Mayıs Tokel
Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
PhD candidate (Prof. Dr. Claudia Liebelt)
Research Assistant at Collaborative Research Centre 1171 Affective Societies; PhD Project: Olfactory Belongings: Contested Scents in Urban Publics
Raum Raum JK 33/216
14195 Berlin
Personal Profile
Pronouns: they/them
Academic Qualifications
Since August 2023
Research Assistant at Collaborative Research Centre 1171 Affective Societies
Sep 2019- Jul 2022
MA Sociology, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul (English)
MA Thesis: The Making and Unmaking of the Zonguldak Coal Basin: Deindustrialization as a Process
Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Ayfer Bartu Candan
Sep 2015- Jul 2019
BA Sociology, Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul (English)
Work Experience
Apr 2020- Sep 2021
Research Assistant, Sociology Department, Scientific Research Project, Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul.
Conference Presentations
Dec 2022
“Zonguldak Kömür Havzası’nın İcadı ve Çözülüşü: Bir Süreç Olarak Sanayisizleşme”, Mimar Sinan University Sociology Conference, Istanbul.
Research
Part of the research area "CRC 1171 Affective Societies"
PhD project: “Olfactory Belongings: Contested Scents in Urban Publics”
Research Interests
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Social Inequalities
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Cultural Anthropology
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Affect Theory
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Gender and Queer Theory
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Critical Food Studies