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Art and Thought

Workshop Title

Art and Thought Workshop with Prof. Sadettin Okten

Workshop Conductor

Prof. Sadettin OKTEN

Workshop Team

Ali CANCELIK, Aynur ATMACA CAN, Ebru Burcu YILMAZ, Ertugrul Ismail OKTEN, Hanife DONMEZ, Hasan TASCI, Mahmut DOGAN, Muhammed ALTINTAS, Murat ACAR, Mustafa YELEK, Sumeyye KUSAKCI, Sevket Ercan KIZILAY, Yasemin BOZKURT OZYALCIN, Cihan DINAR

Executive Summary

The Art and Thought workshops, which are a continuation of our Thought and Art workshop, will provide a multidimensional examination of the concept of art in terms of Western and Islamic visions of civilization, with the inclusion of new participants, and in this direction will develop the aesthetic and artistic perspectives of the participants.

Online or face-to-face lectures will be held every 15 days on Mondays under the guidance of Prof. Sadettin Okten. A lecture format has been prepared in which project participants will also give presentations. The presentations and speeches of each course will be transcribed and published as a book at the end of the project. At least one field trip will be organized.

Keywords

Art, Thought, Civilization, Culture, Aesthetics.

Goals and Objectives

The workshop provides participants with a background that answers the questions “What is the city?” and “Who is the urbanite? In doing so, it draws a wide spectrum based on basic concepts and questions. Eastern and Western art, Ottoman and Republican poetry, the biographies of artists and their perspectives on life will be presented to provide a holistic perspective.

One of the aims of the project is to remind and help participants acquire the qualities of good heart, good mind and good taste. This aim is achieved through evaluations of the Ottoman period, when the Turks reached their peak in science, art and politics. These evaluations were made by the participants; “What were we, what have we become, and what can we become?” It will provide your question and search. “What were we?” The question leads to diagnosis and comprehension of the principles; “What happened?” The question is about diagnosis and understanding of diseases; “What can we be?” The question will lead us to the identification, comprehension and execution of values ​​and forms that are compatible with the conditions of the time and applicable to life, in connection with our own principles.

In this respect, the aim of the workshop is to increase the cultural social capital and to support a socio-cultural structure appropriate to our cultural heritage.

Esenler Municipality Prof. Sadettin Okten City Thinking Center and Its Connection with Urbanism

It is very important that Prof. Sadettin Okten City Thinking Center develops a perspective on the problems of society through its own civilization vision in the academic studies of the city, in the design of national and international projects, in the development of solutions to the problems of the city.

As a result of this workshop, raising individuals who center our own vision of civilization but who can also understand and interpret world civilizations and solve the problems of the city and social life with this perspective and these interpretations will make a significant contribution to the urbanism of our country.

Original Value

The unique value of the workshop lies in the fact that Prof. Sadettin Okten’s knowledge is important and that he brings together people from different institutions and positions to create a systematic course and ensure continuity. The fact that the topics dealt with are dealt with in a holistic way within the framework of art, culture and civilization is different from the perspective that scientific disciplines deal with within themselves, which cannot go beyond the technical dimension and cannot offer solutions to today’s problems, and this is where it shows its originality.

Implementation Activities

Art and Thought Class

Transcribing lectures

Book Study

Work Package

Between 01.01.2022-31.12.2023, workshop meetings will be held every fifteen days on Mondays.

Place and Time

Esenler Municipality Prof. Sadettin Okten City Thinking Center – ZOOM

Plan B

There is no need for a Plan B, as no obstacles to the workshop are foreseen.

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