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Göbeklitepe and Ecological Thinking: Human/Nature Entanglement in Fırat Yasa's Graphic Novel, Tepe (Hill).
Fırat Yaşa's graphic novel "Tepe (The Hill)" is a call for everyone to demand the human and animal rights with an imaginative journey in prehistory! ©Frank Samol, Unsplash Göbeklitepe is an archaeological site in Şanlıurfa, South East of Turkey. The archaeological excavations present a construction of circular-design and T shaped stone pillars built with basic stone tools in Pre-Pottery Neolithic period, between c. 9500 and 8000 BCE. It is the earliest example of such archi

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(Open-access) Interactive Storytelling through LEDs and Paper Circuits: Tapping into Materials and Technology in Children’s Literature Education
How can interactive technology enhance children’s literature? How can new materials and technology be incorporated into courses on children’s literature at university level feeding upon the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)? What is the best way to embed new materials such as paper circuits into a children’s narrative? Abstract This article offers a review of an experiment conducted at a liberal arts college where students were provided the theoretical and practice-based kno

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Illustrating Tipitip Bubblegum Comics in Turkey
Over forty years, Bülent Arabacıoğlu's Tipip comics on bubble-gum wrappers has created a legacy in comics with impact on children's literacy and entertainment in Turkey. © Bülent Arabacıoğlu Our research, which is named as "Illustrating Tipitip bubblegum comics in Turkey: Transformation, outreach, humour and literacy engagement", makes an overview of the evolution of Tipitip bubblegum comics in Turkey, studying its impact on society especially on children for more than four d

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