Itır Erhart
Biographic Data
| ID | 4443340 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Itır Erhart |
| GIVEN NAMES | Itır |
| FAMILY NAME | Erhart |
| SIGNATURE | ERHART I |
| AFFILIATIONS | Istanbul Bilgi University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 52 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
The Aesthetics of Global Protest: Visual Culture and Communication
Protestors across the world use aesthetics in order to communicate their ideas and ensure their voices are heard. This book looks at protest aesthetics, which we consider to be the visual and performative elements of protest, such as images, symbols, graffiti, art, as well as the choreography of protest actions in public spaces. Through the use of social media, protestors have been able to create an alternative space for people to engage with pol…
Looking for truth in absurdity: Humour as community-building and dissidence against authoritarianism
What makes humour an honest and a direct communication tool for people? How do social networking and digital media transmit user-generated political and humorous content? Our research argues that the way in which humour is deployed through digital media during protest action allows protestors to assert humanity and sincerity against dehumanising political manipulation frameworks. Humorous content, to this extent, enables and is indicative of inde…
The symbol of social media in contemporary protest: Twitter and the Gezi Park movement
This article explores how Twitter has emerged as a signifier of contemporary protest. Using the concept of ‘social media imaginaries’, a derivative of the broader field of ‘media imaginaries’, our analysis seeks to offer new insights into activists’ relation to and conceptualisation of social media and how it shapes their digital media practices. Extending the concept of media imaginaries to include analysis of protestors’ use of aesthetics, it a…
Introduction: The Aesthetics of Global Protest : Visual Culture and Communication
Beyond the iconic protest images: The performance of ‘everyday life’ on social media during Gezi Park
Using the Gezi Park protests as a case study this article considers the performative component of protest movements including how and why protestors actively produce protest activity ‘on the ground’ and how this is expressed through visual images. It looks beyond iconic images which appear as emblematic of the protest and instead shifts our focus to consider the more ‘everyday’ or mundane activities which occur during a protest occupation, and ex…
Toward postheroic leadership: A case study of Gezi's collaborating multiple leaders
This article explores how the Gezi Park protests in Istanbul, Turkey, exemplify the changing character of contemporary social movements, where teamwork and collaboration are supported and the ability to empower, support, and engage others is emphasized. We argue that the role of leadership in social movements in general and in the Turkish Gezi context specifically goes beyond the creation of traditional leaders. This new form of leadership is dri…
United in Protest: From ‘Living and Dying with Our Colours’ to ‘Let All the Colours of the World Unite’
Istanbul's ‘Big Three’ football clubs, Beşiktaş, Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray, dominate the Turkish Super League. The matches between these fiercely rival teams, also known as ‘derbies’, are often intense and culminate in the eruption of violence, which has even been fatal on occasion. To many people's surprise, the anti-government protests which were sparked by outrage over police action against environmental protestors in May 2013 brought these e…
Ladies of Besiktas: A dismantling of male hegemony at Inönü Stadium
Founded by four friends in 2006, the fan group Ladies of Besiktas are supporters of one of the largest football clubs in Turkey, with hundreds of active members and representatives in almost all Turkish cities as well as in Germany and Japan. On their official Facebook page their mission is listed as reconciling the three seemingly contradictory concepts of 'women', 'football' and 'fandom' in Turkey. Their main fight is directed against the gende…
Beyond the iconic protest images: The performance of ‘everyday life’ on social media during Gezi Park
Using the Gezi Park protests as a case study this article considers the performative component of protest movements including how and why protestors actively produce protest activity ‘on the ground’ and how this is expressed through visual images. It looks beyond iconic images which appear as emblematic of the protest and instead shifts our focus to consider the more ‘everyday’ or mundane activities which occur during a protest occupation, and ex…
Looking for truth in absurdity: Humour as community-building and dissidence against authoritarianism
What makes humour an honest and a direct communication tool for people? How do social networking and digital media transmit user-generated political and humorous content? Our research argues that the way in which humour is deployed through digital media during protest action allows protestors to assert humanity and sincerity against dehumanising political manipulation frameworks. Humorous content, to this extent, enables and is indicative of inde…
United in Protest: From ‘Living and Dying with Our Colours’ to ‘Let All the Colours of the World Unite’
Istanbul's ‘Big Three’ football clubs, Beşiktaş, Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray, dominate the Turkish Super League. The matches between these fiercely rival teams, also known as ‘derbies’, are often intense and culminate in the eruption of violence, which has even been fatal on occasion. To many people's surprise, the anti-government protests which were sparked by outrage over police action against environmental protestors in May 2013 brought these e…
Ladies of Besiktas: A dismantling of male hegemony at Inönü Stadium
Founded by four friends in 2006, the fan group Ladies of Besiktas are supporters of one of the largest football clubs in Turkey, with hundreds of active members and representatives in almost all Turkish cities as well as in Germany and Japan. On their official Facebook page their mission is listed as reconciling the three seemingly contradictory concepts of 'women', 'football' and 'fandom' in Turkey. Their main fight is directed against the gende…
Toward postheroic leadership: A case study of Gezi's collaborating multiple leaders
This article explores how the Gezi Park protests in Istanbul, Turkey, exemplify the changing character of contemporary social movements, where teamwork and collaboration are supported and the ability to empower, support, and engage others is emphasized. We argue that the role of leadership in social movements in general and in the Turkish Gezi context specifically goes beyond the creation of traditional leaders. This new form of leadership is dri…
Ladies of Besiktas: A dismantling of male hegemony at Inönü Stadium
Founded by four friends in 2006, the fan group Ladies of Besiktas are supporters of one of the largest football clubs in Turkey, with hundreds of active members and representatives in almost all Turkish cities as well as in Germany and Japan. On their official Facebook page their mission is listed as reconciling the three seemingly contradictory concepts of 'women', 'football' and 'fandom' in Turkey. Their main fight is directed against the gende…
United in Protest: From ‘Living and Dying with Our Colours’ to ‘Let All the Colours of the World Unite’
Istanbul's ‘Big Three’ football clubs, Beşiktaş, Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray, dominate the Turkish Super League. The matches between these fiercely rival teams, also known as ‘derbies’, are often intense and culminate in the eruption of violence, which has even been fatal on occasion. To many people's surprise, the anti-government protests which were sparked by outrage over police action against environmental protestors in May 2013 brought these e…
Toward postheroic leadership: A case study of Gezi's collaborating multiple leaders
This article explores how the Gezi Park protests in Istanbul, Turkey, exemplify the changing character of contemporary social movements, where teamwork and collaboration are supported and the ability to empower, support, and engage others is emphasized. We argue that the role of leadership in social movements in general and in the Turkish Gezi context specifically goes beyond the creation of traditional leaders. This new form of leadership is dri…
Introduction: The Aesthetics of Global Protest : Visual Culture and Communication
Beyond the iconic protest images: The performance of ‘everyday life’ on social media during Gezi Park
Using the Gezi Park protests as a case study this article considers the performative component of protest movements including how and why protestors actively produce protest activity ‘on the ground’ and how this is expressed through visual images. It looks beyond iconic images which appear as emblematic of the protest and instead shifts our focus to consider the more ‘everyday’ or mundane activities which occur during a protest occupation, and ex…
The symbol of social media in contemporary protest: Twitter and the Gezi Park movement
This article explores how Twitter has emerged as a signifier of contemporary protest. Using the concept of ‘social media imaginaries’, a derivative of the broader field of ‘media imaginaries’, our analysis seeks to offer new insights into activists’ relation to and conceptualisation of social media and how it shapes their digital media practices. Extending the concept of media imaginaries to include analysis of protestors’ use of aesthetics, it a…
Looking for truth in absurdity: Humour as community-building and dissidence against authoritarianism
What makes humour an honest and a direct communication tool for people? How do social networking and digital media transmit user-generated political and humorous content? Our research argues that the way in which humour is deployed through digital media during protest action allows protestors to assert humanity and sincerity against dehumanising political manipulation frameworks. Humorous content, to this extent, enables and is indicative of inde…
The Aesthetics of Global Protest: Visual Culture and Communication
Protestors across the world use aesthetics in order to communicate their ideas and ensure their voices are heard. This book looks at protest aesthetics, which we consider to be the visual and performative elements of protest, such as images, symbols, graffiti, art, as well as the choreography of protest actions in public spaces. Through the use of social media, protestors have been able to create an alternative space for people to engage with pol…
Sociology (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Media studies (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Politics (7 works) · Aesthetics (5 works) · Social Media and Politics (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Social media (4 works)