Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Platform: Journal of Theatre and Performing Arts, cilt.1, sa.13, ss.103-115, 2019 (Hakemli Dergi)
This essay traces my search for new critical models in the face of the current politically polarized atmosphere in Turkey. I look for possible ways to experience criticism as a collective activity and find ways of resisting and changing the polarized social-political landscape in my country. Together with my colleagues, I developed various critical models to foster collaboration during the critical process. In doing so, my intention is to understand the crucial role criticism can play in fighting societal polarization and resisting the isolated single voice of ‘critique’. This essay highlightes the prosperous landscape of theatre and theatre criticism in Turkey that thrives in spite of and even as a response to the ongoing political oppression of artists and critics. Feminist Endeavour and Inter(Re)view are critical practices that resist the polarizing mode of everyday politics. Through their form, they reflect the present situation and reveal their feminist potential by focusing on issues women face under the patriarchy. They imagine collectives and multiple voices, where we see a lack of dialogue and too many solitary voices. These new models of critical endeavour are stubbornly hopeful and speak to the prospect that critical practice can be a mode of addressing political crisis.