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Research paper thumbnail of Between Hyper-Images and Aniconism

Intellect Books, Apr 1, 2008

Research paper thumbnail of Islamic Aniconism: Making Sense of a Messy Literature

Marilyn Zurmuehlen Working Papers in Art Education, 2004

Research paper thumbnail of The city as a site for interdisciplinary teaching and learning

International Journal of Education Through Art, 2011

In this article, the authors make a case for using the city as a classroom, and through semiotic ... more In this article, the authors make a case for using the city as a classroom, and through semiotic lenses, they reflect on the assignments and the outcomes of three courses they offered in diverse geographic locations. In these interdisciplinary courses they encouraged students to purposefully explore aspects of their cities and reflect on them as multifaceted theatrical performances. The pedagogical intention is to facilitate their students' engagement with the city's identity in ways they normally would not consider.

Research paper thumbnail of Between Hyper-Images and Aniconism: New Perspectives on Islamic Art in the Education of Artists

Educating artists for the future: learning at the …, 2008

BETWEEN HYPER-IMAGES AND ANICONISM: NEW PERSPECTIVES ON ISLAMIC ART IN THE EDUCATION OF ARTISTS I... more BETWEEN HYPER-IMAGES AND ANICONISM: NEW PERSPECTIVES ON ISLAMIC ART IN THE EDUCATION OF ARTISTS Ismail Ozgur Soganci My ... What Islam brought into the already-confusing debates was not a totally fresh set of nonrepresentational temperaments, buta ...

Research paper thumbnail of The Museum of Innocence: Five concepts for challenging the status quo in art education

International Journal of Education Through Art, 2017

In 2012, novelist Orhan Pamuk, recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in literature, created a museum ... more In 2012, novelist Orhan Pamuk, recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in literature, created a museum in Istanbul, Turkey. Awarded ‘European Museum of the Year’ by the Council of Europe in 2014, Pamuk’s Museum of Innocence represents a personal, local and small-scale model for museums. Crafted first as a novel of fiction and later as a real-life museum, the interplay of the novel–museum duo unfolds a love story through a collection of objects. The article, investigating Pamuk’s curatorial lenses in arranging the museum collection, elaborates on five concepts extracted from this unconventional museum: Proximity to everyday objects, suggestiveness, polyphony, enquiry through the arts, and emphasis on the individual. By examining these key concepts in relation to and within the museum context, the article encourages discussion to challenge the status quo in approaching artworks and provides insight towards relevant practice for art educators who have close proximity to current art practices...

Research paper thumbnail of An Interdisciplinary Study of Problematizing A Curricular Muteness

Despite various conflicting assertions in mass media, religious literature and daily conversation... more Despite various conflicting assertions in mass media, religious literature and daily conversations, Turkish art education, on curricular, instructional and research levels, remains mute on the issue of "the lawfulness of figurative representation" in Islam. By reviewing the history of aniconism, the avoidance of naturalistic figurative representation in the Turkish context, and presenting an overview of the transition from the visual traditions of the Ottoman Era to the Eurocentric practices of the Republic Era, I problematize the choices that shaped the current negligent attitude of Turkish art schooling toward the historically rooted aniconic tendencies. I include an interdisciplinary overview of the origins of aniconism in the general cultural context of Islam which intents to serve as an expansive knowledge base upon which art educators can build scenarios for relevant instruction. Through in-depth conversational interviews with ten middle school students from differin...

Research paper thumbnail of Re-attaching the Detached In-class Critical Analysis of Popular Media Images of Karagoz

Research paper thumbnail of Between Hyper-Images and Aniconism

Intellect Books, Apr 1, 2008

Research paper thumbnail of Islamic Aniconism: Making Sense of a Messy Literature

Marilyn Zurmuehlen Working Papers in Art Education, 2004

Research paper thumbnail of The city as a site for interdisciplinary teaching and learning

International Journal of Education Through Art, 2011

In this article, the authors make a case for using the city as a classroom, and through semiotic ... more In this article, the authors make a case for using the city as a classroom, and through semiotic lenses, they reflect on the assignments and the outcomes of three courses they offered in diverse geographic locations. In these interdisciplinary courses they encouraged students to purposefully explore aspects of their cities and reflect on them as multifaceted theatrical performances. The pedagogical intention is to facilitate their students' engagement with the city's identity in ways they normally would not consider.

Research paper thumbnail of Between Hyper-Images and Aniconism: New Perspectives on Islamic Art in the Education of Artists

Educating artists for the future: learning at the …, 2008

BETWEEN HYPER-IMAGES AND ANICONISM: NEW PERSPECTIVES ON ISLAMIC ART IN THE EDUCATION OF ARTISTS I... more BETWEEN HYPER-IMAGES AND ANICONISM: NEW PERSPECTIVES ON ISLAMIC ART IN THE EDUCATION OF ARTISTS Ismail Ozgur Soganci My ... What Islam brought into the already-confusing debates was not a totally fresh set of nonrepresentational temperaments, buta ...

Research paper thumbnail of The Museum of Innocence: Five concepts for challenging the status quo in art education

International Journal of Education Through Art, 2017

In 2012, novelist Orhan Pamuk, recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in literature, created a museum ... more In 2012, novelist Orhan Pamuk, recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in literature, created a museum in Istanbul, Turkey. Awarded ‘European Museum of the Year’ by the Council of Europe in 2014, Pamuk’s Museum of Innocence represents a personal, local and small-scale model for museums. Crafted first as a novel of fiction and later as a real-life museum, the interplay of the novel–museum duo unfolds a love story through a collection of objects. The article, investigating Pamuk’s curatorial lenses in arranging the museum collection, elaborates on five concepts extracted from this unconventional museum: Proximity to everyday objects, suggestiveness, polyphony, enquiry through the arts, and emphasis on the individual. By examining these key concepts in relation to and within the museum context, the article encourages discussion to challenge the status quo in approaching artworks and provides insight towards relevant practice for art educators who have close proximity to current art practices...

Research paper thumbnail of An Interdisciplinary Study of Problematizing A Curricular Muteness

Despite various conflicting assertions in mass media, religious literature and daily conversation... more Despite various conflicting assertions in mass media, religious literature and daily conversations, Turkish art education, on curricular, instructional and research levels, remains mute on the issue of "the lawfulness of figurative representation" in Islam. By reviewing the history of aniconism, the avoidance of naturalistic figurative representation in the Turkish context, and presenting an overview of the transition from the visual traditions of the Ottoman Era to the Eurocentric practices of the Republic Era, I problematize the choices that shaped the current negligent attitude of Turkish art schooling toward the historically rooted aniconic tendencies. I include an interdisciplinary overview of the origins of aniconism in the general cultural context of Islam which intents to serve as an expansive knowledge base upon which art educators can build scenarios for relevant instruction. Through in-depth conversational interviews with ten middle school students from differin...

Research paper thumbnail of Re-attaching the Detached In-class Critical Analysis of Popular Media Images of Karagoz