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Sanem Guvenc-Salgirli

Lecturer

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Education:

PhD Sociology

Bio

Dr. Sanem Guvenc is a sociologist, historian of medicine, social and political theorist and psychoanalyst who lived and taught on two continents before landing on the unceded, ancestral and traditional lands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish) and səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples. She was an adjunct professor in the Sociology Department of SUNY Binghamton, NY, and an Associate Professor of Sociology at Marmara University, Istanbul. She has been teaching in the Faculty of Culture and Community since 2017.

Research Interests

Sanem's research interest is to explore the points where art, science, psychoanalysis, social-political theory and social movements intersect and enter into conversation. She uses queer and feminist theory as her main compass, but the undercurrent of research where her questions stem from are psychoanalytic. Formations of subjecthood, contemporary forms of social bond, images and imaginations of the individual and society are part of her broader curiosities. She has published extensively in refereed academic journals, co-authored a book in Turkish on history and sociology of science, and authored catalog entries. She participated in the "Leaning Out of Windows" project, phase II onwards, as a scholar. She is currently completing her first monograph, "Void, its Ventriloquists, and their Encounters."

Thesis Supervision

Supervised Programs:

Courses

Course Name Department Course Code Term
Science SCIE 300 26/SP

Description

This course provides a thematic focus on a scientific subject and its relationship to cross disciplinary applications. Topics may include anatomy and biology among other branches of study. In addition to an examination of how scientific methods are understood and applied, students will also learn different conceptual approaches to understanding scientific thinking and process. (This course will fulfill the science requirement for students going on to a diploma in education.)

Each section of this course runs with a different topic. See here .

Pre-requisites

No prerequisites.

Social Science SOCS 300 26/SP

Description

This course offers the opportunity to study a specific discipline in the social sciences. Through a study of selected issues, which will change from time to time, students will gain a better understanding of contemporary social and cultural theories and the methods of analysis in the fields of anthropology, economics, political science, psychology, sociology, or women's studies, especially as they relate to critical issues in art and design.

Each section of this course runs with a different topic. See here .

Pre-requisites

No prerequisites.

Humanities HUMN 101 26/SP

Description

Continuing with the development of modes of literacy and visual/textual analysis initiated in HUMN 100: Academic Core I, this course will prioritize how representation makes meaning, and how art, media, design, and textual practices participate in a broader social and political sphere. Analysis of both visual images/objects and texts from a variety of historical periods, from the 16th century to the present day, will be emphasized through shared case studies (from Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, and the Americas), keywords, and themes. Throughout, an integrated approach to the humanities will be prioritized, involving the development of critical thinking, writing skills, and class participation and engagement. Combining weekly lectures and smaller breakout seminar sessions for art, design and media, students will be exposed to the specificities of a Humanities curriculum (drawing from Art Media + Design History, Visual Culture, English, Composition and Rhetoric, and Cultural and Media Studies), and to the conceptual and practical skills necessary for further courses in Critical + Cultural Studies, as well as their subsequent studies as a whole. As students persist in building the skill set necessary for critical and contextual inquiry, emphasis will be placed on processes of visual perception, the cultural meaning of images and objects, and their many intersections with knowledge, power, and technology. Throughout, students will be encouraged to situate their own practice in relation to a broader history of representation, in order to articulate their own perspective on what it means to participate in cultural production.

Pre-requisites

No prerequisites.

Humanities HUMN 101 26/SP

Description

Continuing with the development of modes of literacy and visual/textual analysis initiated in HUMN 100: Academic Core I, this course will prioritize how representation makes meaning, and how art, media, design, and textual practices participate in a broader social and political sphere. Analysis of both visual images/objects and texts from a variety of historical periods, from the 16th century to the present day, will be emphasized through shared case studies (from Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, and the Americas), keywords, and themes. Throughout, an integrated approach to the humanities will be prioritized, involving the development of critical thinking, writing skills, and class participation and engagement. Combining weekly lectures and smaller breakout seminar sessions for art, design and media, students will be exposed to the specificities of a Humanities curriculum (drawing from Art Media + Design History, Visual Culture, English, Composition and Rhetoric, and Cultural and Media Studies), and to the conceptual and practical skills necessary for further courses in Critical + Cultural Studies, as well as their subsequent studies as a whole. As students persist in building the skill set necessary for critical and contextual inquiry, emphasis will be placed on processes of visual perception, the cultural meaning of images and objects, and their many intersections with knowledge, power, and technology. Throughout, students will be encouraged to situate their own practice in relation to a broader history of representation, in order to articulate their own perspective on what it means to participate in cultural production.

Pre-requisites

No prerequisites.