What Josephine Saw — Kimberly Hart

Bu kilimlerde gördüğüm renklerin ve desenlerin birleşimi Herkes bu kadınların sadece başka şeyleri kopyalayabildiklerini ve aynı şeyin tekrar tekrar kopyalandığını söylüyordu Ama her kilimde pek çok çeşitleme vardı ve bu kilimler benim ilginçlik ve güzellik anlayışıma tamı tamına denk düşüyordu Elbette bu kilimleri benim için dokumadıklarını biliyordum ama bunlar her şeyiyle benim ilgi alanıma giriyordu Josephine Powell 1919da doğan Josephine Powell Türkiyeye ilk olarak 1955te Bizans mozaiklerini fotoğraflamak için geldi İlk büyük Türkiye gezisine de o sırada çıktı Cumhuriyetin kuruluşundan sonra ülkenin tamamını dolaşmasına izin verilen ilk yabancı oldu Türk düz dokumalarıyla ilgilenmeye başladı El sanatları hakkında bilgileri doğrudan doğruya Türk göçebelerinden almak için çalışmaya başladı Bu objelerin hangi amaçlara hizmet ettiğini hangi malzemelerden yapıldıklarını ve nasıl geliştirildiklerini anlamaya çalıştı Anadolu kilimlerini çuvallarını ve benzeri el ürünlerini toplamaya başladı Anadolunun kırsal bölgelerinde dokumacılığın rolünü ve önemini yansıtan bir koleksiyon oluşturdu Ayrıca Türkiyede doğal boyama sanatının yeniden canlandırılmasına ve Türkiyenin ilk kadın kooperatifi olan ve halıların otantik desenler ve doğal boyalar kullanarak dokunmasını amaçlayan DOBAG Projesinin Doğal Boya Araştırma ve Geliştirme Projesi kurulmasına öncülük etti Powell 2007 yılında öldüğünde ardında çok değerli koleksiyonlar ve fotoğraf arşivleri bıraktı Anadoludan topladığı düz dokuma ve etnografik obje koleksiyonlarını ve tüm fotoğraflarının kopyalarını 2006 yılında Vehbi Koç Vakfına bağışladı 11 Haziran 21 Ekim 2012 tarihleri arasında Koç Üniversitesi Anadolu Araştırmaları Merkezinde açılan Josephinein Görduğu sergisi kapsamında yayımlanan bu kitapta Josephinein gördüğü Anadolunun fotoğraflarını ve onu tanıyan onunla çalışan yolculuk edenlerin anlattığı Josephinei bulacaksınız Kitabı derleyen Kimberly Hart Buffalo State Collegeda öğretim üyesidir ve sosyal ve kültürel antropoloji alanında çalışmaktadır

What I saw in these kilims was this combination of color and design Everybody always said that these women could only copy and that they copied and copied and copied But within each kilim there were all of these variations and they managed so well to conform to my concept of what was interesting and what was beautiful I know that they hadn t woven them for me but they fell within what I was interested in Josephine Powell Born in 1919 Josephine Powell visited Turkey for the first time in 1955 to photograph Byzantine mosaics She then set out on her first comprehensive trip around Turkey being the first foreigner to be given permission to drive across the country after the foundation of the Republic In those years she became interested in Turkish flat woven textiles She set out to work with the Turkish nomads themselves gathering information about their handicraft what purpose the objects served why they were made and how they were created She began amassing Anatolian kilims sacks bands and related artifacts in a collection that reflects the role and importance of weaving in rural Anatolia She also played a major role in the revival of natural dyes in Turkey and in establishing the DOBAG Doğal Boya Araştırma Geliştirme Research and Development of Natural Dyes Project the first Turkish womens cooperative that makes carpets using authentic designs and natural dyes By the time of her death in 2007 Josephine had a significant collection and photographic archives Her collections of Anatolian flat weaves and ethnographic objects as well as copies of all her images were donated to the Vehbi Koç Foundation in Istanbul in 2006 In this book which is published within the framework of What Josephine Saw exhibition organized by Koç University Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations on 11 June 21 October 2012 you will find a selection of photographs of the Anatolia that Josephine saw as well as the memorial essays of her colleagues friends and travel companions The editor of the book Kimberly Hart is Assistant Professor at Buffalo State College and works in the field of social and cultural anthropology

Sayfa Sayısı 247Baskı Yılı 2012Dili İngilizceYayınevi Koç Üniversitesi Yayınları

What I saw in these kilims was this combination of color and design Everybody always said that these women could only copy and that they copied and copied and copied But within each kilim there were all of these variations and they managed so well to conform to my concept of what was interesting and what was beautiful I know that they hadn t woven them for me but they fell within what I was interested in Josephine Powell Born in 1919 Josephine Powell visited Turkey for the first time in 1955 to photograph Byzantine mosaics She then set out on her first comprehensive trip around Turkey being the first foreigner to be given permission to drive across the country after the foundation of the Republic In those years she became interested in Turkish flat woven textiles She set out to work with the Turkish nomads themselves gathering information about their handicraft what purpose the objects served why they were made and how they were created She began amassing Anatolian kilims sacks bands and related artifacts in a collection that reflects the role and importance of weaving in rural Anatolia She also played a major role in the revival of natural dyes in Turkey and in establishing the DOBAG Doğal Boya Araştırma Geliştirme Research and Development of Natural Dyes Project the first Turkish women s cooperative that makes carpets using authentic designs and natural dyes By the time of her death in 2007 Josephine had a significant collection and photographic archives Her collections of Anatolian flat weaves and ethnographic objects as well as copies of all her images were donated to the Vehbi Koç Foundation in Istanbul in 2006 In this book which is published within the framework of What Josephine Saw exhibition organized by Koç University Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations on 11 June 21 October 2012 you will find a selection of photographs of the Anatolia that Josephine saw as well as the memorial essays of her colleagues friends and travel companions The editor of the book Kimberly Hart is Assistant Professor at Buffalo State College and works in the field of social and cultural anthropology

What I saw in these kilims was this combination of color and design Everybody always said that these women could only copy and that they copied and copied and copied But within each kilim there were all of these variations and they managed so well to conform to my concept of what was interesting and what was beautiful I know that they hadn t woven them for me but they fell within what I was interested in Josephine PowellBorn in 1919 Josephine Powell visited Turkey for the first time in 1955 to photograph Byzantine mosaics She then set out on her first comprehensive trip around Turkey being the first foreigner to be given permission to drive across the country after the foundation of the Republic In those years she became interested in Turkish flat woven textiles She set out to work with the Turkish nomads themselves gathering information about their handicraft what purpose the objects served why they were made and how they were created She began amassing Anatolian kilims sacks bands and related artifacts in a collection that reflects the role and importance of weaving in rural Anatolia She also played a major role in the revival of natural dyes in Turkey and in establishing the DOBAG Doğal Boya Araştırma Geliştirme Research and Development of Natural Dyes Project the first Turkish women s cooperative that makes carpets using authentic designs and natural dyes By the time of her death in 2007 Josephine had a significant collection and photographic archives Her collections of Anatolian flat weaves and ethnographic objects as well as copies of all her images were donated to the Vehbi Koç Foundation in Istanbul in 2006 In this book which is published within the framework of What Josephine Saw exhibition organized by Koç University Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations on 11 June 21 October 2012 you will find a selection of photographs of the Anatolia that Josephine saw as well as the memorial essays of her colleagues friends an