The search for the process of electrification in Turkey and how it is
materialized in urban space in different scales in indoor and outdoor is the
aim of this thesis. Looking for the effects of electrification by means of
making a discursive analysis and taking into consideration the objects in
substance, concerning the practice itself, and searching for the
transformations in the urban space and in urban living are the main
objectives of this research.
Consequently, popular media will be the main source to look for how
electrification was materialized and depicted in the publicity. The popular
publications of the period like / magazines, newspapers, films are going to
be investigated and re-read in order to decipher how discursive
formations were constructed. The intervals of the research period are theheydays of these Modernist discursive formations, mainly the 1930s / starting from 1928 the foundation of Ankara Gas and Electricity Factory
which is the symbol and generator of electrification in the new capital
Ankara, and ending with 1938 with Mustafa Kemal Atatü / rk& / #8217 / s death which
can be considered a major turning point in the discursive formations. The
theoretical framework of the thesis will take the modernity project in the
Turkish Republic, focusing on how collective memory and social identity
was constructed at that time.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/3/12609986/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 September 2008 |
| Creators | Pelen, Ovgu |
| Contributors | Cengizkan, Ali |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | M.Arch. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for public access |
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