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                                                                                    <journal-title>Başkent Üniversitesi Uluslararası Sanat, Tasarım ve Mimarlık Dergisi</journal-title>
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                                        <issn pub-type="epub">3108-5660</issn>
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                    <publisher-name>Başkent Üniversitesi</publisher-name>
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                                                            <subject>Movie Review</subject>
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                                                            <subject>Film Eleştirisi</subject>
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                                                                                                                        <article-title>Challenging Norms: Self-Representation And Activism In Documentary Film</article-title>
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                                    <trans-title>Yerleşik Kabullere Meydan Okumak: Belgesel Sinemada Öz-Temsil ve Aktivizm</trans-title>
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                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3332-3784</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Gider Işıkman</surname>
                                    <given-names>Nihan</given-names>
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                                                                    <aff>BAŞKENT ÜNİVERSİTESİ</aff>
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                                        <pub-date pub-type="pub" iso-8601-date="20260403">
                    <day>04</day>
                    <month>03</month>
                    <year>2026</year>
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                                        <volume>2</volume>
                                        <issue>1</issue>
                                        <fpage>1</fpage>
                                        <lpage>10</lpage>
                        
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                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20250305">
                        <day>03</day>
                        <month>05</month>
                        <year>2025</year>
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                                                    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="20250520">
                        <day>05</day>
                        <month>20</month>
                        <year>2025</year>
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                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 2025, Başkent Üniversitesi Uluslararası Sanat, Tasarım ve Mimarlık Dergisi</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>2025</copyright-year>
                    <copyright-holder>Başkent Üniversitesi Uluslararası Sanat, Tasarım ve Mimarlık Dergisi</copyright-holder>
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                                                                                                <abstract><p>Ideology encompasses a system of beliefs, values, and ideas that influence how individuals perceive the world and their role within it. Films, as a significant aspect of popular culture, mirror and reinforce dominant ideologi-cal values and norms. The ideological reinforcement of representations in films manifests through character portrayals, thematic choices, and storytelling. This can occur through stereotypes, normalization of specific va-lues, or the exclusion of alternative perspectives. The “normal” represents dominant cultural and social standar-ds defining acceptable behavior, appearance, and identity. These norms can marginalize individuals who deviate from them, fostering isolation, exclusion, or shame. Films challenge these constraints by presenting alternative realities and possibilities for human experiences. Cinema significantly contributes to identity construction by representing diverse identities and fostering a sense of community among marginalized or excluded individuals. First-person filmmaking, rooted in self-representation, emphasizes personal storytelling and subjective viewpoints. Filmmakers often draw from their own experiences to examine broader social and political issues, providing nuanced perspectives that challenge dominant narratives of normalcy. Personal storytelling serves as a powerful medium for addressing social and political issues, creating empathy more effectively than abstract statistics or concepts. The notion that “the personal is political,” central to various social justice movements, underscores how personal experiences intersect with systemic structures and calls for collective action toward systemic change. Expecting a Grain of Sand (Dir. Aslı Akdağ, 2020) explores the experience of a single woman raising a child in a modern city within a conservative country. This autobiographical documentary scrutinizes societal roles assigned to women, critiques social inequalities, and seeks to redefine family structures and the idealized concept of motherhood. Through this analysis, the film demonstrates the transformative potential of cinematic narratives as tools of counter-ideological discourse, offering an avenue to reimagine and challenge societal norms.</p></abstract>
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                            <p>İdeoloji, bireylerin dünyayı ve rollerini algılamalarını etkileyen inanç, değer ve fikirler sistemini kapsar. Popüler kültürün önemli bir unsuru olarak filmler, baskın ideolojik değerleri ve normları yansıtır ve pekiştirir. Filmlerde temsillerin ideolojik olarak pekiştirilmesi, karakter tasvirleri, tematik seçimler ve anlatı yapıları aracılığıyla gerçekleşir. Bu durum, klişeler, belirli değerlerin normalleştirilmesi veya alternatif bakış açılarının dışlanması yoluyla ortaya çıkabilir. “Normal” olan, kabul edilebilir davranış, görünüm ve kimliği tanımlayan baskın kültürel ve toplumsal standartları ifade eder. Bu normlar, onlardan sapma gösteren bireyleri dışlayabilir, izole edebilir veya utanç hissetmelerine neden olabilir. Filmler, alternatif gerçeklikler ve insan deneyimlerine dair olasılıklar sunarak bu sınırlandırmalara meydan okur. Sinema, kimlik inşasına önemli katkılar sunarak farklı kim likleri temsil eder ve marjinalleşmiş ya da dışlanmış bireyler arasında aidiyet duygusunu güçlendirir. Öz-temsile dayanan birinci şahıs sineması, kişisel hikâye anlatımına ve öznel bakış açılarına odaklanır. Yönetmenler sıklıkla kendi deneyimlerinden yola çıkarak daha geniş toplumsal ve politik meseleleri ele alır, böylece normal kabul edilen anlatılara meydan okuyan daha derinlikli bakış açıları sunarlar. Kişisel hikâye anlatımı, soyut istatistikler veya kavramlardan daha etkili bir şekilde empati yaratabilen güçlü bir araçtır. “Kişisel olan politiktir” anlayışı, çeşitli toplumsal adalet hareketlerinin merkezinde yer alır ve bireysel deneyimlerin sistematik yapılarla nasıl kesiştiğini vurgulayarak sistemik değişim için kolektif eylem çağrısında bulunur. Bekleyiş (Yön. Aslı Akdağ, 2020), muhafazakâr bir ülkede modern bir şehirde çocuk yetiştiren bekar bir kadının deneyimini ele alır. Bu otobiyografik belgesel, kadınlara atfedilen toplumsal rolleri sorgular, toplumsal eşitsizlikleri eleştirir ve aile yapıları ile idealize edilen annelik kavramını yeniden tanımlamayı amaçlar. Bu analiz aracılığıyla film, sinemasal anlatıların karşı-ideolojik söylem üretme potansiyelini gözler önüne sererek toplumsal normları yeniden hayal etme ve onlara meydan okuma imkânı sunar.</p></trans-abstract>
                                                            
            
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                                                    <kwd>Documentary</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  activism</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  family</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  motherhood</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  self-representation</kwd>
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                                                    <kwd>belgesel</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  aktivizm</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  aile</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  annelik</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  öz-temsil</kwd>
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