Wells of Knowledge: Poetry, music and resistance in Turkey

This web platform is a publishing moment/fragment of the work "Volitional Volutions of the Volatile Waters" by Merve Kilicer.
How can oral knowledge can be 'recorded', 'documented', 'transferred' through a digital online space? This is the question that drove the research behind this website, which has the map of connections as the main navigation point. The visualisation is inspired by the common history and references that people in Gezi Park shared during the 2013 occupation. Their presence together in the square became a melange of their different voices, slogans, poems and memories. "Could the accumulation of these voices and words be the forming substances of Gezi Spirit?"
Through the map, we give shape to a common context in Turkish culture. The map acts as an active archival space that gives the possibility to revisit the elements in a non-linear historical approach in relation to the written text and audio.

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Wells of Knowledge: Poetry, Music and Resistance in Turkey © 2020 at.wdka.nl/wellsofknowledge

Developed by Hybrid Publishing, Willem de Kooning Academy

Text and images © Merve Kılıçer
All rights reserved

ISBN: 9789492479112

Author: Merve Kılıçer

Graphic Design & Web Development: Angeliki Diakrousi (https://w-­i-­t-­m.net/) and Alice Strete (https://alicestrete.me/)

Editor: Liz Allan

Coordination: Kimmy Spreeuwenberg

Printer: De Raddraaier, Amsterdam
Paper: Old Mill/Bianco 100g
Print Run: 300

Thanks for the generous support of Nihan Somay, Jake Caleb, Ulufer Çelik and Carmen José

Hybrid Publishing
This publication was developed by Hybrid Publishing, founded by the Willem de Kooning Academy as a means of profiling and disseminating outstanding research conducted by its students and teaching staff, whether independently or in collaboration with external partners. Researching and experimenting across a broad range of processes native to digital and analog media, WdKA Hybrid Publishing fosters novel approaches to design, authoring, reading and dissemination made possible through ongoing developments from the legacies of Gutenberg’s press to present­day technologies. (hybridpublishing.wdka.nl)

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How to use

This website is best displayed on a desktop, using the latest available Firefox version.

The map shows connections between various representatives in Turkish culture, be it poets, authors or musicians, traditional or contemporary.

Each name is presented in relation to a song, a poem, an image, or a fragment of text or audio.

When clickling once on one of the names, various kinds of media appear in connection to that name. The colors represent different categories (Folklore literature, Islamic Mysticism, etc).

When double clicking, a name is isolated and displayed alongside its closest connections.

All the elements of the map can be rearranged and moved.