Burç Köstem
Biographic Data
| ID | 183400 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Burç Köstem |
| GIVEN NAMES | Burç |
| FAMILY NAME | Köstem |
| SIGNATURE | KÖSTEM B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bilkent University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6437-3469 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
‘Jeff’s Balls’
This article examines Amazon’s Spheres, three spherical conservatories housing 40,000 plants that double as office space at the company’s headquarters. Constructed according to the principles of biophilic design, the Spheres are portrayed as improving worker productivity, creativity and well-being while signaling Amazon’s commitment to conservation. We question this premise and instead interpret the Spheres as sites of ideological inversion. This…
The Consummative Mood of Authoritarianism
The Production of Wounded Attachment
This article locates itself in the aftermath of the 2016 coup attempt in Turkey to study the cultural production of reactionary sentiment. Placing Wendy Brown's concept of “wounded attachment” in conversation with materialist and anticolonial theorizations of indignation in Turkey and beyond, the article explores the production of a reactionary mood that traverses affective, economic, technological, and cultural dynamics. In order to do so, it fo…
‘The world is sinking
From the construction of ports to the dredging of access corridors for ships and the production of asphalt and concrete, sand is an inextricable part of urban environments. Focusing on the molecular transformations of sand–from silt to concrete to rubble–the first half of this paper studies the geosocial history of Dubai over the course of the twentieth century, including the dredging of Dubai Creek, the making of Jebel Ali Port, and the construc…
Recommendation Systems as Technologies of the Self
The article brings to light the use of recommender systems as technologies of the self, complementing the observations in current literature regarding their employment as technologies of 'soft' power. User practices on the music recommendation website last.fm reveal that many users do not only utilize the website to receive guidance about music products but also to examine and transform an aspect of their self, i.e. their 'music taste'. The capac…
Recommendation Systems as Technologies of the Self
The article brings to light the use of recommender systems as technologies of the self, complementing the observations in current literature regarding their employment as technologies of 'soft' power. User practices on the music recommendation website last.fm reveal that many users do not only utilize the website to receive guidance about music products but also to examine and transform an aspect of their self, i.e. their 'music taste'. The capac…
The Consummative Mood of Authoritarianism
The Production of Wounded Attachment
This article locates itself in the aftermath of the 2016 coup attempt in Turkey to study the cultural production of reactionary sentiment. Placing Wendy Brown's concept of “wounded attachment” in conversation with materialist and anticolonial theorizations of indignation in Turkey and beyond, the article explores the production of a reactionary mood that traverses affective, economic, technological, and cultural dynamics. In order to do so, it fo…
Recommendation Systems as Technologies of the Self
The article brings to light the use of recommender systems as technologies of the self, complementing the observations in current literature regarding their employment as technologies of 'soft' power. User practices on the music recommendation website last.fm reveal that many users do not only utilize the website to receive guidance about music products but also to examine and transform an aspect of their self, i.e. their 'music taste'. The capac…
‘The world is sinking
From the construction of ports to the dredging of access corridors for ships and the production of asphalt and concrete, sand is an inextricable part of urban environments. Focusing on the molecular transformations of sand–from silt to concrete to rubble–the first half of this paper studies the geosocial history of Dubai over the course of the twentieth century, including the dredging of Dubai Creek, the making of Jebel Ali Port, and the construc…
The Consummative Mood of Authoritarianism
The Production of Wounded Attachment
This article locates itself in the aftermath of the 2016 coup attempt in Turkey to study the cultural production of reactionary sentiment. Placing Wendy Brown's concept of “wounded attachment” in conversation with materialist and anticolonial theorizations of indignation in Turkey and beyond, the article explores the production of a reactionary mood that traverses affective, economic, technological, and cultural dynamics. In order to do so, it fo…
‘Jeff’s Balls’
This article examines Amazon’s Spheres, three spherical conservatories housing 40,000 plants that double as office space at the company’s headquarters. Constructed according to the principles of biophilic design, the Spheres are portrayed as improving worker productivity, creativity and well-being while signaling Amazon’s commitment to conservation. We question this premise and instead interpret the Spheres as sites of ideological inversion. This…
Politics (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Scholarship (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Anthropocene (1 work) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 work) · Archaeology (1 work) · Artificial Intelligence (1 work)