ADİLE ARSLAN AVAR

ADILE ARSLAN AVAR
CURRICULUM VITAE
Izmir Institute of Technology, Faculty of Architecture, Department of City and Regional Planning,
Gülbahçe, Urla, TR35430 Izmir, TURKEY
Phone: +90 232 750 70 17; Fax: +90 232 750 70 12
adileavar@iyte.edu.tr
EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy, Sociology 2000
Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
Dissertation: A Sociological Analysis of the Discursive Formation of Life Sciences and Nation-Building Project in
Turkey
Master of Art, Anthropology 1992
Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
Bachelor of Science, Biology 1987
Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
LANGUAGES
Turkish (native language), English, French
EMPLOYMENT AND ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor, İzmir Institute of Technology 2002 - present
Department of City and Regional Planning, Urla, İzmir, Turkey
Instructor, İzmir Institute of Technology 2001 - 2002
Department of City and Regional Planning, Urla, İzmir, Turkey
Sociologist and Anthropologist, Turkish Social Sciences Association, Ankara, Turkey 2001
in a research project on “Child Labour in Gazi Antep”
Anthropologist and Sociologist, The UCEAT Chamber of Architects’, Ankara and Van Turkey 1996- 1997
in “Van Immigrant Houses Project”
Anthropologist, UNICEF, Ankara and Şanlı Urfa, Turkey 1995
in the “Priority Provinces Project in Şanlı Urfa”
Anthropologist, The Ministry of Culture and Turkish Social Sciences Association, Ankara, Turkey 1994
in the “South- Eastern Anatolia Cultural Development Project”
Anthropologist, UNICEF, Ankara and Adıyaman, Turkey 1993
in the “Priority Provinces Project in Adıyaman”.
AREAS OF SPECIALISATION
Contemporary (Structuralist, Post-structuralist, Hermeneutic and Critical) Social Theories
Methodology in Social Sciences
Urban Sociology and Urban Theory
Biological and Cultural Anthropology
Philosophical, Historical and Sociological Studies of Sciences

PUBLICATIONS
Arslan Avar, Adile, “Lefebvre’in Üçlü –Algılanan, Tasarlanan, Yaşanan Mekan- Diyalektiği”, [“Lefebvre’s Threefold
-Perceived, Conceived, Lived Space- Dialectics”] Dosya 17, (Ankara: TMMOB Mimarlar Odası Ankara Şubesi
Yayını, 2009), s. 7-16.
“Deleuze’de Farklılık, Çokluk ve Oluş(lar): ‘Bir Olarak Varlık’ı Aşmak” [“Difference, Multiplicity and Becoming(s)
in Deleuze: Overcoming ‘Being as One’”], Toplum ve Bilim, No: 111 (2008).
Symbolae in Honorem: Hasan Ünal Nalbantoğlu’na Armağan [Symbolae in Honorem: Hasan Ünal Nalbantoğlu ], ed. Adile
Arslan Avar and Devrim Sezer (İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları, 2008)
“Poetik vs Noetik: Heidegger ve Bachelard’da Bilim” [“Poetic vs Noetic: Science in Heidegger and Bachelard”],
Symbolae in Honorem: Hasan Ünal Nalbantoğlu, ed. Adile Arslan Avar and Devrim Sezer (İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları,
2008)
“Aydınlanmaya karşı Aydınlanma, Akılcılığa karşı Akılcılık: Frankfurt Okulu ve Epistemolojik Tarih Geleneğinde
Tekno-bilim Eleştirisi” [“Enlightenment vs Enlightenment, Rationalism vs Rationalism: the Critique of Technoscience
in Frankfurt School and Epistemological History,” Society and Science] [“Enlightenment vs Enlightenment,
Rationalism vs Rationalism: the Critique of Techno-science in Frankfurt School and Epistemological History,”
Society and Science] Toplum ve Bilim, No: 110 (2007), pp: 153- 180.
“Information Technologies and Urban Space: Current Transformations in Maslak CBD in Istanbul” (also Feral
Geçer, Omur Saygın and Koray Velibeyoğlu), in Knowledge- Based Urban Development: Planning and the Applications in
the Information Era, ed. T. Yiğitcanlar, K. Velibeyoğlu and Scott Baum. (New York: Idea Publishing, 2008)
“Georges Canguilhem’in ‘Epistemolojik Tarih’ Yaklaşımı: Bilim, İdeoloji, Tarih ve Yaşam Arasındaki Kopuş ve
Süreklilikleri yeniden Düşünmek,” [“Georges Canguilhem’s ‘Epistemological History’: Re-thinking the Ruptures
and Continuities between Science, Ideology, History and Life”], Kültür ve İletişim [Culture & Communication], 7/2
(2004).
“Van’da Diğerlerinin Mekanları,” (also Y. Hürol- Al) Van Dosyası: Mimnarlık, Teknolojik Afet ve Zorunlu Göç, der. Y.
Hürol- Al, (Ankara: TMMOB Mimarlar Odası Yayınları, 1998). [“Others’ Spaces in Van,” Van File: Architecture,
Technological Disaster and Compulsory Migration, ed. Y. Hürol- Al, (Ankara: UCEAT Chamber of Architects, 1998)] (in
English and Turkish).
“Türkiye’de Yeni Yoksulluk Biçiminden bir Kesit: Van’daki Dere Kenarları,” Van Dosyası: Mimarlık, Teknolojik
Afet, Zorunlu Göç, ed. Y. Hürol- Al, (Ankara: TMMOB Mimarlar Odası Yayınları, 1998). [ “A Cross- Section from
the New Urban Poverty in Turkey,” Van File: Architecture, Technological Disaster, Compulsory Migration , ed. Y. Hürol-
Al, (Ankara: UCEAT Chamber of Architects, 1998)] (in English and Turkish).
“‘İş’, Meslekler, Örgütlenmeleri, İktidar ve Eleştirellik- Bina Üretim İşi,” (also Y. Hürol- Al) Van Dosyası: :
Mimarlık, Teknolojik Afet, Zorunlu Göç, ed. Y. Hürol- Al, (Ankara: TMMOB Mimarlar Odası Yayınları, 998).
[“‘Work’, Professions, Their Organisations, Power, and Criticism- Building Production Work,” Van File:
Architecture, Technological Disaster and Compulsory Migration,, ed. Y. Hürol- Al, (Ankara: UCEAT Chamber of
Architects,1998)] (in English and Turkish).
“Öznelci Düşünceyi ‘Sanat İşi’yle Aşmak,” Patikalar: Martin Heidegger ve Modern Çağ, [“Overcoming Subjectivist
Thought via the Work of Art,” Paths: Martin Heidegger and Modern Age] ed. H. Ü. Nalbantoğlu, (Ankara: İmge
Yayınları, 1997).
“Doğa Bilimleri Eğitimi Üzerine” [“Of Natural Sciences Education”], Birikim, No: 89 (1996).

PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS
“The French Tradition of Epistemological History,” (Adnan Menderes University, Aydin, Turkey: 1 May, 2009).
“Philosophical Critiques to Techno-science,” (Adnan Menderes University, Aydin, Turkey: 1 May, 2009).
“Konutta Markalaşma: Kulanım ve Değişim Değerinden daha Fazlası [Trade-mark in Housing Production:
beyond Use and Exchange Values],” Symposium on the Culture of Housing and Architecture in Izmir from 1980’s onwards.
The Association of Free Architects of Izmir (Izmir, Turkey: 30 November ,2008; Session IV)
“Globalization and Services in Istanbul; Beşiktaş-Maslak Axis as the Main Service Provider of Turkey,” (also Feral
Geçer) Conference on Theoretical and Empirical Researches on Services during Socio-Economic Changes. University of Lodz,
Faculty of Geographical Sciences, Department of Space Economy and Spatial Planning (Lodz, Poland: 20
September, 2007; Session II). Forthcoming in Conference on Theoretical and Empirical Researches on Services during Socio-
Economic Changes: After Conference Book.
“Ulus S. Baker düşüncesinin ana izlekleri,” [Ulus S. Baker’s Plane of Thought] Karaburun Bilim Kongresi: Bilimsel
Üretim Süreci, Kurumsal ve Tolumsal Biçimleri, 7- 9 Eylul, (Karaburun, İzmir, 7 September, 2007, 5. Meeting);
Forthcoming in Karaburun Bilim Kongresi: Bilimsel Üretim Süreci, Kurumsal ve Tolumsal Biçimleri, 7- 9 Eylul, 2007:
Bildiriler Kitabı.
“Deprivation Analysis in Declining Inner City Areas: a Case Study from İzmir, Turkey,” (also Esin İnce Kompil)
46 th Congress of European Regional Science Association (ERSA), (Volos, Greece: 30 th August- 3 rd September, 2006).
“Türkiye’de Yaşam Bilimleri Söyleminin Oluşumu ve Ulusculuk İdeolojisi.” [“The Discursive Formation of Life
Sciences and Nationalism in Turkey”], 7 th Congress of Social Sciences by the Turkish Association of Social Sciences (METU,
Ankara, Turkey: 21 November, 2001).
“Cumhuriyet Öncesinde Doğa Bilimleri ve Sosyal Düşünce: Bilim/ İktidar/ Milliyetçilik.” [Natural Sciences and
Social Thought before the Republic: Science/ Power/ Nationalism”] Seminar Serials by the METU, Department of
Political Sciences (Ankara, Turkey, 4 April, 2000).
“Van Göçmen Evleri Projesi.” [“Van Immigrant Houses Project”] the Conference of Agenda 21 held by Helsinki
Citizens Assembly (Istanbul, Turkey: 27 January, 1997).
“İş, Meslekler, Örgütlenmeleri, İktidar ve Eleştirellik- Bina Üretim İşi,” (also Y. Hürol- Al) [“Work, Professions,
their Organisations, Power and Criticism- the Work of Building”] Aladağ Meetings II held by UCEAT Chamber of
Architects (Ankara, Turkey: 24 November, 1996).
“Immigration and Urbanisation Problems in Van,” (also Y. Hürol- Al) HABITAT II, Human Settlement Conference
(Istanbul, Turkey: 6 June, 1996).
RESEARCH REPORTS
“İmar Afları Sonrasında İzmir’de Gecekondu ve Kaçak Yapılaşma: Sosyo-Ekonomik ve Mekansal bir Çözümleme
[Squatter Housing and Illegal Development in İzmir after the Construction Amnesty Acts: a Socio-Economic and
Spatial Analysis].” (also S. Ozdemir et all.) Submitted to TUBITAK (Scientific and Technical Research Council of
Turkey), 2005.
“Gaziantep’te Çocuk İşçiliği.” [“Child Labour in Gazi Antep”] (also Sevil Atauz), 2001.
“GAP Kültürel Gelişim Projesi.” [South-eastern Anatolia Project of Cultural Development”] (also Sevil Atauz et
all). Submitted to The Republic of Turkey, Ministry of Culture, 1995.
“A Rapid Appraisal of the Implementation of the Priority Provinces Project in Şanlı Urfa.” Submitted to
UNICEF, 1995.
“Socio-Economic and Cultural Status of Rural Women in Adıyaman.” Submitted to UNICEF, 1993.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Courses Taught
History of Thought and Technology (Undergradutate, 2 nd year)
Urban Sociology (Undergraduate)
History and Built Environment III (Undergraduate, 2 nd year)
Urbanization and Environment (Undergraduate, 3 rd year)
Urban Research Methods (Undergraduate)
City Planning Studio II (Undergraduate; Co-instructor in 2002- 2003 Fall Semester)
Studio Options in City Planning I (Graduate; Co- instructor in 2001- 2002 Fall Semester)
Studio Options in City Planning II (Graduate; Co- instructor in 2001- 2002 Spring Semester)
Advanced Research Methods (Graduate)
Courses Developed and Taught
Current Issues in Social Theory (Graduate)
Sociology of Knowledge (Graduate)
The Production of Space (Graduate)
Research Design and Methods (Graduate)
Ethical Issues in Life Sciences (Graduate)
THESIS SUPERVISION:
Esin İnce Kompil, M. S. in City Planning, “Uneven Development and Declining Inner City Residential Areas in
Turkey: The Tuzcu District Case in İzmir.” (completed in 2005)
Feral Geçer, Ph D. in City Planning, “Information Technologies and Urban Space: a Case Study on Maslak CBD
in Istanbul,” (Completed in 2007).
Ulaş Şansal Kılıçkaya, “A Critical Study on Urban Transformation Projects in Turkey’s Three Metropoles,” (Ph D.
in City Planning, 2004- present)
Nida Kamil Özbolat, “The Relationships between the Industrial Delocalisation, Flexible Labour and Regional
Development: a Case Study on New Spatial Division of Labour in Turkey,” (Ph D. in City Planning, 2005-
present).
Gökhan Erkan “‘Urban Poverty’: Hidden Theoretical and Practical Problems” (Ph D. in City Planning, 2007-
present)
RESEARCH PROJECTS
“İmar Afları Sonrasında İzmir’de Gecekondu ve Kaçak Yapılaşma: Sosyo-Ekonomik, Mekansal bir Çözümleme
[Squetter Housing and Illegal Development in İzmir after the Construction Amnesty Acts: a Socio-Economic and
Spatial Analysis]” (also Semahat Özdemir et all), granted by TUBITAK (Scientific and Technical Research Council
of Turkey) and IZTECH (Izmir Institute of Technology) Scientific Research Found. (completed in 2005).
“Traditional and Modern Solutions for Lactose Intolerance in Turkey: the Production, Isolation, Development
and Transfer to Application of Lactose Enzyme and Original Cultures Used in Milk Industry,” (also Şebnem
Harsa et all), granted by The Planning Institution of State, Turkey (continuing).
“The Transforming Spatial Systems, Regional Relations and New Roles of the Cities in Turkey: the Izmir Case,”
granted by IZTECH (Izmir Institute of Technology) Scientific Research Found (continuing).
ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES
Izmir Institute of Technology, the Department of General Cultural Courses 2001- 2006
Head of the Department
Izmir Institute of Technology, Department of City and Regional Planning 2005- present
Member of Doctoral Program and Comprehensive Exam Commission

Izmir Institute of Technology, Department of City and Regional Planning 2005- present
Departmental ERASMUS and International Relations Coordinator
PERSONAL
Date of Birth: 01 February 1964
Place of Birth: Muğla, Turkey