Orienting Istanbul: Cultural Capital of Europe?

Introduction Deniz Gokturk, Adegreepek Tureli and Levent Soysal Part 1: Paths to Globalization 1. Istanbul into the Twenty-First Century AaaAular Keyder 2. The Soul of a City: Huzun, Keyif, Longing Engin IAuA n Part 2: Heritage and Regeneration Debates 3. Challenging the Neoliberal Urban Regime: Regeneration and Resistance in BaAuA buyuk and TarlabaAuA A-zlem Aunsal and Tuna Kuyucu 4. Contestations over a Living Heritage Site: The Case of Buyuk Valide Han AyAuegul Baykan, Zerrin Adegreeren Boynudelik, BelkA s UluoAulu and Burak Sevingen 5. Practices of Neo-Ottomanism: Making Space and Place Virtuous in Istanbul Jeremy F. Walton 6. Modelling Citizenship in Turkey's Miniature Park Adegreepek Tureli Part 3: The Mediatized City 7. The Spectator in the Making: Modernity and Cinema in Istanbul 1896-1928 Nezih ErdoAuan 8. Istanbul through Migrants' Eyes Adegreepek Tureli 9. Istanbul Convertible: A Magic Carpet Ride through Genres Deniz Bayrakdar and Elif AkcalA 10. Projecting Polyphony: Moving Images, Travelling Sounds Deniz Gokturk Part 4: Art in the City 11. Optimism Reconsidered: Curator Hou Hanru interviewed by Nilgun Bayraktar 12. Art in Istanbul: Contemporary Spectacles and History Revisited Jale Erzen 13. The Politics of Urban Arts Events: A Comparison of Istanbul and Berlin Banu Karaca Part 5: A European Capital? 14. The European Capital of Culture Programme and Istanbul 2010 Carola Hein 15. Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture: Towards a Participatory Culture? OAuuz A-ner 16. Counting as European: Jews and the Politics of Presence in Istanbul Marcy Brink-Danan 18. Future(s) of the City Levent Soysal Epilogue: Cultural Politics in the Kaleidoscope Michael Herzfeld

Deniz Gokturk is Associate Professor, German and Film Departments, University of California, Berkeley. Levent Soysal is Associate Professor of Anthropology, Department of Radio, Television, and Cinema, Kadir Has University, Istanbul. Adegreepek Tureli is Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of History of Art and Architecture, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.

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