CONCEIVING THE NEW IN AGNIESZKA CIESLINSKA’S FIGURATIO

The title FIGURATIO of Agnieszka Cieslinska’s 2014 exhibition at the Galeri Işık of the Işık University, Istanbul curated by Prof. Dr. Hasip PEKTAŞ, seems the most appropriate to describe her work as it crystallises her focus on the human figure and its transformations. Undoubtedly, the exhibition was the result of a consistent involvement; not only in the figurative art, but also in the thoughtful observation of the human figure and its metamorphosis. It is informed by Cieslinska’s belief that the human diversity, characteristics and features are fascinating basis for observation and for wandering in the areas of illusory memory full of evocations and references; where the boundaries between illusion and reality get blurred

DIPLOMACY: THE ACADEMIC SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER ELLIPSES, CHOICE and PERSONAL FREEDOMS

State leaders play an important role in forming policies: their discourses and social media uses, the attitudes they exhibit at national and international meetings, their body language, etc. are followed and their performances are measured. As such, there happen to develop misunderstandings, misevaluations and mistaken inferences between states from time to time, wherein the process may add up to such policies as are not effectual enough as a result of miscalculations

Prof. Dr. Paul Ade Silva, Editor of JAMMO, Interviews Khalil Charles, Deputy Editor News TRT World & Editor Middle East Monitor

The Sudanese question demands an evaluation of the process of its normalisation with Israel and in assessing the pros and cons of establishing relations with Israel, it is fair to say that much of the world’s negative stance towards Sudan, particularly the Europeans, has been because of its refusal to open diplomatic channels with the Zionist state. Therefore, the lack of investment and harsh economic sanctions and the continuing Civil War which has decimated the country’s economy was to some respects due to Sudan’s support of the Palestinians and its opposition to Israel. The new transitional government see contact with Israel to demonstrate pragmatic politics and to ease the international pressure on the country to allow it to become part of the international community once again.[…] Therefore, what is News, and news values, is driven by the standards traditionally set which in the main can be discriminatory and prejudicial. So, the opinion leaders are there for those who continually meet the requirements of the establishment or who decide to take part in the status quo.