2018
DOI: 10.33182/ks.v6i1.434
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Reading and feeling gender in perpetrator graffiti and photography in Turkey

Abstract: During the urban clashes between Kurdish militants and Turkish state forces in 2015-2016, young politicized social media users in Istanbul witnessed and experienced political violence through their engagement with violent words and images on social media, without being anywhere near the armed clashes. These were photographs of militarized nationalist performances of masculinized domination and sexist graffiti, produced by the Turkish Special Forces and circulated in the cyberspace. Based on an ethnographic stu… Show more

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“…It is important to consider the emotional aspect of online communication and social media interaction when thinking about hundreds of photographs taken by Turkish security forces in war-torn Kurdish towns. Indeed, numerous photographs from the region depicting mutilation and humiliation of both living and dead bodies were published in the following months on social media accounts apparently owned by individuals from Turkish military and police forces (Protner, 2018a).…”
Section: Dehumanizing the ‘Other’mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It is important to consider the emotional aspect of online communication and social media interaction when thinking about hundreds of photographs taken by Turkish security forces in war-torn Kurdish towns. Indeed, numerous photographs from the region depicting mutilation and humiliation of both living and dead bodies were published in the following months on social media accounts apparently owned by individuals from Turkish military and police forces (Protner, 2018a).…”
Section: Dehumanizing the ‘Other’mentioning
confidence: 99%