"Curating Contemporary Art" Seminar Program
Seminar: A Tool for Reflecting on Society: Emotions
Speaker: Ferhat Kentel
Time: 6:00-7:30 pm
Sociology, which both understands and forms the language of modern society, which has evolved with industrialisation, nation-state, rational thought (and science), is today much more critical of the society from which it emerged. It questions the modern society that places man as a “God” over nature, powerful people over other people, and destroys the environment, nature and memories in the name of progress.
The sociology of modern society, which was first described and experienced in terms of classes, has gradually descended into more micro areas and the complexity of everyday life. The modernist paradigm and power, which specialised disciplines, divided society into functions (politics, religion, art, etc.), divided time and structures into "modern and traditional", "public and private", "secular and religious", and divided people's state of existence into "mind and body", “reason and emotion” were thus faced with a deep questioning. Today, we are going even deeper. From the perspective of "sociology of emotions", we feel how unique "modern" people are and how similar they are to each other. From the encounters and vibrations of people and disciplines, we discover ways of looking at the world anew and our responsibilities.
About Ferhat Kentel
Ferhat Kentel is the founder of “Sociology Shop Association”, a research and civil society initiative, as a component of Art Venue Izmir - AVI. Since 2023 October, he has been lecturing part-time at Yaşar University. He prepares the programme "Hüsnükabul" on Open Radio (Apaçık Radyo), which produces content on refugee rights.
After completing his bachelor's degree in business administration at METU in 1981, he received his master's degree from Ankara University SBF in 1983 and his PhD in sociology from Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Paris in 1989. He worked as a lecturer at the French Department of Public Administration at Marmara University, the Department of Sociology at Istanbul Bilgi University and the Department of Sociology at the closed Istanbul Şehir University. From 2020 to 2024, he was a founder and the general coordinator of a foundation (BAYETAV). His research books on Euro-Turks, nationalism, Armenians and rural spaces have been published. He has published articles in various books and journals in Turkey and abroad in the fields of everyday life and sociology of emotions, new social movements, religion, Islamic movements, intellectuals, ethnic communities.
* To learn conditions of participation in a single seminar, we would kindly ask you to send an e-mail to apply@curatingcontemporaryart.org address noting the required seminar details. Single seminar participation fee is 650 TL.
* The program will take place on the online platform Zoom.