die Auswirkungen des Human Enhancement und somit Körpermodifikationen […]
How to make a difference: Free 3D printed devices for earthquake victims (Zeynep Karagöz), online lecture, 20.3.2023, 19:30 (Istanbul; GMT +3) / 17:30 (Berlin, GMT +1) / 11:30 a.m. (New York, EST)
We are pleased to invite you to an upcoming lecture sponsored by the Orient-Institut Istanbul, NYU center for disability studies and Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, featuring Zeynep Karagöz, pro-maker and co-founder of Robotel Türkiye. Online Lecture: How to make a difference: Free 3D printed devices for earthquake victims The online lecture offers an opportunity to […]
New publication: 3D printed children’s prostheses as enabling technology? The experience of children with upper limb body differences
I am happy to share my new publication: Şahinol, M. (2022), “3D printed children’s prostheses as enabling technology? The experience of children with upper limb body differences”, Journal of Enabling Technologies, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/JET-02-2022-0017 Abstract Purpose This paper examines the extent to which 3D printed children’s prostheses function as enabling technology. The focus lies […]
Sammelband: Upgrades der Natur, künftige Körper. Interdisziplinäre und internationale Perspektiven
Upgrades der Natur, künftige Körper Interdisziplinäre und internationale Perspektiven >>> https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/978-3-658-31597-9.pdf Zu Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts verändert sich durch Entdeckungen und Entwicklungen in Feldern wie den Neurotechnologien und der Hirnforschung, der Gentechnik und synthetischen Biologie, der Prothetik und den Nanotechnologien auch unser Verständnis der Natur und des Menschseins. Vor diesem Hintergrund ist es das Ziel […]
Access and tinkering: designing assistive technologies as political practice–A discussion with Zeynep Karagöz, Thomas Miebach and Daniel Wessolek
Happy to share that our publication “Access and tinkering: designing assistive technologies as political practice” I co-authored with my colleagues from the research network “Dis/Abilities and Digital Media” funded by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) has been published on Emerald Insight: Bieling, T., Şahinol, M., Stock, R. and Wiechern, A. (2022), “Access and tinkering: designing assistive technologies […]
New publication: “VULVA STUDY. hidden but not undiscovered” in Conversation with “Manufacturing the Vulva”
I am very proud to share that the Art-Science Interaction article I co-authored with my sister Merve Şahinol has been published open access (enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL) in NanoEthics (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11569-022-00421-2). Abstract Cosmetic surgery and techno-medical manufacturing of the body are booming. The transformative potential of cosmetic surgery is used to shape and […]