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Publication Metadata only The politics of otherness in the time of crises: revisiting Tony Kushner’s Angels in America(Uludağ Üniversitesi, 2024) Academic Writing Program; Giritli, Mehmet Zeki; Academic Writing Program; College of Social Sciences and HumatiesThe recent COVID-19 pandemic has revealed once again that the effects of health crises have been more severe for some groups compared to the others. The most prominent of these groups is non-binary or LGBTQ+ individuals who have long faced social discrimination. The disadvantaged position of LGBTQ+ people during worldwide epidemics attracted the attention of playwrights especially in 1980s and 90s. Although this could be attributed to the AIDS epidemic during the time, playwrights problematized the “otherness” issue influencing LGBTQ+ people through AIDS and the political response to it. One of the most significant of these was American playwright Tony Kushner. In “Angels in America”, Kushner put forth not only the problems of LGBTQ+ people during AIDS epidemic but also the problem of otherness in different levels as a social and political phenomenon. This article aims to explore the concepts of “responsibility” and “otherness”, which Kushner problematized in his play based on the philosophical approaches of Levinas and Benjamin, in light of the current developments regarding health crises and the political response. The article claims the disadvantaged position of minority groups during crises including AIDS and COVID-19 is more of a political issue regarding the attitudes of right-wing/conservative politics (which has not changed even today) rather than the difficulties posed by the pandemics themselves. In that respect, Kushner’s activist theatre proves to be guiding in evaluating the conditions of “the others” during the pandemic./ÖZET Yakın zamandaki COVID-19 pandemisi sağlıkla ilgili krizlerin etkilerinin bazı grupları diğerlerine göre daha yoğun bir şekilde etkilediğini de bir kez daha gözler önüne sermiştir. Bu gruplar arasında tarihte olduğu gibi günümüzde de toplumsal ayrımcılığa maruz kalan “non-binary” ya da LGBTQ+ bireyler ön plana çıkmaktadır. LGBTQ+ bireylerin salgın hastalıklar sırasındaki dezavantajlı durumu, özellikle 80’li ve 90’lı yıllarda tiyatronun da ilgisini çeken bir konu olmuştur. Bunun sebebi 80’lerde baş gösteren AIDS salgını olarak açıklanabilirse de, bu salgından yola çıkarak bazı oyun yazarları LGBTQ+ bireylerin ötekileştirilme sorununu oyunlarına taşımışlardır. Bu oyun yazarlarından en önemlilerinden birisi ise Amerikalı oyun yazarı Tony Kushner’dır. Kushner, “Angels in America” oyunuyla sadece AIDS salgınında LGBTQ+ bireylerin yaşadığı sorunları değil, daha genel anlamda toplumsal ve politik bir sorun olarak ötekileştirmeyi ele almıştır. Bu makalenin amacı Kushner’ın oyununda Levinas ve Benjamin’in felsefelerinden yola çıkarak sorunsallaştırdığı “başkalarına karşı sorumluluk” ve “ötekileştirme” kavramlarını günümüz koşullarında politikacıların kriz dönemlerinde “ötekiler”e yaklaşımı ışığında yeniden değerlendirmektir. AIDS ve COVID-19 gibi kriz dönemlerinde dezavantajlı grupların yaşadığı problemlerin salgınların kendisinden çok sağ/muhafazakâr politikalardan kaynaklandığı ve bu durumun günümüzde de değişmediği iddia edilmektedir. Bu anlamda Kushner’ın aktivist tiyatrosu günümüzde “ötekilerin” yaşam koşullarının değerlendirilmesi açısından da yol göstericidir.Publication Metadata only The sandcastle house(Univ South Dakota, 2016) Academic Writing Program; Doxsee, Julie; Teaching Faculty; Academic Writing Program; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; N/APublication Metadata only Against phylogenetic conceptions of race(Springer, 2023) N/A; Academic Writing Program; Osmanoğlu, Kamuran; Teaching Faculty; Academic Writing Program; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; 320685Biological racial realism (BRR) continues to be a much-discussed topic, with several recent papers presenting arguments for the plausibility of some type of "biological race." In this paper, the focus will be on the phylogenetic conceptions of race, which is one of the most promising views of BRR, that define races as lineages of reproductively isolated breeding populations. However, I will argue that phylogenetic conceptions of race fail to prove that races are biologically real. I will develop and defend my argument against the phylogenetic views of race by relying on current research in population genetics, human evolution, and social sciences. Ultimately, I will argue that (i) race is not a biologically legitimate category and (ii) philosophers should direct their resources to understand problems that arise due to racialization, and thereby they should find solutions to those problems.Publication Metadata only The owner's brother(Univ South Dakota, 2016) Academic Writing Program; Doxsee, Julie; Teaching Faculty; Academic Writing Program; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; N/AN/APublication Metadata only Seeking clues to promote the participation of women in electrical engineering studies(IEEE, 2014) Alejos, Ana V.; Garcia Sanchez, Manuel; Falcone; Lopez Martin, Antonio; Academic Writing Program; Milagros, Maria Pilar; Teaching Faculty; Academic Writing Program; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; N/AIn this contribution we discuss the need to analyze the problem of the scarcity of women in electrical engineering studies. We describe an ongoing survey to investigate the factors of gender segregation in this career. It also intends to transfer to classroom measures that encourage the presence of women in electrical engineering.Publication Metadata only The Stone House(University of South Dakota, 2016) NA; Academic Writing Program; Doxsee, Julie; Teaching Faculty; Academic Writing Program; N/A; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; N/A; N/AN/A