Anthropology

Ayşe Şanlı

Ayse_Sanli@brown.edu
Research Interests Migration; humanitarian politics; moral anthropology; archaeologies of the contemporary; materiality; new materialisms; material culture; public culture; the Mediterranean; Italy; Turkey; MENA

Biography

Ayşe is a PhD Candidate in Anthropology, currently completing her dissertation. Her research examines the intersections of migration, materiality, and morality, focusing on how objects mediate political and moral negotiations around migration justice and human dignity. She conducted her ethnographic fieldwork in Sicily, Italy. 

Previous Degrees:

  • MA in Cultural Studies, Sabancı University, Istanbul, Turkey 
  • BA in Political Science and International Relations, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey