Elif Kale-Lostuvalı
Biographic Data
| ID | 221976 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elif Kale-Lostuvalı |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elif |
| FAMILY NAME | Kale-Lostuvalı |
| SIGNATURE | KALE-LOSTUVALI E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Berkeley |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Two Sociologies of Science in Search of Truth: Bourdieu Versus Latour
The sociology of science seeks to theorize the social conditioning of science. This theorizing seems to undermine the validity of scientific knowledge and lead to relativism. Bourdieu and Latour both attempt to develop a sociology of science that overcomes relativism but stipulate opposite conditions for the production of scientific truths: while Bourdieu emphasizes autonomy, Latour emphasizes associations. This is because they work with oppositi…
Varieties of musical nationalism in Soviet Uzbekistan
This paper investigates how post-colonial studies may help us grasp the transformation of musical life in Central Asia. Drawing on the emphasis of post-colonial scholars on the variety of nationalisms, I examine the developments of musical life in Uzbekistan in the early Soviet period, and describe two kinds of musical nationalism—each symbolized by a musical object. While the kind of musical nationalism that gained strength in the early 1920s wa…
Negotiating State Provision: State-Citizen Encounters in the Aftermath of the İzmit Earthquake
The İzmit Earthquake (August 17, 1999) was the most destructive disaster in the history of the Turkish Republic and a major trial for the Turkish state. This article draws on the sociological literature on social citizenship and welfare states to examine the state provision process that followed the disaster. On the basis of ethnographic data collected in the aftermath of the earthquake, I describe how state provision was shaped by the everyday e…
Two Sociologies of Science in Search of Truth: Bourdieu Versus Latour
The sociology of science seeks to theorize the social conditioning of science. This theorizing seems to undermine the validity of scientific knowledge and lead to relativism. Bourdieu and Latour both attempt to develop a sociology of science that overcomes relativism but stipulate opposite conditions for the production of scientific truths: while Bourdieu emphasizes autonomy, Latour emphasizes associations. This is because they work with oppositi…
Negotiating State Provision: State-Citizen Encounters in the Aftermath of the İzmit Earthquake
The İzmit Earthquake (August 17, 1999) was the most destructive disaster in the history of the Turkish Republic and a major trial for the Turkish state. This article draws on the sociological literature on social citizenship and welfare states to examine the state provision process that followed the disaster. On the basis of ethnographic data collected in the aftermath of the earthquake, I describe how state provision was shaped by the everyday e…
Varieties of musical nationalism in Soviet Uzbekistan
This paper investigates how post-colonial studies may help us grasp the transformation of musical life in Central Asia. Drawing on the emphasis of post-colonial scholars on the variety of nationalisms, I examine the developments of musical life in Uzbekistan in the early Soviet period, and describe two kinds of musical nationalism—each symbolized by a musical object. While the kind of musical nationalism that gained strength in the early 1920s wa…
Negotiating State Provision: State-Citizen Encounters in the Aftermath of the İzmit Earthquake
The İzmit Earthquake (August 17, 1999) was the most destructive disaster in the history of the Turkish Republic and a major trial for the Turkish state. This article draws on the sociological literature on social citizenship and welfare states to examine the state provision process that followed the disaster. On the basis of ethnographic data collected in the aftermath of the earthquake, I describe how state provision was shaped by the everyday e…
Two Sociologies of Science in Search of Truth: Bourdieu Versus Latour
The sociology of science seeks to theorize the social conditioning of science. This theorizing seems to undermine the validity of scientific knowledge and lead to relativism. Bourdieu and Latour both attempt to develop a sociology of science that overcomes relativism but stipulate opposite conditions for the production of scientific truths: while Bourdieu emphasizes autonomy, Latour emphasizes associations. This is because they work with oppositi…
Political science (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Argument (complex analysis (1 works) · Art (1 works) · Assertion (1 works) · Colonialism (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works) · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice (1 works) · Diverse Musicological Studies (1 works) · History (1 works)