Theory, Aesthetics & Phenomenological Inquiry

Engaging philosophical, sensory, and theoretical approaches to creative and spatial practices. Reflections on experience, embodiment, and meaning-making.

Burcu Baykan, COMD, critical theory and media theory, continental philosophy and aesthetics, critical posthumanism and new materialism, Deleuze & Guattari studies and contemporary art/cinema, the body & identity in film and visual arts, performance art research, posthumanities

Ruochen Bo, COMD, film, philosophy, and literary theory, realism and modernism

Yasemin Gümüş Ağca, FA, philosophy of art, history of art, methods of analysis, and design history

Can Birand, GRA, modern educational tools and theories, visual perception, website design, interface design, hybrid design. architectural photography, storytelling

Meltem Al Mert, IAED, ideology and politics of space, social and private housing, public space, neoliberal urbanization, gender and space, history and theory of modern architecture and urbanism

Alper Küçük, IAED, architectural theory and criticism, design education, architectural representation and drawing techniques, Turkish fiction

Yiğit Acar, ARCH, data mining, digital humanities, theory and criticism, urban design, urban studies, visualization, digital media, presentation techniques, artificial intelligence

Bülent Batuman, ARCH, politics, social studies, theory and criticism, urban studies, social production and politics of built environment, history and theory of modern architecture and urbanism, and urban politics

Segah Sak, ARCH, digital humanities, environmental psychology, memory studies, theory and criticism, urban studies, photography, poetry

Ensar Temizel, ARCH, architectural history, computational design, cybernetics, machine intelligence, science and technology studies, theory and criticism

Colleen Kennedy Karpat, COMD, media adaptation, national cinemas, film criticism, genre, stardom, and director studies

Cem Dedekargınoğlu, IAED, Twentieth-century architecture in Turkey, Ankara urban history, art and architecture archives and guides, walkability, graphic novels, media archaeology