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Project Summary

Through in-depth qualitative research with Syrian women, the project endeavors to understand migrant homemaking activities and specifically how food practices change and are involved in integration.

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Food, Homemaking and Social Integration for Syrian Women in Istanbul, Gaziantep and Hatay

This project was funded through TUBITAK 1001, project number: 122K209

Project Team

Events and Publications

Announcements

21 March

Diasporic Foodways of the Chilean Palestinian Mahjar by Nicholas Bascuñan-Wiley

  -   Online

On March 19, 2024 Tuesday, we came together with Nicholas Bascuñan-Wiley to listen to his research on "Diasporic Food

08 April

Hatay: Post-earthquake stories from the field kitchens

Feb 23, 2024 / 12.00 - 14.00   -   Özyeğin University, Istanbul

On 23 February 2024, we welcomed Dr.

05 February

Methodology Training Series 3 - Coding

12.00 - 14.00   -   Online

In the third event of our Methodology Training Series on Feb 5th of 2024, we listened to one of our project's senior

01 December

Methodology Training Series 2 - Mental Maps

11.00 - 13.00   -   Online

In the second event of our Methodology Training Series on Dec 1st, we listened to Asst. Prof.

06 September
04 July

Presentation at the IMISCOE 20th Annual conference at the panel "Sustainable food and cultural diversity: Discourses and practices. Part 2: Comparing cultures".

  -   University of Warsaw & Online

Our team presented the the preliminary results of our research in Istanbul in the IMISCOE 20th Annual conf

30 May

Team Presentation; Food, Migration and Belonging

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Our project coordinator Susan Rottmann from Özyeğin University gave a presentation about Food, Migration and Belongin

14 April

Team Iftar

18.30   -   İstanbul

Team iftar at Süleymaniye Mosque, İstanbul

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