Erhan Korkmaz
Academic Researcher

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About me

My name is Erhan Korkmaz, I was born in 1997, and I am writing to you today to provide you with some information about myself. I completed my undergraduate studies in Folklore at Ankara University's Faculty of Language, History, and Geography, where I also pursued a minor in Philosophy. I am currently pursuing a master's degree in Folklore at the same faculty. My academic focus as an ethnologist in the social sciences has been shaped by my passion for ethnology and the elective courses I took in the Department of Social Anthropology. My research interests include visual ethnography, posthumanism, multispecies ethnography, animal studies and urban ethnography. As a long-time vegan and animal liberation activist, I have shaped my academic work and research with the goal of dismantling interspecies hierarchies and contributing to the creation of a more just and inclusive world. Outside of academia, I enjoy running, photography, engaging in deep conversations about cinema and philosophy, and sharing a beer with friends.

I am also continuously developing my skills in photography and video. During my undergraduate studies, I took courses in ethnographic photography and documentary in order to use them in my fieldworks. Currently, I am a project-based field specialist for a research consultancy company called DOA Consulting.

Academic Articles [Turkish and English]

Korkmaz, E. (2023). Bekâr Olmanın Dayanılmaz Zorluğu: Sahada Erkek Araştırmacı Olmak. Peron Dergisi. 8 (1): 71-74.
Korkmaz, E. (2023). Eastern Horsefly: Implications of Fatima Mernissi’s Work on the Islamic Ethos. Kültür Araştırmaları Dergisi(19), 262-276. https://doi.org/10.46250/kulturder.1379369
Korkmaz, E. (2024). Devletsiz Kentler, Kentsiz Devletlere Benzer: Devlet İktidarını Kent Politikaları Bağlamında Düşünmek. Polen Dergisi (11), 71-77.
Korkmaz, E. (2024). Edebiyatta İnsan-Hayvan Melezleşmesi: Bulgakov’un Şarik’i. Kültür Araştırmaları Dergisi (20).
Korkmaz, E. (2024). Çürümekteki Türcü Siyasal Paradigmaların Etik Çırpınışları: "Ne Kadar Vegansın Yoldaş?". Univeg Dergi (8).
Korkmaz, E. (2024). Fotografik Şiddet İmgelerinin İnsan-Olmayan Faillere Açılması: Görme Rejimleri ve Türcülüğün Fotoğraf Üzerinden Tartışılması. İnönü Üniversitesi Kültür Ve Sanat Dergisi, 10(1), 49-62. https://doi.org/10.22252/ijca.1435045

Online Articles [Turkish and English]

"Devletin İnsanmerkeziyetçi Sureti: Türkiye’de Sokak Hayvanları Üzerinden Kent Politikası", Toplum ve Ütopya, 17 December 2023. Click to Read
"Devletin İnsanmerkeziyetçi Sureti 2: Ne Yapmalı?", Toplum ve Ütopya, 19 December 2023. Click to Read
"Bağımlı Bağımsız Saha Araştırmacısı: Akademiden Sahaya Uzun İnce Bir Yol", Toplum ve Ütopya, 26 December 2023. Click to Read
"Toplum Diye Bir Şey Yoktur”: Tekil İlişkileri Toplumsallaştırma Sorunu", Toplum ve Ütopya, 30 December 2023. Click to Read
"Hocalık Müessesinin Kışkırtıcı Cazibesi: Kurumsal Otoriterliğin İkamesi", Toplum ve Ütopya, 27 January 2024. Click to Read
"Devletin İnsanmerkeziyetçi Sureti 3: Beni Sokak Siyasetinden Alıkoyan Nedir?", Toplum ve Ütopya, 22 February 2024. Click to Read
“Olsun, Köpeğin de Canı Yok mu?”: ‘Sivas’ Filmindeki Sivas ve Aslan’ın İlişkisi Üzerine, Toplum ve Ütopya, 12 August 2024. Click to Read

Academic Talks and Presentations [Turkish and English]

An Interview with Anthronaut Channel on the Department of Folklore/Ethnology, 13 July 2023. Click to Watch
An Interview on Posthumanism with Ankara University Philosophy Society, 29 July 2023. Click to Watch
An Interview on Veganism with Ankara University Philosophy Society, 29 July 2023. Click to Watch
Animal Save Turkey's ‘World Day to End Speciesism’ Event: ‘Speciesism’, Ka Workshop, 6 September 2023. Click to Watch
Interview with Animal Save Turkey Organization on Veganism and Philosophy, 1 November 2023. Click to Watch
Ankara University Faculty of Communication Documentary Work titled ‘What We Carry in Our Skin’: ‘The Art of Tattooing’, 7 December 2023. Click to Watch
My Presentation titled ‘The Relationship between Ecological Struggle and Veganism’ at Univeg Intersectional Struggle Symposium, 17 March 2024. Click to Watch
At the 20th Annual METU Sociology Days ‘Opening Photographic Images of Violence to Non-Human Perpetrators in the Context of Regimes of Seeing and Speciesism: Animal Photojournalism and the Construction of Social Memory’, 20 March 2024. Click to Watch
From Environmental Ethics to Agricultural Ethics: Human-Environment Relationship and Veganism in the Anthropocene Age [Interview with Recep Külcü], 28 May 2024. Click to Watch
Do We Need to Abolish Cities?: Urban Politics in Animal Studies [Interview with Sezai Ozan Zeybek] Click to Watch
What does struggle without organisation look like?: Political Animal Rights Struggle [Interview with Ahmet Caner Altay] Click to Watch
Is a Non-Speciesist Art Possible? The Struggle for Animal Liberation in Art [Interview with Şebnem Edikli] Click to Watch
In the Footsteps of Primates: Thinking the ‘Dominant’ Position of Humans in Nature with Primates [Interview with Aslıhan Niksarlı] Click to Watch
From Philosophy to Philosophy: The Position of the Human and the Other in the Question of Whatness [Interview with Oğuz Karayemiş] Click to Watch
From Photography to Ethology: Animal Photojournalism and Consciousness in Ethology [Interview with Deniz Tapkan Cengiz] Click to Watch

Academic Activities (Congress, Symposium...) [Turkish and English]

9th National Anthropology Student Congress (Oral Presentation: " Lost Faces: The Blindness of the Ethnographic Gaze"), Ankara University, Faculty of Language and History-Geography, 9 May 2022.
VI. International Congress on Critical Debates in Social Sciences (Oral Presentation: ‘’Missing Faces: The Blindness of the Ethnographic View towards Non-Human Actors"), Izmir Democracy University, 4-5 November 2023.
Faculty of Communication Colloquium (Oral Presentation: "Anthropocentric Ethnographic Perspective: Possibility of Multispecies Ethnography"), Hacettepe University, 13 November 2023.
International Antalya Science Forum: Climate Change, Environmental Crisis and Migration (Oral Presentation: "Civil Society Organisations in the Fight against Climate Crisis: The Save Movement and the Case of Plant-Based Treaty"), Akdeniz University, 29-1 December 2023.
20th Annual METU Sociology Days (Oral Presentation: ‘Opening Photographic Images of Violence to Non-Human Perpetrators in the Context of Regimes of Seeing and Speciesism: Animal Photojournalism and the Construction of Social Memory"), Middle East Technical University, 20 March 2024.

Erhan Korkmaz Academic Researcher

About me

Academic Articles [Turkish and English]

Online Articles [Turkish and English]

"Devletin İnsanmerkeziyetçi Sureti: Türkiye’de Sokak Hayvanları Üzerinden Kent Politikası", Toplum ve Ütopya, 17 December 2023. Click to Read

"Devletin İnsanmerkeziyetçi Sureti 2: Ne Yapmalı?", Toplum ve Ütopya, 19 December 2023. Click to Read

​"Toplum Diye Bir Şey Yoktur”: Tekil İlişkileri Toplumsallaştırma Sorunu", Toplum ve Ütopya, 30 December 2023. Click to Read

"Hocalık Müessesinin Kışkırtıcı Cazibesi: Kurumsal Otoriterliğin İkamesi", Toplum ve Ütopya, 27 January 2024. Click to Read

“Olsun, Köpeğin de Canı Yok mu?”: ‘Sivas’ Filmindeki Sivas ve Aslan’ın İlişkisi Üzerine, Toplum ve Ütopya, 12 August 2024. Click to Read

Academic Talks and Presentations [Turkish and English]

An Interview with Anthronaut Channel on the Department of Folklore/Ethnology, 13 July 2023. Click to Watch

An Interview on Posthumanism with Ankara University Philosophy Society, 29 July 2023. Click to Watch

​An Interview on Veganism with Ankara University Philosophy Society, 29 July 2023. Click to Watch

Animal Save Turkey's ‘World Day to End Speciesism’ Event: ‘Speciesism’, Ka Workshop, 6 September 2023. Click to Watch

Interview with Animal Save Turkey Organization on Veganism and Philosophy, 1 November 2023. Click to Watch

Ankara University Faculty of Communication Documentary Work titled ‘What We Carry in Our Skin’: ‘The Art of Tattooing’, 7 December 2023. Click to Watch

My Presentation titled ‘The Relationship between Ecological Struggle and Veganism’ at Univeg Intersectional Struggle Symposium, 17 March 2024. Click to Watch

At the 20th Annual METU Sociology Days ‘Opening Photographic Images of Violence to Non-Human Perpetrators in the Context of Regimes of Seeing and Speciesism: Animal Photojournalism and the Construction of Social Memory’, 20 March 2024. Click to Watch​

From Environmental Ethics to Agricultural Ethics: Human-Environment Relationship and Veganism in the Anthropocene Age [Interview with Recep Külcü], 28 May 2024. Click to Watch

Do We Need to Abolish Cities?: Urban Politics in Animal Studies [Interview with Sezai Ozan Zeybek] Click to Watch

What does struggle without organisation look like?: Political Animal Rights Struggle [Interview with Ahmet Caner Altay] Click to Watch

Is a Non-Speciesist Art Possible? The Struggle for Animal Liberation in Art [Interview with Şebnem Edikli] Click to Watch

In the Footsteps of Primates: Thinking the ‘Dominant’ Position of Humans in Nature with Primates [Interview with Aslıhan Niksarlı] Click to Watch

From Philosophy to Philosophy: The Position of the Human and the Other in the Question of Whatness [Interview with Oğuz Karayemiş] Click to Watch

From Photography to Ethology: Animal Photojournalism and Consciousness in Ethology [Interview with Deniz Tapkan Cengiz] Click to Watch

Academic Activities (Congress, Symposium...) [Turkish and English]

9th National Anthropology Student Congress (Oral Presentation: " Lost Faces: The Blindness of the Ethnographic Gaze"), Ankara University, Faculty of Language and History-Geography, 9 May 2022.​

VI. International Congress on Critical Debates in Social Sciences (Oral Presentation: ‘’Missing Faces: The Blindness of the Ethnographic View towards Non-Human Actors"), Izmir Democracy University, 4-5 November 2023.

Faculty of Communication Colloquium (Oral Presentation: "Anthropocentric Ethnographic Perspective: Possibility of Multispecies Ethnography"), Hacettepe University, 13 November 2023.

International Antalya Science Forum: Climate Change, Environmental Crisis and Migration (Oral Presentation: "Civil Society Organisations in the Fight against Climate Crisis: The Save Movement and the Case of Plant-Based Treaty"), Akdeniz University, 29-1 December 2023.

20th Annual METU Sociology Days (Oral Presentation: ‘Opening Photographic Images of Violence to Non-Human Perpetrators in the Context of Regimes of Seeing and Speciesism: Animal Photojournalism and the Construction of Social Memory"), Middle East Technical University, 20 March 2024.

Erhan Korkmaz
Academic Researcher

"Toplum Diye Bir Şey Yoktur”: Tekil İlişkileri Toplumsallaştırma Sorunu", Toplum ve Ütopya, 30 December 2023. Click to Read

An Interview on Veganism with Ankara University Philosophy Society, 29 July 2023. Click to Watch

At the 20th Annual METU Sociology Days ‘Opening Photographic Images of Violence to Non-Human Perpetrators in the Context of Regimes of Seeing and Speciesism: Animal Photojournalism and the Construction of Social Memory’, 20 March 2024. Click to Watch

9th National Anthropology Student Congress (Oral Presentation: " Lost Faces: The Blindness of the Ethnographic Gaze"), Ankara University, Faculty of Language and History-Geography, 9 May 2022.