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A. Kartal

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Open access Oct 2026

Sensory regimes of gentrification: urban transformation, embodied experience, and neoliberal spatial production in Cihangir

Gentrification has predominantly been examined through economic restructuring, demographic change, and spatial reorganization, while its sensory and embodied dimensions remain underexplored in urban sociology. This study reconceptualizes gentrification as a multi-layered urban transformation regime operating not only t...

H. Kartal, A. Kartal · Frontiers in Sociology · 0 citations

Open access Oct 2026

Relational Heritage in the Urban Core: Sensewalking, Spatial Memory, and Perceived Transformation in Istanbul’s Historical Peninsula

Historic urban cores are assessed as bounded ensembles of monuments and fabric, with limited attention to the relationships through which heritage is lived. This study develops an urban-core perspective on relational heritage by examining how Istanbul’s Historical Peninsula is perceived, remembered, and spatially repre...

H. Kartal, A. Kartal · Urban Science · 0 citations

Review Open access Aug 2026

Vernacular Architecture as Living Socio-Material Heritage: An Integrative Framework for Environment, Culture, Material Practice, and Governance

Vernacular architecture is studied as climate-responsive construction, cultural expression, material practice, and heritage, yet the literature does not always explain how fabric, skills, institutions, and environmental relations change together. This critical interpretive review asks what changes when vernacular archi...

H. Kartal, A. Kartal · The Heritage · 0 citations