SerhatTutkal

@SerhatTutkal@fediscience.org

Investigador posdoctoral - El Colegio de México
Doctorado: Universidad Nacional de Colombia.
Researcher mainly working on political violence, its effects, and related discourses in West Asia and Latin America.

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SerhatTutkal, to random

Turkey's government is disregarding Sunday's electoral victories of pro- candidates in and . I'll write about the local elections when I can find some time. Meanwhile, I re-share my comments from last June about the general elections and their implications for the , which are mostly unchanged in my opinion.

"It can therefore be predicted that any pro-Kurdish mayors who succeed in the 2024 local elections will be removed from their posts"

https://www.kurdishpeace.org/research/democracy/what-do-turkeys-election-results-mean-for-the-kurds/

SerhatTutkal, to colombia

My article 'Moral Legitimation and Delegitimation of State Violence in ' is published in International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10767-024-09471-8
@communicationscholars @politicalscience @sociology @academicchatter @violence @DiscourseNet

SerhatTutkal, to Palestine

I would like to remind everyone interested that the statement by Internet Researchers in Solidarity with is open to signatures:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScsxXuwTFHM1HrdyVgJ4F7oC4dzby2orT5UW1ejbwqVKGMRFw/viewform?pli=1

@communicationscholars @academicchatter

SerhatTutkal, to twitter

My latest article 'Animalization of Kurds in Turkish-Speaking Social Media' is published in Nationalities Papers. It examines more than 2.5 million tweets in order to show how are animalized on .

https://doi.org/10.1017/nps.2023.32
@sociology @politicalscience @nationsandnationalism @academicchatter @violence @DiscourseNet

SerhatTutkal, to Turkey

I'm seeing many recent articles studying 'authoritarian neoliberalism' in , and none of them mention this article of mine: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/nationalities-papers/article/trustees-instead-of-elected-mayors-authoritarian-neoliberalism-and-the-removal-of-kurdish-mayors-in-turkey/45A63BEB6AAFD7F9326DB2CA586BFCDF

I'm complaining because I think that many authors intentionally avoid establishing dialogue with my work because I focus on political actors. Maybe I'm overthinking and it has nothing to do with invisibilizing Kurdish voices, but I think overlooking Kurdish studies research is a general trend in studies. @academicchatter

SerhatTutkal, to Palestine

Blog is soliciting testimonies of censorship, punishment, and discrimination for criticizing Israeli state violence in .
https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/news/palestine-uncensored-diaries-of-censorship

SerhatTutkal, to Palestine

A very important text on by Arwa Mahdawi, especially focusing on the dehumanization of Palestinian people. I hope people read it.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/nov/07/palestinians-human-rights-israel-gaza

SerhatTutkal, to iran

Loqman Radpey wrote about the state violence targeting women in

https://www.abc.net.au/religion/from-jina-to-armita-iran-attempts-to-silence-kurdish-women/103069448

SerhatTutkal, to Palestine

Sara Ahmed wrote about Israeli state in and the importance of not being silent.

https://feministkilljoys.com/2023/11/01/not-at-peace-with-oneself/

petersuber, to random

Question: If a journal receives a submission within its scope, and has trouble finding referees, how long should it wait, or how long should it keep trying, before it notifies the authors and invites them to submit the manuscript elsewhere?

I'm prompted to ask this question by the case described in this article, which is about "handling editors" rather than referees.
https://jkms.org/DOIx.php?id=10.3346/jkms.2023.38.e354

SerhatTutkal,

@petersuber I think it would be nice to contact the author after a month. As in, "we are having trouble finding referees, would you like us to keep trying or do you prefer withdrawing it?" People will have different priorities, so I would suggest asking them (this can be an automated email).

SerhatTutkal, to Palestine

I had stopped using and I'll probably keep doing that. But I felt that I needed to publish this one somewhere, so I posted it there: https://academicborderlands.substack.com/p/the-noise-of-state-violence

SerhatTutkal,

@pvonhellermannn Thank you. I'm very happy if you found it interesting.

SerhatTutkal, to Palestine

Open letter from University in : https://www.birzeit.edu/en/news/do-not-be-silent-about-genocide

loshmi, to China
@loshmi@social.coop avatar

Academic Twitter is partly to blame IMO.

"When we judge a work of history, or teach students to write papers or theses, do we value and reward only those offering grand and sensational stories? Or do we still care about the basic standards of historical research ... In this age of misinformation, if we allow our desire for the extraordinary to run unchecked, we will soon face a full blown “crisis of competence.”"

via @SerhatTutkal @histodons #Qing #China #Empire

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-chinese-history/article/was-there-an-administrative-revolution/AD2E74A82073AAEAA5105E946BA17823

SerhatTutkal,

@inquiline @loshmi Back when I was writing some blog posts about the problems of contemporary academia, I complained about the popularity-based metrics. The phenomenon is older than social media, but the academics are expected to be some kind of small scale celebrities with every passing year. It is understandable in these conditions that they prioritize being more 'interesting' instead of doing sound but 'boring' work.
Here is the link in case someone wants to check: https://academicborderlands.substack.com/p/nobody-reads-your-work-culture-of

SerhatTutkal, to random

I am glad to see that Azize Aslan's book on the anti-capitalist economy in is now translated into English. I hope that it is widely read and discussed. For more information on the book: https://darajapress.com/publication/anticapitalist-economy-in-rojava-the-contradictions-of-the-revolution-in-the-struggles-of-the-kurds

ben, to random
@ben@werd.social avatar

I'd actually love a real answer from someone who has worked with him or has known him. Genuinely, what is wrong with Elon Musk?

SerhatTutkal,

@ben It is not specifically about Musk, but @anildash has a nice explanation about why his cohort is acting in a way that looks irrational to many of us, and it is based on his personal experience with people like him.
https://www.anildash.com/2023/07/07/vc-qanon/

SerhatTutkal, to random

9 years have passed since the ISIS-led genocide of people. Meghan Bodette wrote about the current situation and the demands of for the Peace Institute.

https://www.kurdishpeace.org/research/conflict-resolution-and-peacebuilding/nine-years-after-genocide-yezidis-demand-action/

louisesparza, to Sociology

I could not ask for better praise from my New York friends. @sociology @politicalscience

SerhatTutkal,

@louisesparza @sociology @politicalscience I must say that the number of the experts that are unable to write the country's name correctly never ceases to amaze me. At least half of my reviewers in processes have done the same. I think we should start problematizing this excessive self-esteem by certain academics in elite institutions. It would take them two seconds to check to see if they got the name correct, but they don't even bother.

ZachWeinersmith, to random
@ZachWeinersmith@mastodon.social avatar

Who do you think is the best author who nevertheless didn't produce any "classic" books. In the sense of being so good they'll be read for many years.

SerhatTutkal,

@ZachWeinersmith Ryūnosuke Akutagawa is the first author that comes to my mind.

kissane, to random
@kissane@mas.to avatar

I have this in my mentions before my second coffee this morning (please don’t go bother this person). This POV shows up in every masto/fedi usability conversation I’m in.

I have two compound questions for the people who believe product-design barriers correctly keep out undesirables. One now and the second in a few hours.

Which people and groups of people do you want to exclude from fedi, and which other groups are you fine with losing as collateral damage to keep out the first group?

SerhatTutkal,

@bkeegan @kissane With all due respect, the world is bigger than the US and some of us from so called "third world" countries do enjoy the privilege of not seeing photos of mutilated dead bodies, disseminated by members of the security forces to dehumanize us.
This was my first article ever, examining cases from 2015, and some of the mentioned images are still on : https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1750635220925844

So, the comparison is pretty disrespectful.

SerhatTutkal,

@kissane @bkeegan No, I don't think that user-interface-based barriers solve such problems, but it's obvious to me that some people wish that Mastodon stays under the radar (especially in their countries) so that they can keep using it without regularly being the target of dehumanization. These people shouldn't be compared to racist-classist-xenophobic people of rich countries. They are just tired of the dehumanizing discourse and this is the best solution they could think of.

SerhatTutkal,

@bkeegan @kissane I agree that there is a sort of elitisim promoted by some of the programmers (amateur or professional). But they are not the only people who wish to make Mastodon difficult to access.

ZachWeinersmith, to random
@ZachWeinersmith@mastodon.social avatar

So, based on the success of the new kickstarter Abridged book, I'm thinking of spinning up an Abridged website and doing regularish (maybe 1 or 2 a year) releases. What new books would you like ruined? Ideas:

  1. Bible apocrypha
  2. Life
  3. Economics
  4. Social Science in general
  5. Western Philosophy
  6. Gilgamesh
  7. Beowulf
  8. Homer (in 2 volumes?)
  9. Shakespeare (multi-volume, probably)
  10. History of the World
  11. US founding documents
  12. Cognitive science
  13. Book of Mormon
SerhatTutkal,

@ZachWeinersmith
Unrealistic request: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
More plausible request: 1984
Endorsing a suggestion from the comments: Moby Dick

SerhatTutkal, to Turkey

I've just realized that I don't have a pinned post except for my introduction so I'm sharing my latest for the Peace Institute where I discuss the possible effects of 's election results.

https://www.kurdishpeace.org/research/democracy/what-do-turkeys-election-results-mean-for-the-kurds/

OSUniBe, to Pubtips German

"The Future of Academic " asks: Academic publishing is the backbone of science dissemination –– but is the current system fit for purpose?
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-023-01637-2

SerhatTutkal,

@OSUniBe While I agree with many of the recommendations, I have previously argued against some of them, especially the one by Mastroianni about how we should publish our research on blogs, which would be a step towards the wrong direction (popularity-based evaluation of work). I'm sharing the full text: https://academicborderlands.substack.com/p/peer-review-discussions

@academicchatter @edutooters

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