Romanian Cultural Institute, Istanbul

Anthropologist, with focus on material culture, urban studies and critical theory. Currently deputy director of the Romanian Cultural Institute in Istanbul. Author of Paris Chic, Tehran Thrills. Aesthetic Bodies, Poli...

Anthropologist, with focus on material culture, urban studies and critical theory. Currently deputy director of the Romanian Cultural Institute in Istanbul. Author of Paris Chic, Tehran Thrills. Aesthetic Bodies, Political Subjects, Zetabooks 2007, and The Joyous Display of Global Order (in Romanian), Curtea Veche 2010. Frequent cotributor to specialty journals such as Development, Idea, Omagiu. Ph.D. at the University of California, Irvine.