Ghibli is a very well-known studio, even though there are some confusions about its origin. To clarify everything from the beginning, Studio Ghibli is a Japanese animation studio founded by Isao Takahata and Hayao Miyazaki in 1985 in Tokyo, but … Continue reading Anthropology: What Makes Miyazaki Films Special and Foreign to the Western World?
Spoiler Alert: For the ones who haven’t watched the first three seasons, this blog contains spoilers. Nobody exists on purpose, nobody belongs anywhere, everybody is gonna die. Come watch TV. More or less, we are all familiar with this iconic … Continue reading Rick and Morty: What does Adult Swim’s Legendary Show Tell Us?
The mixed martial artist known for his phenomenal fighting techniques, Khabib Nurmagomedov, retired a year ago, which got a lot of attention all over the world. I came across many artists drawing his portraits and posting them on the social … Continue reading Anthropology of Wrestling and Its Cultural Vectors: Sport or Spectacle?
When you reach the top of the hill, you will see Bodrum. Don’t assume that you’ll leave as you came. The others before you were the same, too. As they departed, they all left their souls behind. The Fisherman of … Continue reading Travel Guide: Bodrum, One of the Most Popular Tourist Destinations in Turkey
About two years ago, inspired by its liveliness and energetic dance movements, I started learning Lindy Hop, which is a partner dance with two positions, as “lead” and “follow”. As in most of the dance groups, there was a shortage … Continue reading Anthropology: Reimagining Race and Gender with African American Dance Lindy Hop
The body is a narrative device; it embeds our stories in our wounds and scars. Art explores this narration in various ways. Especially after the 1960s, self-exhibition started to form the basics of performance art. Rather than an object of … Continue reading Body Narratives and Performance Art in the Expression of Disability
Being different or looking different has always been a major problem and is considered as if it were posing a threat to norm-addictive societies. This difference could be colour, gender, race, religion or disability. Though among these mentioned categories there … Continue reading The History of Disability and Its Representation in Popular Culture
Göttingen is a university city with a smell of history, located in Lower Saxony, Germany. While roaming in the streets of Göttingen, you will come across pigeons having chocolate dropped on the pavements. You will see that they have gotten … Continue reading Travel Guide: Explore Göttingen, Lower Saxony’s Heartwarming Small City
Have you ever thought about how you interact with the world or how you perceive or feel others? How do I hold the knowledge of “I” and live within the body? In particular, what does it mean when we say … Continue reading Body-Mind Concept in Cartesian Dualism and the African World