Clarke observes that ocak families, in addition to their service in the spiritual realm, also serve their communities throuhg performing and teaching art with spiritual content. She has conducted fieldwork among 24 Ocak-s in Turkey, in order to understand how intensely this service of offered at present.
Dr. Ahmet Yürür, Professor of Ethnonmusicology, Chaiperson, Music and Stage Arts Dept., Yıldız Technical Universty, İstanbul
Gloria L. Clarke, a Canadian, has spent 10 years in Turkey studying Turkish music and folklore and conducting ethnomusicological research throughout Anatolia. Previously she worked in India for 1 1 / 2 years. She has a doctorate in ethnomusicology and folklore from Mimar Sinan Universty, İstanbul, where she also lectured. She present resides in İstanbul.
Clarke observes that ocak families, in addition to their service in the spiritual realm, also serve their communities throuhg performing and teaching art with spiritual content. She has conducted fieldwork among 24 Ocak-s in Turkey, in order to understand how intensely this service of offered at present.
Dr. Ahmet Yürür, Professor of Ethnonmusicology, Chaiperson, Music and Stage Arts Dept., Yıldız Technical Universty, İstanbul
Gloria L. Clarke, a Canadian, has spent 10 years in Turkey studying Turkish music and folklore and conducting ethnomusicological research throughout Anatolia. Previously she worked in India for 1 1 / 2 years. She has a doctorate in ethnomusicology and folklore from Mimar Sinan Universty, İstanbul, where she also lectured. She present resides in İstanbul.
