Critical Forum Introduction: Cultural Encounters and Textual Speculations in the Mediterranean

Özet

Our Critical Forum explores speculative visions of the Mediterranean as a site of cultural encounter, social conflict, and environmental crisis. Building on shifts in utopian studies and Mediterranean studies, we highlight narratives from Türkiye, Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia that challenge Eurocentric frameworks. By engaging with speculative fiction and dystopian imaginaries, this forum examines how literary and cultural texts reframe the Mediterranean as a space of hybridity, contestation, and future possibilities.

Merve Tabur

Öğretim Görevlisi/Araştırmacı

Orta Doğu ve Anglofon diasporalarından spekülatif kurgu, film ve görsel sanatlarda çevresel yıkımın nasıl tasvir edildiğine odaklanan bir karşılaştırmalı edebiyat ve çevresel beşeri bilimler akademisyeniyim.