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This dissertation analyzes the efforts since the mid-1980s to regenerate Istanbul's centrally located waterfront area on the Golden Horn, in Turkish Haliç. More specifically, it investigates this transition by focusing on the key actors involved and their power dynamics in the p…

The mechanics of political leadership and the ways in which it manifests and reproduces itself---from the establishment of constituency allegiance to the production of entire landscapes of authority---have become prominent foci of study among social scientists in recent decades.…

Although it is arguably the primary engine of capitalist urbanization, the modern office has largely avoided critical scrutiny as a physical site of labor. In this thesis, I explore the geohistorical developments that have led to the establishment of the office as a fundamental …

The central question of, what is womanhood? anchors this work. Within that wondering and examination is research into feminism, in conversation with rock and roll and 1980s MTV, gender studies, queer studies, and dance studies. The interrogation of MTV as a superstructure for no…