Hyperallergic has published my update on the threatened hunger strike of cultural workers in Turkey. Thankfully, the government made last-minute concessions and the Association of Culture and Art Workers (Kültür Sanat Emekçileri Derneği) called off the strike. But if the concessions are not realised, the strike is back on, on the 18th of May 2015.
As I note in the article, the resistance (direniş) is ‘organising primarily around the hashtags #arkeologistihdamı (archaeologists’ employment), #sanattarihcilerkadrolarınınpeşinde (in pursuit of positions for art historians), and #arkeologlarvesanattarihcileraçlıkgrevinde (archaeologists and art historians are on hunger strike), though other telling ones are emerging, such as #duyunartıkbugençlerinsesini (hear these youths’ voice now)’.
(un)free archaeology 