Barış Ülker
Biographic Data
| ID | 1253744 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Barış Ülker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Barış |
| FAMILY NAME | Ülker |
| SIGNATURE | ÜLKER B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Technische Universität Berlin |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Taking Care of Others and the Self through Islamic Funeral Service in Berlin
This article examines how Islamic funeral services contribute to the production of care in Berlin. Deriving from participant observations, in-depth interviews with migrant undertakers with Turkish backgrounds, and a collection of textual and visual materials, the article focuses on the practices of migrant undertakers. Against the essentialist arguments inherent to the identity politics of the existing scholarship on migrant death in Berlin and i…
The Bureaucratic Production of Difference
The Bureaucratic Production of Difference: Ethos and Ethics in Migration Administrations." Journal of Intercultural Studies, 43(3), pp. 450–451
Urban Transformations
The interactions between urban spaces and their dwellers between the mid-nineteenth century and the end of the Weimar Republic in Germany have been comprehensively studied from various disciplinary perspectives. Parker Daly Everett’s most recent book contributes to this literature by emphasizing the role of transformation and the discourses surrounding it in contemporary analyses of urban relations. In short, the book examines how historical acto…
Ethnic/Immigrant Entrepreneurship Through the Yellow Pages in Berlin
Space is not an ontologically given entity; following this line of reasoning, the paper explores the concept of ethnic/immigrant entrepreneurship in Berlin relying on the yellow pages directory Gelbe Seiten – İş Rehberi (IR, published in German and Turkish). This particular yellow pages directory has become a spatial reflection of migrant entrepreneurial activities since 1996. It has also been playing a crucial role in the self‐representation of …
Modernism as Memory
Since the late nineteenth century, modernism and memory have increasingly come to influence various aspects of urban life in Europe. As a historian of early modern and modern architecture, Kathleen James-Chakraborty has, in previous works, thoroughly examined the relationships between German architecture and modernism. Now, in her newest book, she explores the role of ‘remembering’ modernism in the construction of German national identity, throug…
Taking Care of Others and the Self through Islamic Funeral Service in Berlin
This article examines how Islamic funeral services contribute to the production of care in Berlin. Deriving from participant observations, in-depth interviews with migrant undertakers with Turkish backgrounds, and a collection of textual and visual materials, the article focuses on the practices of migrant undertakers. Against the essentialist arguments inherent to the identity politics of the existing scholarship on migrant death in Berlin and i…
Modernism as Memory
Since the late nineteenth century, modernism and memory have increasingly come to influence various aspects of urban life in Europe. As a historian of early modern and modern architecture, Kathleen James-Chakraborty has, in previous works, thoroughly examined the relationships between German architecture and modernism. Now, in her newest book, she explores the role of ‘remembering’ modernism in the construction of German national identity, throug…
Ethnic/Immigrant Entrepreneurship Through the Yellow Pages in Berlin
Space is not an ontologically given entity; following this line of reasoning, the paper explores the concept of ethnic/immigrant entrepreneurship in Berlin relying on the yellow pages directory Gelbe Seiten – İş Rehberi (IR, published in German and Turkish). This particular yellow pages directory has become a spatial reflection of migrant entrepreneurial activities since 1996. It has also been playing a crucial role in the self‐representation of …
Urban Transformations
The interactions between urban spaces and their dwellers between the mid-nineteenth century and the end of the Weimar Republic in Germany have been comprehensively studied from various disciplinary perspectives. Parker Daly Everett’s most recent book contributes to this literature by emphasizing the role of transformation and the discourses surrounding it in contemporary analyses of urban relations. In short, the book examines how historical acto…
The Bureaucratic Production of Difference
The Bureaucratic Production of Difference: Ethos and Ethics in Migration Administrations." Journal of Intercultural Studies, 43(3), pp. 450–451
Taking Care of Others and the Self through Islamic Funeral Service in Berlin
This article examines how Islamic funeral services contribute to the production of care in Berlin. Deriving from participant observations, in-depth interviews with migrant undertakers with Turkish backgrounds, and a collection of textual and visual materials, the article focuses on the practices of migrant undertakers. Against the essentialist arguments inherent to the identity politics of the existing scholarship on migrant death in Berlin and i…
Sociology (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · History (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Entrepreneurship (2 works) · Ethnic group (2 works)