MAKING a HOME: SYMBOLIC REPRESENTATIONS of DOMESTIC SPACE AMONG the CHRISTIAN ORTHODOX ANTIOCHEANS in ISTANBUL by POLINA-PARTHEN
MAKING A HOME: SYMBOLIC REPRESENTATIONS OF DOMESTIC SPACE AMONG THE CHRISTIAN ORTHODOX ANTIOCHEANS IN ISTANBUL by POLINA-PARTHENA GIOLTZOGLOU Submitted to the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts Sabanci University October, 2014 MAKING A HOME: SYMBOLIC REPRESENTATIONS OF DOMESTIC SPACE AMONG THE CHRISTIAN ORTHODOX ANTIOCHEANS IN ISTANBUL Approved by: Ayse Parla ………………………. (Thesis Advisor) Banu Karaca ………………………. Yael Navaro-Yashin ………………………. Date of approval: 31.10.2014 © Polina-Parthena Gioltzoglou 2014 All rights Reserved ABSTRACT MAKING A HOME: SYMBOLIC REPRESENTATIONS OF DOMESTIC SPACE AMONG THE CHRISTIAN ORTHODOX ANTIOCHEANS IN ISTANBUL POLINA- PARTHENA GIOLTZOGLOU M.A. In Cultural Studies, Thesis, 2014 Supervisor: Ayse Parla Keywords: Christian Orthodox Antiocheans, home-making, spatial negotiations, affect, travma, ruination, beautification, non-status minority, muzealization. This research examines instances of everyday life experience, and the process of home-making of a group of Antiochean migrants in the city of Istanbul, Turkey. It fo- cuses on processes of spatial negotiation and transformation, through practices of con- sumption and production involved in the home-making experience. Furthermore, it ex- plores the element of ‘affect' within the context of the political economy and materiality of home-making. The families studied, have been living in houses that belong to the Greek Minority of Istanbul, allocated to them, under the obligation to tend for the adjoined buildings, mainly churches, schools and cemeteries. Inhabiting these conditionally private spaces is therefore interwoven with taking care of a communal/public space. These residences constitute a network of households that link migrant Antiocheans in Istanbul, embed- ding them at the same time as nodes in an expanding, global matrix, including south- east Turkey, Istanbul, Athens, Berlin.
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