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Working in the field of archaeology, architectural history and material culture of the ancient Near East, Ömür Harmanşah's academic interests are increasingly focused on the intersections of architectural space, bodily performance and collective memory. He is particularly influenced by the developing fields of material culture studies, anthropological theories of art, technology and agency, ethnographies of space, place and landscape, and phenomenological approaches to spatiality.
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Ömür Harmansah works on the archaeology of the ancient Near East, particularly Mesopotamia, Syria, and Anatolia. Born and raised in Turkey, Ömür studied architecture and architectural history at the Middle East Technical University (Ankara, Turkey). He received his PhD from University of Pennsylvania (2005), with a dissertation on the practice of founding cities in the ancient Near East. Since 1993, he participated in several archaeological projects in Turkey and Greece such as Kerkenes Dag and Isthmia, while he is currently involved with projects at Gordion and Ayanis in Turkey. He is in the process of developing a field project on the questions of event, place and performance in the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age rock relief - spring sanctuary sites in Central Anatolia. He previously taught at Reed College (Portland, OR) for three semesters in 2005-2006. His favourite place in the world is Taskahve in Ayvalik, Turkey.
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 OMUR HARMANSAH, PhD in History of Art, MA in Architectural History, B. Architecture http://research.brown.edu/myresearch/Omur_Harmansah On The Web: Website Event Place Performance: The Making of the Urban Space in Early Iron Age Karkamish Source of the Tigris: event, place and performance in the Assyrian landscapes of the Early Iron Age The endangered future of the past Drawing on rocks, gathering by the water: archaeological fieldwork at rock reliefs, sacred springs and other places Are you Omur Harmansah? Click here to edit your research profile. |
