Kevin Yildirim
@kyildirim.bsky.social
Anthropologist interested in labour, migration, and moral life under capitalism
Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge
Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge
I have a new article in Cultural Anthropology @culanth.bsky.social
It looks at shopkeepers in Istanbul who donate recyclable waste to certain irregular migrant workers in their neighbourhoods. I analyse this as a novel form of hospitable giving.
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It looks at shopkeepers in Istanbul who donate recyclable waste to certain irregular migrant workers in their neighbourhoods. I analyse this as a novel form of hospitable giving.
journal.culanth.org/index.php/ca...
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August 20, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I have a new article in Cultural Anthropology @culanth.bsky.social
It looks at shopkeepers in Istanbul who donate recyclable waste to certain irregular migrant workers in their neighbourhoods. I analyse this as a novel form of hospitable giving.
journal.culanth.org/index.php/ca...
It looks at shopkeepers in Istanbul who donate recyclable waste to certain irregular migrant workers in their neighbourhoods. I analyse this as a novel form of hospitable giving.
journal.culanth.org/index.php/ca...
Happy to see this article of mine published. Based on research in Istanbul’s recycling sector, the article looks at how Turkish scrap dealers accuse migrant waste pickers of taking recyclable waste without engaging in real trade, portraying them as economically illegitimate and morally suspect.
Full article: The denial of moral complexity: accusations against migrant waste pickers by Turkish scrap dealers in Istanbul - Kevin Yildirim @kyildirim.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The denial of moral complexity: accusations against migrant waste pickers by Turkish scrap dealers in Istanbul
In Istanbul, Turkish scrap metal dealers characterize their work as a negotiation of dual economic moralities, private interest and social obligation, and claim that their labor is righteous and so...
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June 25, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Happy to see this article of mine published. Based on research in Istanbul’s recycling sector, the article looks at how Turkish scrap dealers accuse migrant waste pickers of taking recyclable waste without engaging in real trade, portraying them as economically illegitimate and morally suspect.