The Bartlett School of Architecture is hosting a symposium on ‘Field as Archive/Archive as Field: Architectural Insights from Contemporary Turkey‘ on 19 May 2017.
Please find the full programme here:
Attendance is free but booking is required (please see below).
Symposium Programme
9.30-10am Welcome and introduction by Prof Murray Fraser, Vice-Dean of Research, BSA
10-10.30am “Architectural Research i̶n̶ Unsettling Times: a Speculative Framework”
Dr Eray Çaylı, Teaching Fellow in Architectural History & Theory, BSA
10.30-11am Tea/coffee break
11am-12.30pm Session One: Archives
“Archival Narratives of Istanbul’s Historic Peninsula: Entangled Fields of Shared Authority and the Evasion of Responsibility” – Pınar Aykaç (BSA)
“Accumulating Facts / Enabling Histories: in Search of Late-Ottoman Architectural History in Turkey’s State Archives” – Dr Göksun Akyürek (Bahçeşehir University)
Response by Dr Zeynep Kezer (Newcastle University)
12.30-1.30pm Lunch
1.30-3pm Session Two: Fields
“Participation and Collective Production in the Field: Bottom-up Urban Transformation in an Istanbul Neighbourhood” – Dr Senem Doyduk (Sakarya University)
“On the Relational Nature of Architectural Fieldwork: Researching Displacement and Minorities on Imbros/Gökçeada” – Sevcan Ercan (BSA)
Response by Prof Peg Rawes (BSA)
3-3.30pm Tea/coffee break
3.30-5pm Session Three: Archiving Fields
“Landscapes of Uncertainty: the Politics and Ethics of Architectural Research on Illegalised Migration” – Merve Bedir (TU Delft)
“Documenting Violence and Destruction in Southeastern Turkey” – Emre Özyetiş (Mardin Artuklu University)
Response by Dr Davide Deriu (University of Westminster)
5-6pm Plenary session (chaired by Prof Jane Rendell, Director of Architectural History & Theory, BSA) and discussion on plans for publication
6-7.30pm Drinks reception