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Artship Foundation Associate Scholars Core Group

The overall and thematic cluster lists below represent individuals with interdisciplinary commitment to both scholarly research and cultural and professional involvement. To avoid judgment of external values, titles like PhD, Professor, Dean, PhD candidate, independent Scholar are omitted. Substantial involvement with Artship programing past, present or future, and collaboration history and potential are the reasons for inclusion. Experience-based writing, research and curriculum commitment are the defining characteristics.

  • Slobodan Dan Paich - Convener
  • Ipek Çankaya
  • Gabriela Luca
  • Zorana Đorđević
  • Ahmet Tolga Ayıklar
  • Ekin Can Göksoy
  • Mete Özel
  • Vanda Cordeiro
  • Hitesh Gautam
  • Mehmet Kavanoz
  • Craig Coss
  • Dana Sherry
  • Martha Zlatar
  • Burak Ayaz
  • Bilge Ekşi
  • Ali Tahbaz
Artship Foundation Archaic Sound Consortium
  • Slobodan Dan Paich  - Comparative Cultural Studies; Convener
  • Ahmet Tolga Ayıklar  - Turcologist and researcher of Altaic Cultures, musician, throat singer and Mongolian Morin Khuur player
  • Zorana Đorđević  - History of Architecture, Archaeoacoustics, Architectural Heritage (Serbia)
  • Ali Tahbaz  - Research into effects of musical forms of Makams and Dastgah - Software Development and Quality Engineering - Software Automation Engineering
Artship Foundation Narratives, Folklore and Oral Traditions Research
  • Slobodan Dan Paich  - Comparative Cultural Studies; Convener
  • Mete Özel  - Anatolian oral traditions proponent, cultural heritage researcher and translator, Poet, writer, Storyteller (Turkey)
  • Ekin Can Göksoy  - Scholar of Ottoman Urban History, Writer, Storyteller (Turkey)
  • Craig Coss  - Teacher of craft traditions, Primary, Secondary and University curriculum innovator, Mythology and Oral history Scholar (USA)
  • Dana Sherry  - University Teacher, Oral Traditions Proponent and Scholar of Central Asian Folklore, Storyteller (USA)
Artship Foundation Anthropology, Food Folklore and Food and Medicine Studies
  • Slobodan Dan Paich  - Comparative Cultural Studies; Convener
  • Gabriela Luca  - Anthropologist, Trilingual University Teacher and Curriculum Innovation Designer and Implementer, Anthropology of Food Writer (Romania)
  • Hitesh Gautama  - Ayurvedic Medicine and Food Scholars - Executive Chef Amber India Restaurant, San Francisco (USA)
  • Mehmet Kavanoz  - Foraging Food Research and Practice, University Teacher of Culinary Arts, Haliç University, İstanbul (Turkey)
  • Burak Ayaz  - Independent Researcher, Anthropology, Food Folklore and Food and Medicine Studies, Bringing sense of smell into expressive art field based on biological and cultural research
Artship Foundation Comparative Historic Paradigms and Future of Learning Research
  • Slobodan Dan Paich  - Comparative Cultural Studies; Convener
  • Gabriela Luca  - Anthropologist, Trilingual University Teacher and Curriculum Innovation Designer and Implementer, Anthropology of Food Writer (Romania)
  • Ipek Çankaya  - Art Management Teacher, Art Facilities Initiator and Art Legislation and Policies Scholar (Turkey)
  • Craig Coss  - Teacher of craft traditions, Primary, Secondary and University curriculum innovator, Mythology and Oral history Scholar (USA)
  • Dana Sherry  - University Teacher, Oral Traditions Proponent and Scholar of Central Asian Folklore, Storyteller (USA)
Artship Foundation Experience-Based Comparative Cultural Studies
  • Slobodan Dan Paich  - Comparative Cultural Studies; Convener
  • Ipek Çankaya  - Poet, Curator
  • Bilge Ekşi  - Photographer, Sociologist
Artship Foundation Personal and Organizational Managing Paradigms Research
  • Slobodan Dan Paich  - Comparative Cultural Studies; Convener
  • Ipek Çankaya  - Art Management Teacher, Art Facilities Initiator and Art Legislation and Policies Scholar (Turkey)
  • Martha Zlatar  - Individual Artist Coach; Artship Foundation Board Core Member/ Adviser (USA)
  • Vanda Cordeiro  - Hospitality Industry, Cultural Facilities Professional Manager, Scholar of Contemporary and Ancient Thought