The screening program Allegories from Turkey: Political Discourse through Cinema will take place on Friday, April 21, at 19:30 at the Waschhaus/Kino 2 in Potsdam. The screening program is part of Europe’s largest international student film festival, the Sehsüchte International Film Festival and will showcase four short films made by Emre Birişmen. Emre Birişmen’s cinema...
...READ MOREDissemination Activity: Queer Media Activism in Exile.
Şirin presented part of her research results at the MariCorners International Interdisciplinary Queer Studies conference. During the panel “Leaving the Circle: LGBT representation and resistance in Turkey”, Şirin looked at how LGBT individuals from Turkey based in Berlin use audio-visual practices such as music videos, documentaries and online news to create visibility for LGBT and...
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