Today (25.11.2011), I've made a presentation at a conference organised by Netherlands Institute in Turkey. The theme of the conference was "Sidewalk Heritage" (the conference was in English). The title of my presentation was "The evolution of the gentrification process in Istanbul". The presentation analyzes the transformation of gentrification process in Istanbul through 30 years. The programme of the conference is below.
[Bugün, 25 Kasım 2011 Cuma, Netherlands Institute in Turkey (Hollanda Araştırma Enstitüsü) tarafından düzenlenen temalı sempozyumda bir sunuş yaptım... Sempozyum dili İngilizceydi. Sunuş başlığı. Soylulaşmanın İstanbul'da son 30 yıl içerisinde geçirdiği dönüşümü konu alıyor... Sempozyum programı aşağıda]
[Bugün, 25 Kasım 2011 Cuma, Netherlands Institute in Turkey (Hollanda Araştırma Enstitüsü) tarafından düzenlenen temalı sempozyumda bir sunuş yaptım... Sempozyum dili İngilizceydi. Sunuş başlığı. Soylulaşmanın İstanbul'da son 30 yıl içerisinde geçirdiği dönüşümü konu alıyor... Sempozyum programı aşağıda]
Sidewalk Heritage
The biography of streets:
historical, architectural, social and heritage perspectives
A symposium organized by the Netherlands Institute in Turkey, Istanbul - November 24-25, 2011
Preliminary Program
This international symposium aims to address urban
environments, and streets specifically, from the perspective of
various disciplines, such as architecture, architectural history,
history, archaeology, heritage studies, oral history, urban studies,
and other social sciences. The debate will be focused on theoretical
aspects as well as case studies of certain streets or neighbourhoods,
their histories and current developments in them.
Program
Day 1, November 24
10.00-10.15 Introduction
Session 1 Theories and methodologies
In this session the different natures and roles of streets, as well as differet
research methods that can be applied to the study of streets will be discussed
10.15-10.50 Between strategies and tactics: The micro history of
the city, Hüsnü Yeğenoğlu, Technical University
Eindhoven.
10.50-11.25 Need for streets, Pieter Uyttenhove, Ghent
University.
11.25-11.45 Coffee break
Session 2 Histories and biographies of streets
Streets are not given realities but worlds of ideas, memories, identities, social
unity and diversity. The biographies of streets can tell us a lot about their
nature, inhabitants, coninuities and changes over time.
11.45-12.20 Streets of “Istanbul” at the beginning of the 20th
century: exploring the spatial transformation of the
Central Business District, Eda Ünlü Yücesoy,
İstanbul Şehir Üniversitesi.
12.20-12.55 Hans Renes, University of Utrecht.
12.55-14.30 Lunch break
14.30-15.05 The memory of a street. Eight hundred years of
living in the Visserstraat in Breda, Wim Hupperetz,
Allard Pierson Museum and UvA.
15.05-15.40 Whose neighbourhood is Tarlabaşı?: the change in
the use/appropriation of space through the process
of urban renewal, Bahar Sakızlıoğlu, University of
Utrecht.
15.40-16.10 Coffee break
16.10-16.45 A way through diversity. Images and stages in the
development of the Grand Rue de Pera (İstiklal
Caddesi), Paolo Girardelli, Boğaziçi University.
16.45-17.15 General discussion
17.15 Drinks
Day 2, November 25
Session 3 Transformations: conflicts, compromises and
reconciliations
Architectural changes and social transformations in a street/neighbourhood
become visible through historical narratives and material presence. How do
changes made by architects, politics, inhabitants, the emergence of new
social groups effect the biography of a street?
14.00-14.35 Nuran Zeren Gülersoy, Istanbul Technical
University
14.35-15.10 The evolution of the gentrification process in
Istanbul, Tolga İslam, Yıldız Technical University
15.10-15.45 The gentrification of the city and the loss of its
public nature, Asu Aksoy, İstanbul Bilgi University.
5.45-16.10 Tea break
16.10-16.45 From Istanbul with love: a virtual stroll through the
invasion of commodity aesthetics in the city, Banu
Pekol, İstanbul Technical University.
16.45-17.20 Filtering İstanbul: an essay on stuffed mussels and
urban ruptures, Can Altay
17.20-17.55 Created heritage: search for a (re)new(ed) identity,
Elke Ennen, NHTV Breda University of Applied
Sciences and heritage specialist at ‘The Missing
Link’.
17.55-18.30 General discussion and concluding remarks
Netherlands Institute in Turkey
Hollanda Araştırma Enstitüsü
İstiklal Caddesi 181
Beyoğlu, Istanbul, Turkey
Tel: 0212 293 9283
Email: nit@nit-istanbul.org
Web: www.nit-istanbul.org
