"Curating Contemporary Art" Seminar Program
Seminar: On the Freedom of Artistic Expression and Creativity
Speaker: Turgut Tarhanlı
Time: 6:00-7:30 pm
In studies on human rights or freedoms in general, works related to different artistic forms of expression are generally characterized as products of freedom of expression. It is also possible to see this approach in legally normative practices on human rights at the international level. This phenomenon can be accepted as accurate to some extent. However, it is necessary to discuss that this definition has a deep dark side in the face of non-artistic forms of expression. The examination and meaning of the results of such an approach in the context of the political impact of artistic works constitute another aspect of the discussion on this problematic.
About Turgut Tarhanlı
He graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Law. He worked as an academic in International Law at the same institution (1981-1999).
He is currently a professor of law at Istanbul Bilgi University Faculty of Law (1999-) and continues to be the director of the Human Rights Law Research Center, which he was the founding director (2000-). He was also the dean of the Faculty of Law at the same institution (2002-2019).
He teaches master's and doctoral courses on human rights activism, business and human rights, human rights activism and contemporary art. He has given speeches and published in institutions such as SALT and Memory Center (Hafıza Merkezi) on contemporary art, identity, memory and human rights. In addition to these areas, he works in the fields of dealing with the past, international conflicts and restorative justice. He worked on projects on negotiation (Negotiation Project) at Harvard University and on defining the scope of international crimes at Princeton University. In 2001, he was awarded a Certificate of Appreciation by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) for his work in the field of refugee rights in Turkey. He was one of the first international jury members of the Human Rights Films Award initiated by İKSV (2007). He has six published books related to his fields of work.
He is one of the founders of many international and local rights-based civil society organizations.
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