Asli Özgen
Biographic Data
| ID | 8665310 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Asli Özgen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Asli |
| FAMILY NAME | Özgen |
| SIGNATURE | OZGEN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Amsterdam |
| ORCID | 0009-0003-0556-2635 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Archival Marginalia
The Relational Mode
Interrogating the role of archives in sustaining historical erasures, this paper examines the overlooked work of Iranian filmmaker Farideh Fardjam, who documented Turkish labour migrants in the Netherlands in the early 1970s. Despite their historical significance, Fardjam’s films have faded into obscurity, reflecting broader archival silences surrounding diasporic women filmmakers of colour. Through an intersectional lens, this study explores Far…
Screen Memories
This article explores the counterhegemonic uses of audiovisual media —such as film, video, and television— by migrant women workers, specifically focusing on the media tactics of self-representation used in the intersectional feminist activism of migrant women workers from the Turkish Republic in the Netherlands from 1975 to 1985. Through comprehensive archival research, it aims to historically contextualise and critically evaluate the archival c…
Unsettling Borders of Archives
This article explores issues with archival preservation and access in the case of the audiovisual heritage of migrant communities, which defies hegemonic categories of nation, race, ethnicity, language. As such, although these communities are somewhat present in archives, they are marginalised and remain absent, silent, and dormant. Through two case studies of audiovisual representations of Turkish migrants from Dutch public archives, the article…
Ruins, Ruination, and Counter-Memory in Kurdish Women’s Art
This article focuses on the contemporary visual art practices by Kurdish female artists as strategies of counter-memory. The Kurdish community in Turkey has been facing ongoing violence, with its (cultural) heritage, memory, and archives constantly under threat. In this article, I use the archaeological metaphors of “ruins” and “ruination” by Ann Laura Stoler to examine the destruction, and discuss a selection of contemporary artworks by Kurdish …
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Ruins, Ruination, and Counter-Memory in Kurdish Women’s Art
This article focuses on the contemporary visual art practices by Kurdish female artists as strategies of counter-memory. The Kurdish community in Turkey has been facing ongoing violence, with its (cultural) heritage, memory, and archives constantly under threat. In this article, I use the archaeological metaphors of “ruins” and “ruination” by Ann Laura Stoler to examine the destruction, and discuss a selection of contemporary artworks by Kurdish …
Unsettling Borders of Archives
This article explores issues with archival preservation and access in the case of the audiovisual heritage of migrant communities, which defies hegemonic categories of nation, race, ethnicity, language. As such, although these communities are somewhat present in archives, they are marginalised and remain absent, silent, and dormant. Through two case studies of audiovisual representations of Turkish migrants from Dutch public archives, the article…
Screen Memories
This article explores the counterhegemonic uses of audiovisual media —such as film, video, and television— by migrant women workers, specifically focusing on the media tactics of self-representation used in the intersectional feminist activism of migrant women workers from the Turkish Republic in the Netherlands from 1975 to 1985. Through comprehensive archival research, it aims to historically contextualise and critically evaluate the archival c…
The Relational Mode
Interrogating the role of archives in sustaining historical erasures, this paper examines the overlooked work of Iranian filmmaker Farideh Fardjam, who documented Turkish labour migrants in the Netherlands in the early 1970s. Despite their historical significance, Fardjam’s films have faded into obscurity, reflecting broader archival silences surrounding diasporic women filmmakers of colour. Through an intersectional lens, this study explores Far…
Archival Marginalia
Gender Studies (3 works) · History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Turkish (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Digital and Traditional Archives Management (2 works) · Media studies (2 works)