Event Detail
Material, Spatial and Sensory Encounters with the Picturebook Object
International Workshop at Koç University, Istanbul, Türkiye, June 9 – 10, 2017
Through this workshop we seek to explore the educational, developmental, creative and intimate qualities of materials and structures in picturebooks. From hornbooks to i-pads, children’s reading experiences have been mediated via transforming book systems in ways serving to educate, to entertain, and to facilitate narrative. Material and sensory aspects of picturebooks also have the capacity to act as a third narrative system, operating beside words and images. These aspects may engage and challenge the child to comprehend a subject through the experiential handling of the picturebook, resulting in an embodied meaning-making process. The exposure to these types of picturebooks may turn into a creative encounter, curated experience, an event or a performance. Physical interactions may be explored further in printed as well as digital picturebooks with the rise of multimodal literacies supported with novel technologies that can support diverse needs.
Program
FRIDAY, JUNE 9
09:00-10:00 Tea & Coffee
10:00-10:30 Welcoming Remarks
Prof. Dr. Ahmet İçduygu, Dean of College of Social Sciences and Humanities, Koç University
Prof. Dr. Aylin Küntay, Language and Communication Development Lab, Koç University
Asst. Prof. Dr. Ilgım Veryeri Alaca, Artistic Research Studio, Koç University
SESSION 1 THE QUESTION OF MATERIALITY
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Aylin Küntay
10:30-11:30 Picturebooks as Objects: Exploring Cognitive Aspects of Materiality
Invited Speakers, Prof. Dr. Bettina Kümmerling Meibauer, Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen and Prof. Dr. Jörg Meibauer, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
11:30-11:45 Discussion
11:45-12:45 Materiality does Matter: Ideological Implications in Children’s Picturebooks
Invited Speaker, Prof. Dr. Angela Yannicopoulou, Athens University, Greece
12:45-13:00 Discussion
13:00-14:30 Lunch at Faculty and Staff Dining Hall, Student Center -2
SESSION 2 NOVEL NARRATIVES: PRINT TO DIGITAL
Moderator: Asst. Prof. Dr. Marnie Campagnaro
14:30 -15:00 Novel Story Encounters Afforded by Personalisable Digital Books
Senior Research Fellow Dr. Natalia Kucirkova, University College of London, UK
15:00-15:10 Discussion
15:10 -15:40 Arts-based Research on Embodied Making of Digital Collages (Related to Picturebook Apps) in an Educational Perspective
Research Fellow Lovise Søyland, University College of Southeast Norway
15:40-15:50 Discussion
15:50-16:10 Coffee Break
SESSION 3 READING IN AND OUT OF SPACE
Moderator: Senior Res. Fellow Dr. Natalia Kucirkova
16:10-16:40 Sequential Visual Narratives: A Close Reading of a Collection of Portuguese Accordion Picturebooks
Asst. Prof. Dr. Ana Margarida Ramos, University of Aveiro, Portugal
16:40-16:50 Discussion
16:50-17:20 Komagata’s “Paperscapes”: Theatricality and Materiality in Blue to Blue
Honglan Huang, Yale University, USA
17:20-17:30 Discussion
18:00 Exhibition Opening, Peek! Picturebooks from Türkiye, Suna Kıraç Library
Storytelling at the Library, Librarian, Vasiliki Mole
Khlebnikova Picturebooks, Çiğdem İrem İleri
On Peek! Picturebook Exhibition, İpek Onmuş
19:00 Reception Dinner, Social Sciences Courtyard
SATURDAY, JUNE 10
09:30-10:30 Tea & Coffee
SESSION 4 EMBODIED ENGAGEMENT
Moderator: Asst. Prof. Dr. Ilgım Veryeri Alaca
10:30-11:30 The Enduring Function of the Picturebook as an Object of Joint Attention
Invited Speaker, Asst. Prof. Dr. Hande Ilgaz with Bahar Bozbıyık, Ecem Mutlu, Bilkent University, Ankara, Türkiye
11:30-11:45 Discussion
11:45-13:30 Lunch at Faculty and Staff Dining Hall, Student Center -2
SESSION 5 SENSORY ENCOUNTERS
Moderator: Asst. Prof. Hande Ilgaz
13:30-14:15 Do Touch! How Munari’s Picturebooks Work
Invited Speaker, Asst. Prof. Dr. Marnie Campagnaro, University of Padua, Italy
14:15-14:30 Discussion
14:30-15:00 Psychological Empowerment in Iranian Sensory Books
Fatemeh Farnia and Atiyeh Firouzmand, Shiraz University, Iran
15:00-15:10 Discussion
15:10-15:30 Coffee Break
SESSION 6 MATERIALS OF THE NARRATIVE
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Angela Yannicopoulou
15:30-16:00 Edible Picturebooks: Exploring Literacy via Food
Asst. Prof. Dr. Ilgım Veryeri Alaca, Koç University, Türkiye
16:00-16:10 Discussion
16:10-16:40 Book & Me, App and Book Production
Inbal Lieblich, Independent Scholar & Designer, Denmark
16:40-16:50 Discussion
16:50-17:00 Closing Remarks
17:40 Shuttle Departure from the pool
18:00-19:00 Visit to Sadberk Hanım Museum
19:00 Workshop Dinner
Reading Committee
Sandra Beckett, Brock University, Canada; Tilbe Göksun, Koç University, Türkiye; Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer, University of Tübingen, Germany; Aylin C. Küntay, Koç University, Türkiye; Margaret Mackey, University of Alberta, Canada; Ilgım Veryeri-Alaca, Koç University, Türkiye