2019 Cilt 20 Sayı 36

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    Design of a robotic toy and user interfaces for autism spectrum disorder risk assessment
    (Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi, 2019-01-31) Uncular, Deniz; Artut, Selçuk
    Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is an umbrella term for a spectrum of complex developmental disorders resulting in deficits in social communication and repetitive and stereotyped behaviors (APA 2013). Research in the area revealed that young children with ASD are interested in technology. This preference for technology may lead to promising intervention models (Annaz et al. 2012; Klin et al. 2009; Fong et al. 2003). This paper includes research into how to design and use technology to create suitable products for deficits of ASD. With all the concern over the high prevalence ratios of ASD, this study presents the methodology and design of a risk assessment device, which aims to capture the interest of children with ASD aged 3-4, and direct children who score low on the tests towards a diagnosis. The tests in the device are designed to detect differences with ToM tests between ASD and typically developing (TD) children. In the scope of the paper, 2D illustrations, interface design, and outer shell design of the device are created in compliance with the research data in the field.
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    Men avoiding love in Joseph Conrad’s Victory and Yusuf Atılgan’s An Idle Man
    (Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi, 2019-01-31) Tüzün, Hatice Övgü
    As profoundly self-conscious and reflective men, Axel Heyst in Joseph Conrad’s Victory and C. in Yusuf Atılgan’s Idle Man are immobilized and incapacitated by their excessive reflective faculty and suffer from disappointment in their romantic relationships due to their avoidant attachment styles. Lacking a caring mother figure who could provide them with loving compassion, they are brought up by emotionally unavailable fathers who are clearly not attuned to the needs of their sons. So while growing up their attachment needs are clearly not met by their primary caregiver who neglects and occasionally abuses them instead. Growing up to become “avoidant” adults, they experience problems with intimacy, invest little in social and romantic relationships and are unable or unwilling to share thoughts and feelings with others. In what follows, I will examine comparatively the psychological dynamics underlying Heyst’s and C.’s avoidant attachment styles and explore how their gender performances are fraught with anxieties and insecurities. Ultimately, I argue that the traumatic deprivations of Heyst’s and C.’ childhoods significantly hamper their ability to form strong and lasting emotional bonds, making it impossible for them to find satisfaction in romantic relationships.
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    Spaces of sanctuary in Edwin Muir’s poems of trauma, exile and loss
    (Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi, 2019-01-31) Çakar, Emre
    Trauma studies have recently explored the influence of historical event and circumstance on art and how trauma is portrayed; for example, Modernism represents the embodiment of the theme of trauma, alienation and loneliness after the First World War. This connection is also discernible in the poetry of Edwin Muir who was born in 1887 and witnessed various great events of the twentieth century. However, Muir’s sense of trauma was not limited to only WWI, but the loss of people and places influenced his verse as well. The theme of loss and migration led Muir to a mythical and nostalgic past as a response to trauma. Due to migration to another city, his struggle with agony was blended with certain places; hence, his poetry elaborates on spatial aspects. In this regard, as it often does lead to feelings of nostalgia, trauma becomes central to understanding Muir’s poetry. In the centre of Muir’s trauma related to his abiding sense of nostalgia is a concentration on places, both historical and mythical. Therefore, this paper will explore the main connection between nostalgia and space in relation to Muir’s personal and collective trauma.