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Revision as of 20:04, 6 January 2007 editBaristarim (talk | contribs)Extended confirmed users28,782 editsm He is Turkish.. Please see Turkish people. It says Turkish scientists, not "scientists from Turkey", be careful, u r also removing info that needs to be there per WP:BIO and relevant categories← Previous edit Revision as of 20:26, 6 January 2007 edit undo213.149.186.91 (talk) it is not a category via national origin. The same did a person for Greek Cypriots and he was Blocked!!!Next edit →
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'''Ulus Baker''' (] in ], ] - ) is a ] ]. Baker was born to a cosmopolitan family. He completed his studies at ] in ] and began to work as an academic in the Department of Sociology of the same institution shortly thereafter. Baker has lived in ] (then the ]), ], ], and ] (the unrecognised ]). '''Ulus Baker''' (] in ], ] - ) is a ] ]. Baker was born to a cosmopolitan family. He had completed his studies at ] in ] and began to work as an ] at the Sociology Department of METU. Baker has lived in ] (then the ]), ], ], and ] (the unrecognised ]).


Baker is an influential figure in contemporary Turkish political theory, both as a frequent author in major academic and intellectual periodicals and as a professor of sociology, media, and film theory. He is a polyglot, his fields of interest ranging from literary criticism to the cinema of ]. He has contributed to the rise in interest in the thought of ] and ] through a variety of translations and lecture series. His political commitments inspired him to initiate the ] political/artistic collective ''Körotonomedya''. He is among the forerunners of ] in Turkey. Baker is an influential figure in contemporary ] ] thinking, both as a frequent ] in major academic and intellectual ]s and as a ] of sociology, media and ]. He is a ] and his fields of interest range from ] to the cinema of ]. He has contributed to rise the interest for the thought of ] and ] through his translations and lectures. His political stance made him also initiate the ] political/artistic collective ''Körotonomedya''. He is among the forerunners of ] in Turkey.


Baker currently teaches Modern Visual Arts and Visual Thinking at ] (Audio Visual Systems Research and Production Centre) of METU. Baker currently teaches Modern Visual Arts and Visual Thinking at ] (Audio Visual Systems Research and Production Centre) of METU.
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== External links == == External links ==
* a video lecture by Baker * a video lecture by Baker
* website of the collective * website of the collective
* at METU Academic Staff Catalogue * at METU Academic Staff Catalogue


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Ulus Baker (1960 in Leningrad, USSR - ) is a Turkish Cypriot sociologist. Baker was born to a cosmopolitan family. He had completed his studies at METU in Ankara and began to work as an academic at the Sociology Department of METU. Baker has lived in Russia (then the Soviet Union), Turkey, France, and Cyprus (the unrecognised Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus).

Baker is an influential figure in contemporary Turkish political thinking, both as a frequent author in major academic and intellectual periodicals and as a professor of sociology, media and film theory. He is a polyglot and his fields of interest range from literary criticism to the cinema of Dziga Vertov. He has contributed to rise the interest for the thought of Gilles Deleuze and Baruch Spinoza through his translations and lectures. His political stance made him also initiate the Autonomist political/artistic collective Körotonomedya. He is among the forerunners of video art in Turkey.

Baker currently teaches Modern Visual Arts and Visual Thinking at GİSAM (Audio Visual Systems Research and Production Centre) of METU.

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