Biography
Burcu ASENA-SALMAN, Ph.D
Burcu Asena-Salman is currently a full-time member of the TED University Basic Sciences Unit, where she has been teaching art classes specifically tailored for the TED University Liberal Arts Program since January 2015.
After her graduation from Bilkent University, Archaeology and History of Art, she had her master's degree in Bilkent University, Graphic Design and she wrote her thesis on The Rhetoric of Achaemenid Art where she analyzed Persepolis reliefs with modern political propaganda and advertisement techniques also compared with Benetton ads.
Asena-Salman worked in the industry as a communications specialist, artist agent, Marketing and PR Manager, and Project Manager for 8 years in Istanbul, collaborating with global companies such as Shell, Vodafone, Formula 1, and MetGroup. Throughout these years, she continued painting. In 2009, she moved to Iznik to work as a visiting artist with Turgut and Şebnem Tuna in their ceramic workshop.
She received her Ph.D from Yeditepe University, Anthropology Department. The dissertation is titled as The Rhetoric of Online Motherhood in Turkey where Instamoms in Turkey were discussed.
Her research interests are rhetoric, netnography, gender studies, social media, performance anthropology, representation, and propagandistic efforts in arts.
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Dissertations
2021
2021Doctorate
The rhetoric of online motherhood in Turkey
Yeditepe University, Social Sciences Institute, Anthropology
2002
2002Postgraduate
The Rhetoric of achaemenid art
Ihsan Dogramaci Bilkent University, The Institute of Fine Arts, Graphic Design
Foreign Languages
French
English
Research Areas
Social Sciences and Humanities
Anthropology
Social Anthroplogy
Archaelogy and History of Art
History of Art
Communication Sciences
Media 6 Communication Systems
Art
Academic Positions
2019 - Present
2019 - PresentLecturer PhD
TED University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Basic Sciences
2015 - 2019
2015 - 2019Visiting Lecturer
TED University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Basic Sciences
Managerial Experience
2021 - Present
2021 - PresentYÖKAK Kurumsal Akreditasyon--Face to face accreditation meeting
Non Academic Experience
2024 - 2024
2024 - 2024Moderatör
Non-profit Organisation, UN, ANKARA CITY COUNCIL YOUTH ASSEMBLY & TED UNIVERSITY, UN Women , Moderatör
2021 - 2021
2021 - 2021Member
AKFA UNIVERSITY, Member
2009 - 2010
2009 - 2010Visiting Artist
Turgut Tuna, Visiting Artist
2009 - 2007
2009 - 2007Project Manager
Saga Event, Project Manager
2005 - 2007
2005 - 2007PR Manager
GÜSOD--Güvenlik Servisleri Organizasyon Birliği Derneği, PR Manager
2005 - 2007
2005 - 2007PR Manager
MET GROUP Private Security, Security, PR Manager
2004 - 2007
2004 - 2007PR Manager
Imaj Müzik for Cem Adrian, PR Manager
2000 - 2003
2000 - 2003PR and Marketing Manager
BİMEYA Construction Inc., PR and Marketing Manager
Designed Lessons
Taught Courses and Trainings
2021 - 2021
2021 - 2021CSO Concert Rehearsal Fieldtrip with ART100 All Sections (Cancelled Covid)
ASENA SALMAN B.
Designed Courses and Trainings
Articles
2025
20251. 11. Yüzyılda bir Antropolog: Bîrûnî ve Tahkîku'l Mâ Li’l-Hind
ASENA SALMAN B.
Türk Folklor Araştırmaları Derneği Dergisi , no.370, pp.191-215, 2025 (TRDizin)
2024
20242. Aslı Kotaman (2023). Sanatın Erkeksiz Tarihi. İstanbul: Karakarga Yayınları. ss. 269. ISBN: 978-625-8360-49-3
ASENA SALMAN B.
KADIN / WOMAN 2000:KADIN ARASTIRMALARI DERGISI - JOURNAL FOR WOMEN STUDIES , vol.1, no.25, pp.119-126, 2024 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
Papers Presented at Peer-Reviewed Scientific Conferences
2024
20241. Filenin Sponsorları: Kadın A Milli Voleybol Takımı ve Cumhuriyet'in 100. Yılında İdeal Türk Kadını İmgesi
COŞKUN B., ASENA SALMAN B.
III. Ulusal Siyaset Bilimi Kongresi, İstanbul, Turkey, 28 - 29 September 2024, pp.69, (Summary Text)
2023
20232. YENİ ANNELİK, YENİ MEDYA: TÜRKİYE'DE "INSTAMOM" OLMAYAN INSTAGRAM ANNELERİ ÜZERİNE NETNOGRAFİK BİR ARAŞTIRMA
Asena Salman B.
Yeni Medya Çalışmaları VI. Ulusal Kongre, Eskişehir, Turkey, 16 - 17 November 2023, pp.117-118, (Summary Text)
2023
20233. HÜRRİYET GAZETESİ NEŞRİYATI "HÜRRİYET ANA-BABA REHBERİ:" 1970'lerin BAŞINDA TÜRK KADININA DAYATILAN TEMSİL
Asena Salman B.
Cumhuriyet'in 100. Yılında Kadın, Kadınların Cumhuriyeti 1923-2023 Uluslararası Sempozyum, İstanbul, Turkey, 27 - 29 October 2023, pp.654, (Summary Text)
2023
20234. A Netnographic Survey of Turkish Twitter After the Earthquakes of February 2023
ASENA SALMAN B.
Netnocon 23, Manchester, England, 26 - 28 July 2023, pp.64-65, (Summary Text)
2022
20225. “A Netnographic Analysis of Instagram Articles by Ayşe Arman on Berfin Özek: The Acid Attack Case”
ASENA SALMAN B.
Congress on Gender CGS22: Appearances of Violence, Trabzon, Turkey, 16 - 18 November 2022, pp.30-31, (Summary Text)
Books
2024
20241. 06 Şubat Kahramanmaraş Depremlerinden sonra Twitter ve Twitter'ın Ölümü
Asena Salman B.
in: Bir Depremin Yıkım Dalgaları: 06 Şubat 2023 Kahramanmaraş Depremlerinin Medyada İnşası, PAZARBAŞI BETÜL,AKGÜL SELMA, Editor, Hiper Yayın, Ankara, pp.135-170, 2024
Other Publications
2024
20242. Sponsors of the net: Women's national volleyball team and the ideal representation of Turkish woman in the centenary of the republic Cumhuriyet'in 100. Yılında İdeal Türk Kadını İmgesi
Asena Salman B.
Presentation, pp.63-64, 2024
2022
20223. A Netnographic Analysis of Instagram Articles by Ayşe Arman on Berfin Özek: The Acid Attack Case
Asena Salman B.
Other, pp.30-31, 2022
Student Project
2022 - 2022
2022 - 2022TEDU Center for Gender Studies/Winter Internship
TED University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Basic Sciences, Turkey
Memberships and Roles in Scientific Organizations
2025 - Present
2025 - Present
TEDU CENTER FOR GENDER STUDIES
Member of Advisory Board
Congress and Symposium Activities
24 October 2025 - 26 October 2025
24 October 2025 - 26 October 2025
III. International Congress of Anthropological Sciences
Attendee
Ankara-Turkey
10 September 2025 - 12 September 2025
10 September 2025 - 12 September 2025
ESA RN 13 INTERIM MEETING 2025
Attendee
Ankara-Turkey
28 May 2025 - 30 June 2025
28 May 2025 - 30 June 2025
Netnocon 2025
Attendee
Marseille-France
28 September 2024 - 29 September 2024
28 September 2024 - 29 September 2024
Siyasi İlimler Türk Derneği III. Ulusal Siyaset Bilimi Kongresi
Attendee
İstanbul-Turkey
16 November 2023 - 17 November 2023
16 November 2023 - 17 November 2023
Yeni Medya Çalışmaları VI. Ulusal Kongre
Attendee
Eskişehir-Turkey
27 October 2023 - 29 October 2023
27 October 2023 - 29 October 2023
100. Yılında Cumhuriyet’in Kadınları/ “Kadınların Cumhuriyeti” (1923-2023) Sempozyumu
Attendee
İstanbul-Turkey
26 July 2023 - 28 July 2023
26 July 2023 - 28 July 2023
Netnocon 2023
Attendee
Manchester-England
26 July 2023 - 29 July 2023
26 July 2023 - 29 July 2023Netnocon 2023
Session Moderator
Manchester-England
16 November 2022 - 16 November 2022
16 November 2022 - 16 November 2022
CGS22, CONGRESS ON GENDER STUDIES
Attendee
Trabzon-Turkey
Invited Talks
August 2024
August 2024Instagram Anneleri
Seminar
Laterna TV/Deküp; "İş'te Ben Programı"-Turkey
July 2024
July 2024Instagram Anneleri
Seminar
Açık Radyo 95.0/ Gündelik Hayatın Sosyolojisi Programı, 16 Temmuz 2024-Turkey
May 2022
May 2022Ayşe Arman'ın, Kezzap Saldırısı Mağduru Berfİn Özek Haber Dİzİsİ Üzerİne Netnografik bir Analiz
Seminar
TED University-Turkey
Jury Memberships
October-2022
October 2022