Workshop: Activism, Empowerment and Change: Exploring Audio-Visual Medias, Hive International Short Film Days, September 2023, Berlin

It was an absolute delight to give this workshop in the context of the Hive International Short Film Days. The workshop delved into audio-visual media’s historical and contemporary use for political activism. From early film history to today’s protest movements, filmmakers have employed audio-visuality to convey political messages. The workshop examined the role of activist videos...

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Dissemination Activity: Fourth Paper Presentation for VIDEOACT Completed

Şirin presented her paper “Experiences of Migration from Turkey to Germany: The Female Guest Worker in Contemporary Documentaries”  on a panel titled “Claiming History through the Voices of Women: Documentary and Archival Practices by Women in Turkey” at the XXVIII Visible Evidence Conference, held in Gdansk from 10 to 14 August, 2022. The presentation explored two documentaries...

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