49 research outputs found
'Alterity' at the 29th International Adana Golden Ball Film Festival 2022
No full textAlterity
2011 / 18’ 54” / Black and White / Turkey and United Kingdom
Director: Ergin Çavuşoğlu
Screenplay: Ergin Çavuşoğlu (based on converging conceptual elements from Robert Bresson’s “Au Hasard Balthazar” (1966) and “Crystal & Flame” (2010) by Ergin Çavuşoğlu)
Director of Photography: Emre Erkmen
Music: Music Schubert - Piano Sonata No. 20 and Esben Tjalve
Performed by Esben Tjalve
Editing: Ergin Çavuşoğlu
Sound Edit: Jonathan Cronin
Cast: Dilay Tüzün, Hazel Ece Tüzün, Umut Yontar, Hasan Kaşıkçı, Ahmet Bedel, Yavuz Deveci, İsmet Çavuşoğlu, Zeki Alemdar, Söner Deniz, Şaban Kokaş
Producer: Ergin Çavuşoğlu and RAMPA, Istanbul
Line Producer: İsmet Çavuşoğlu
Distribution: Ergin Çavuşoğlu
Summary:
Alterity was produced in 2011 as a gesture of conceptual engagement and clarification bridging two converging cinematographic ideas. On the one hand, the film reinforces the influence of “brute reality and the asininities of destiny” (Steven Bode and Sara Raza; 2011; Ergin Cavusoglu – Alterity), alluding to Robert Bresson’s film ‘Au Hazard, Balthazar’. On the other hand, it invokes directly in its iconography and symbolism a key element in Çavuşoğlu’s video work from 2010 entitled Crystal & Flame (2010). One screen of this multichannel video installation shows a narrator telling a story about an alternate economy and illicit trade of smuggling that employs children to transport black market goods on donkeys’ backs between the landmine-strewn Turkish and Syrian border, resulting in inevitable death. In Bresson’s film, a humble donkey enacts its own “lumpen via dolorosa, as it is passed on from owner and subjected to increasing indignities” (Bode and Raza; 2011). Alterity thus fuses the two tales intentionally bypassing the ill fate of the children in both stories to depict the donkey as the martyred central protagonist in a suspense-ridden tale of morality and treason set against the rural and rugged scenes of nature. The film was produced in Bressonian ascetic style working with non-professional actors on location in Malkara. The landscape is reminiscent of the one in Bresson’s film - the Pre-Pyrenees in France
Extending the diversity conversation: Fashion consumption experiences of underrepresented and underserved women
No full textThis research brings in the voice of underserved and underrepresented women of various racial or ethnic origins and social classes, who have differing buying powers, sexual orientations, body shapes, and physical appearances, into the conversation of fashion diversity. Through a qualitative inquiry with 38 semi-structured in-depth interviews, the researchers analyzed the consumption experiences of diverse women to expose what the fashion scene is lacking. The study\u27s main contribution is the depiction of overlooked diversity categories in fashion, such as the non-White and non-Black women of color, women of average sizes, and women with characteristics that the fashion industry has long seen as flaws. For women\u27s physical and psychological well-being, the authors of this study hope to lead fashion producers and researchers into a new era of diversity and minimize certain consumer groups\u27 exclusion through discrimination, isolation, and segregation
Knowledge Economy and North Cyprus
No full textAbstractIt is very well known in the knowledge management literature that knowledge has become an engine of social, economic and cultural development in today's world. Involvement of education in economic growth occurs through creation of new knowledge and transfer of knowledge and information. Better educated individuals will later become an innovator or creator of new technology. Schools provide the education necessary to understand this new information and technology. Education is a vital factor for the accumulation of intellectual capital to reach economic growth. As a small developing island with its eleven universities, government assigning education is one of the locomotive sectors of the North Cyprus economy. Today's globalised world, transforming economies from traditional labour based production technique to modern knowledge based production technique is inevitable. Rise of knowledge and technology- intensive jobs and economic activities, investment in knowledge based assets and increasing well qualified and educated workforces indicates the knowledge based economic transformation is necessary and inevitable for rapid economic growth. The main purpose of this paper is to point out knowledge and knowledge based economies and creates both the public and government awareness about knowledge based economy in North Cyprus. The paper also investigates the importance of human capital, intellectual capital and intangible assets in production process and emphasizes the importance of technology based highly productive production systems and their impact on economic development. The study will be a reference to other small economies as well
Social Credibility: Trust Formation in Social Commerce
No full textTrust formation in informal social commerce, also considered lateral exchange markets (LEMs) on social media platforms, has different dynamics from e-commerce and traditional consumerto‐ consumer (C2C) exchange. These online markets are massive in scale; thus, it is an important phenomenon in consumer research. With a holistic perspective, we conducted in-depth interviews with Instagram consumers and sellers. Our research is among the first to reveal an empirical understanding of the critical dynamics of trust formation in LEMs within social commerce and contribute to theory by introducing a novel dimension termed social credibility. Social credibility surpasses the source credibility evaluations one step further from assessing the source itself to assess the credibility of the individuals who contribute to the source\u27s reputation, such as reviewers, followers, and customers. Thus, we define social credibility as customers’ assessments of LEM sellers’ credibility through perceived homophily with other reviewers, followers, and customers
Evaluation of the performance of MALDI-TOF MS and DNA sequence analysis in the identification of mycobacteria species
No full textBackground/aim: Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry is an alternative way of identifying mycobacteria via the analysis of biomolecules. It is being increasingly used in routine microbiology practice since it permits early, rapid, and cost-effective identification of pathogens of clinical importance. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the efficacy of phenotypic identification of mycobacteria by the MALDI-TOF MS MBT Mycobacteria Library (ML) 4.0 (Bruker, Daltonics) compared to standard sequence analysis. Materials and methods: A total of 155 Mycobacterium clinical and external quality control isolates, comprising nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) (n = 95) and the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTC) (n = 60), were included in the study. Results: Identification by MBT ML4.0 was correctly performed in 100% of MTC and in 91% of NTM isolates. All of the MTC isolates were correctly differentiated from NTM isolates. Conclusion: Based on our results, MBT ML4.0 may be used reliably to identify both NTM and MTC
Urotensin receptor antagonist palosuran attenuates cyclosporine-a-induced nephrotoxicity in rats
No full textCavusoglu, Turker/0000-0001-7100-7080; uyanikgil, Yigit/0000-0002-4016-0522; Kozcu, Fatma Gul/0000-0003-1304-8065; uyanikgil, Yigit/0000-0002-4016-0522Background. Cyclosporine-A (CsA) is widely used for immunosuppressivetherapy in renal transplantation. Nephrotoxicity is the main dose-limiting undesirable consequence of CsA. Urotensin II (U-II), a novel peptide with a powerful influence on vascular biology, has been added to the list of potential renal vascular regulators. Upregulation of the urotensin receptors and elevation of plasma U-II levels are thought to possibly play a role in the etiology of renal failure. Objectives. the present study examines this hypothesis by evaluating renal function and histology with regard to the potential role of U-II and its antagonist, palosuran, in the pathogenesis of CsA-induced nephrotoxicity in rats. Material and methods. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were treated with CsA (15 mg/kg, for 21 days, intraperitoneally) or CsA + palosuran (300 mg/kg, for 21 days). Renal function was measured and histopathology, U-II immunostaining and protein detection with western blotting of the kidneys were performed. Results. Cyclosporine-A administration caused a marked decline in creatinine clearance (Ccr). Fractional sodium excretion (FENa) tended to increase in the CsA-treated rats. Plasma U-II levels decreased in the CsA-treated rats. Cyclosporine-A treatment resulted in a marked deterioration in renal histology and an increase in the expression of U-II protein in the kidneys. Palosuran's improvement of renal function manifested as a significant decrease in serum creatinine levels and a significant increase in urine creatinine levels, resulting in a marked increase in Ccr. Palosuran produced a significant normalization of kidney histology and prevented an increase in U-II expression. Conclusions. Cyclosporine-A-induced renal impairment was accompanied by an increase in U-II expression in kidneys and a contrary decrease in systemic U-II levels. Palosuran improved the condition of rats suffering from renal dysfunction by preventing the decrease in renal U-II expression without affecting the systemic levels of U-II. the protective effect of palosuran in CsA nephrotoxicity is possibly independent of its U-II receptor antagonism
But a storm is blowing from paradise: contemporary art of the Middle East and North Africa (2016), Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
No full textCrystal & Flame (2010)
“Inspired by Italian author Italo Calvino’s unfinished book of lectures, Six Memos for the Next Millennium (1988), Ergin Çavuşoğlu weaves three seemingly unconnected but ultimately complimentary narratives into a dramatic meditation on social norms and moral codes. In one scenario, a man is seen cutting and polishing a diamond; in another, a group of actors rehearses The House with the Mezzanine, an 1896 play by Anton Chekov about a clash between peasants and city dwellers; and in a third, a group of friends discusses, over a Turkish meal, a proposed film about children forced to smuggle black-market goods across the treacherous Turkish-Syrian border. Where Calvino explores the application of ideas around polarity and regenerative force in a literary context, Çavuşoğlu makes them visual through the metaphorical opposition of images of crystal (the diamond) and flame (the restaurant’s grill).” (text from the Guggenheim Museum’s online collection catalogue)
Dust Breeding (2016)
“As its title suggests, Ergin Çavuşoğlu’s installation Dust Breeding makes reference to American photographer and painter Man Ray’s famous 1920 photograph Dust Breeding (Duchamp’s Large Glass with Dust Motes), which depicts the named artist’s iconic work in the studio having accumulated a year’s worth of environmental dirt. Çavuşoğlu’s reworking of this project also revolves around the documentation of ephemeral matter. The artist invites visitors to walk across a section of an anamorphic floor drawing based on a three-dimensional model of a cement factory in Turkey. Recording their actions with a closed-circuit television camera, he uses a monitor to relay the surreal-looking images, which seem to show visitors standing inside a sculpture.” (text from the Guggenheim Museum’s online collection catalogue
Splenosis mimicking pelvic mass
No full textBACKGROUND: Splenosis is a rare complication after splenectomy and generally does not cause clinical symptoms
Patterns of collaboration in four scientific disciplines of the Turkish collaboration network
No full textScientific collaboration networks, as a prototype of complex evolving networks, are studied in many aspects of their structure and evolving characteristics. The organizing principles of these networks also vary in different scientific disciplines, demonstrating that each discipline has specific connecting rules. Retrieving the co-authorship data from the ISI Web of Science, we constructed networks of four disciplines (engineering, mathematics, physics and surgery) as a subset of the Turkish scientific collaboration network spanning 33 years' data, To provide a comparative perspective on the network topologies, we studied some statistical and topological properties such as the number of authors, degree distributions, authors per paper and papers per author histograms and distributions. These properties yield that the rapid growth of high education in Turkey (i.e. doubling of the number of universities and students within the last decade) had boosted the number of publications and increased the level of collaborations in the scientific collaboration networks. We showed the occurrence of Matthew effect in career longevity distributions, and also outlined the Heaps' law relation in the scaling of the collaborations as well. We outlined the prominent properties of each subset, while the similarities and deviations from the interdisciplinary networks are also evaluated. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved
Fashion, consumer markets, and democratization
No full textPrevious research illustrates several attempts that consumers have made to create new markets when marketing organizations have not responded to their desires; however, individual efforts alone are insufficient to assure success in having voices heard. The effectiveness of these efforts heavily depends on the democratization of institutions. Discussions regarding the “democratization of fashion” have had some historical appeal in academia and popular media. However, an incomplete appraisal of democracy may have led to premature conclusions regarding fashion\u27s democratization. Affirming that democracy requires acceptance of differences and empowerment of different groups as a principle, this study conceptually and critically examines the history of the outcomes of fashion consumers\u27 attempts to have their voices heard and assesses the degree of democratization of the fashion market. Our research contributes to prior debates regarding the democratization of fashion by reviewing the pivotal chronological events in fashion history. Contrary to some previous views, it shows that diffusion of fashion to larger consumer segments across history does not automatically imply democratization of fashion, which has been greatly limited despite the potentials presented by the advents of sustainable fashion and digitalization in contemporary times. We conclude that the cycle of fashion becoming a principle of economic interest is largely the culprit for retarding democratization, and we offer reflections for key stakeholders in order to have a more democratic, sustainable, and inclusive fashion system
