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Resistance Psychology Network @psychresist.bsky.social · 9mo ago

The next session of Psychology of Resistance Virtual Meetings is next Monday, January 12: We do a Read & Discuss (60 min) session with @denizyonucu.bsky.social on the memory past and current anticolonial resistance of Kurds and Turkish Alevis in Istanbul To register: tinyurl.com/AnticolonialResist

INSPIRATIONAL HAUNTINGS AND FEARLESS ANTI-COLONIAL RESISTANCE

Deniz Yonucu
(Newcastle University)

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Read & Discuss
(60 minutes)

https://tinyurl.com/AnticolonialResist

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Monday, Jan 12, 2026

9.00 Vancouver, 12.00 New York, 17:00 London, 20.00 Istanbul

The history of the oppressed is marked not only by oppression but also by resistance. This talk explores what makes fearless resistance possible under colonialism through anthropological fieldwork with Kurds and Turkish Alevis. It draws on the experiences of the racialized Kurdish and Turkish Alevi residents of a working-class space in Istanbul that is constantly under the surveillance of undercover police agents. It argues that understanding the resistance of the colonised requires considering the "inspirational hauntings" of past resistance: how the memory of defiant subjects and historical oppression creates an invigorating force that transforms ethical questions about justice into active, undisguised resistance. The audience is invited to read Deniz's published article (https://tinyurl.com/dnzyncrsst) beforehand and to contribute to the discussion.

Deniz Yonucu @denizyonucu.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Inspired after two powerful days at the UN-Geneva, talking about racism and securitisation, and meeting incredible human rights defenders fighting for justice across the globe from the Philippines to Colombia, Aotearoa to China.

Association for Political and Legal Anthropology / PoLAR journal @polar-journal.bsky.social · 2y ago

Policing the Favelas of Rio de Janeiro Directions Digital November 2024 In this video, PoLAR's Directions Section co-editor Deniz Yonucu is joined by anthropologists Beatrice Jauregui, Erol Saglam, and Tomas Salem to discuss Salem's new book, Policing the Favelas of Rio de Janeiro: Cosmologies of…

Policing the Favelas of Rio de Janeiro

Directions Digital November 2024 In this video, PoLAR's Directions Section co-editor Deniz Yonucu is joined by anthropologists Beatrice Jauregui, Erol Saglam, and Tomas Salem to discuss Salem's new book, Policing the Favelas of Rio de Janeiro: Cosmologies of War and the Far-Right. Salem's book is an open access book published by Springer, and you can download a digital copy at the link above.

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