15 Eylül 2023 Cuma

15th International Conference "Culture & Creativity" (to be organized by Vilnius University, Kaunas Faculty, on 16.11.2023)










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The key dates:

31.10.2023        Abstracts/Full-Text Paper Submission, Registration and Payment Deadline 

06.11.2023        Notification of Acceptance/Rejection 

16.11.2023        Conference Date

31.05.2024        Publishing of Approved Papers 

 

A planned length of presentations is 15-20 min. followed by 10 min. discussions.

Conference language: English. 

Take a chance to publish your article in the ISI Web of Science journal! The best two papers selected by the Scientific Committee will be published in ISI Web of Science journal “Transformations in Business & Economics”.


Call for Contributions:

Prospective authors are kindly encouraged to contribute to and help shape the conference through submissions of their research abstracts, papers and e-posters. Also, high quality research contributions describing original and unpublished results of conceptual, constructive, empirical, experimental, or theoretical work are cordially invited for presentation at the conference.

Conference topics:

1. Current Issues of Cultural and Creative Industries Management

2. Contemporary Challenges to Cultural and Creative Organizations

3. Innovations in Creative Work Organizing

4. New Marketing Solutions for Cultural and Creative Products

5. Creative Tourism and Cultural Heritage Management

6. Transformations in Supply and Value Chains of Creative Industries

7. Changes of Political, Economic, and Legal Environment of Creative Industries

8. Gender Issues in Cultural and Creative Industries

9. Digital Art Management

10. Creative Projects: Today's Challenges - Tomorrow's Opportunities

* The list of the main topics is not limited, presentations on related topics are also welcome.

29 Mayıs 2023 Pazartesi

An Autoethnographic Analysis of a Space for Belly Dancing Women: Istanbul Educational and Cultural Association of Oriental Dancers

Berna Kurt, May 2023

Dance Research, 41(1), p. 19-39, ISSN 0264-2875, May 2023

https://www.euppublishing.com/doi/epub/10.3366/drs.2023.0388


Abstract:

Istanbul Educational and Cultural Association of Oriental Dancers (Istorder) is a unique institution that brings together professional belly dancers in Istanbul/Turkey. Between 2019–2021, I participated in belly dance courses in their dance studio. In this study, I examine my own experience, utilizing the data obtained from participant observation, fieldnotes, and semi-structured interviews with a feminist autoethnographic approach. I consider both my own experience and the narratives of other women who learn and teach belly dance in Istorder. Furthermore, I compare my findings with other research on women’s experiences of belly dance in the United States of America in different historical contexts.


Keywords:

belly dance, oriental dance, autoethnograpy, gender studies