Noah Arjomand
Biographic Data
| ID | 197923 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Noah Arjomand |
| GIVEN NAMES | Noah |
| FAMILY NAME | Arjomand |
| SIGNATURE | ARJOMAND N |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Every Turk Is Born a Soldier
This essay follows a young barber named Mehmet as he joins the Turkish military in the wake of the country's July 15, 2016, coup attempt. Mehmet's preconscription rituals are used as an synecdochic entry point for a discussion of masculine dignity and control over public space as key dimensions of postcoup Turkish politics. The rituals that Mehmet plays out the night before basic training mirror the larger-scale symbolic and physical advance of P…
The Struggle for Kabul's Libraries
In this essay, the libraries of Kabul serve as a microcosm of the international “capacity-building” project in Afghanistan. Visions of modern and digital library systems have run into the realities of donors interested in quick “success stories” more than programs that work long-term, competition for resources and skilled labor between state and nongovernmental organizations, and a cultural conception of information as a resource to be privately …
Every Turk Is Born a Soldier
This essay follows a young barber named Mehmet as he joins the Turkish military in the wake of the country's July 15, 2016, coup attempt. Mehmet's preconscription rituals are used as an synecdochic entry point for a discussion of masculine dignity and control over public space as key dimensions of postcoup Turkish politics. The rituals that Mehmet plays out the night before basic training mirror the larger-scale symbolic and physical advance of P…
The Struggle for Kabul's Libraries
In this essay, the libraries of Kabul serve as a microcosm of the international “capacity-building” project in Afghanistan. Visions of modern and digital library systems have run into the realities of donors interested in quick “success stories” more than programs that work long-term, competition for resources and skilled labor between state and nongovernmental organizations, and a cultural conception of information as a resource to be privately …
Every Turk Is Born a Soldier
This essay follows a young barber named Mehmet as he joins the Turkish military in the wake of the country's July 15, 2016, coup attempt. Mehmet's preconscription rituals are used as an synecdochic entry point for a discussion of masculine dignity and control over public space as key dimensions of postcoup Turkish politics. The rituals that Mehmet plays out the night before basic training mirror the larger-scale symbolic and physical advance of P…
Political science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Balkans: History, Politics, Society (1 work) · Citizenship (1 work) · Cosmopolitanism (1 work) · Dignity (1 work) · Engineering (1 work) · Gender Studies (1 work)