Category Archives: Visits from the Karagöz puppets

Izmir köfte on a cold winter’s day

Posted on February 11, 2015 by lizcameron

Snow crazy! That’s what those puppets are. They are afraid to venture out into the 60+ inches of snow we have seen in the past month. For little puppets made of camel hide colored with vegetable dyes, I suppose the … Continue reading →

Posted in Gendered moments, Turkish Food!, Visits from the Karagöz puppets | Tagged food, gender roles, Izmir köfte, Snow, snow day, spiced meatballs, Turkish, Turkish food, winter | 1 Comment

Karagöz irons on my head: Online teaching with the puppets breathing down my neck

Posted on February 9, 2015 by lizcameron

These days, the Karagöz puppets have been spending a lot of time in the classroom with me – more time than ever given that I am teaching an online class for the first time. The puppets sit on the top … Continue reading →

Posted in Visits from the Karagöz puppets | Tagged iron, online course, online learning, online teaching, text messaging, Turkish, Turkish proverb | 3 Comments

The puppets celebrate a wedding on the Georgian border

Posted on February 7, 2015 by lizcameron

The Karagöz puppets are all a-twitter about the upcoming Valentine’s day celebration. Between valentine-making parties and the preparation of sweets, you can imagine that they haven’t been thinking much about blogging. So this morning, I asked them to tell me … Continue reading →