This paper explores the cultural adaptation process of rural art students in China after passing the college entrance examination and entering urban art academies. The authors note that traditional cultural theories cannot fully explain the unique challenges faced by this group, such as value conflicts and conceptual differences in teacher-student interactions. Therefore, the paper proposes... more

CRISPR-Cas9’s potential to reconfigure the neurogenomic underpinnings of mental health disorders, such as depression, schizophrenia, and PTSD, heralds a biochemical revolution in psychic pathology, yet it unfolds amid profound cultural conflicts and aspirations for integration. This descriptive study explores how post-2000 speculative fiction and autobiographical narratives rearticulate CRISPR’s biochemical interventions, navigating the ontological uncertainties of... more

In February 2025, parliamentary elections were held in Germany, the results of which showed an extraordinary division of the electorate of East and West Germany, along the former state border between East and West Germany. These elections showed not only the geopolitical division of Germany but also the deep cultural, economic, and demographic division that... more

This text explores a possibility for extending our thinking on enacting dialogical placemaking and its potential to contribute to cross-cultural exchange through co-joining making and place as threshold sites of encounter. Advancing our knowledge and practice of dialogical placemaking and cross-cultural interaction is significant owing to the increasing presence of cultural differences, and with it... more

Cultural conflicts constitute a major challenge in contemporary multicultural societies, intensified by globalization, migration, and digital connectivity. Yet, scholarship has not systematically examined how Rumi’s mystical concepts may inform modern frameworks of intercultural dialogue and conflict transformation. This study employs a qualitative comparative textual analysis of the Mathnawi-ye Maʿnawi and Divan-e Shams-e Tabrizi, using thematic... more

This paper explores how residents of the historic Nişantaşı neighborhood in Istanbul have experienced, remembered, and narrated the area throughout Turkey’s modern urban history. Drawing on in-depth interviews and archival materials from newspapers and magazines, it interprets these sources as subjective memory rather than objective record. By tracing shifts in personal experiences, daily routines, and... more