The Madonna in the Fur Coat
By Sabahattin AliTranslated by David Gramling and Ilker Hepkaner Download PDF Abstract: With the consent of the original rights-holders Onk Ajans Instanbul and the author’s daughter Filiz Ali; translation rights for the novel in its entirety remain with Onk Ajans Istanbul. In this “Europe”, I expected I would learn a foreign language and read books in that language, […]
Translating Surfaces: A Dual Critique of Modernity in Sabahattin Ali’s Kürk Mantolu Madonna
Kristin Dickinson Download PDF Abstract: Introduction to David Gramling and Ilke Hepkaner’s translation of The Madonna in the Fur Coat. A trailblazer in the genre of social realism in Turkey, Sabahattin Ali was a leading author of the early Republican period. Based on his diverse experiences, Ali’s novels and short stories cover a diverse range of […]
Network Politics, Wireless Protocols, and Public Space / by Erik Born
Network Politics, Wireless Protocols, and Public Space Erik Born This paper unravels the implications of wireless technology (e.g., GPS, RFID, Wi-Fi) for our understanding of public space in the digital age. I argue that the current push for ubiquitous connectivity, even in community wireless networks and the open spectrum movement, still relies on a rhetoric […]
Perspectives on Cultural Memory: Aleida Assmann’s Berkeley Visit
Aleida Assmann’s recent visit to the University of California, Berkeley, October 28-29, 2013, brought local and academic communities together to participate in discussion on cultural memory and dealing with the past. Chair of English Literature and Literary Theory at the University of Konstanz and a leading scholar in cultural memory studies, Assmann began her two […]