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​Edited Volumes
  •  2018. Bodies of Evidence: Ethics, Aesthetics, and Politics of Movement. Vienna: Passagen Verlag. 
  •  2010. Dance on Time!. İstanbul: Bimeras Publications.
  •  2009. Solo? in Contemporary Dance. Istanbul: Bimeras Publications.
  •  2007. Yirminci Yüzyılda Dans Sanatı: Kuram ve Pratik. (ed. with Sebnem Selisik Aksan), İstanbul: Boğaziçi University Press.

​​Book Chapters (selected)
  • Forthcoming. “Love of the World, Care for the Earth: Thinking with Arendt on Somatic Practices.” In Bare Bodies, edited by Mariella Greil, Vienna: De Gruyter.
  • 2021. “The Object of My Inquiry.” In Curating Dramaturgies, edited by Peter Eckersall and Bertie Ferdman, London & New York: Routledge. 2020. “Political Action as Virtuoso Performance and the Redemptive Potential of Art.” In Lecture for Every One, Sarah Vanhee. Art Paper Editions, Amsterdam. 
  • 2018. “Gezi Uprising: Performative Democracy and Politics of the Body in an Extended Space of Appearance.” In Media Practices, Social Movements, and Performativity: Transdisciplinary Approaches, edited by Margreth Lünenborg, Susanne Foellmer, Christoph Raetzsch, London: Routledge. 
  • 2017. “Hope.” In Words for the Future publication series, edited by Nienke Scholts, Amsterdam: The Future Publishing. 
  • 2015.  “La revuelta de gezi y las políticas de la corporealidad.” In No hay más poesía que la acción: Teatralidades expandidas y repertorios disidentes, edited by José A. Sánchez and Esther Belvis; translated by Artea, México: Paso de Gato.

Recent Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals
  • In press.  “COVID-19 protests and the performative force of untruth: some Arendtian intimations,” Performance Research Journal, 27 (2).
  • 2022.  “Curatorial Practice as a Claim to Public-ness,” TURBA: The Journal for Global Practices in Live Arts Curation, 1(1).

Catalogue Essays and Commissioned Texts (selected)
  • Forthcoming.   “Political Curating/Curatorial Activism in Dance,” oncurating.org
  • 2022. “Fragmented Spaces of Appearance” In "Temporary Assembly of Living Things," Solo Exhibition by Hakan Topal, DEPO Istanbul, pp. 2-11. 
  • 2021. “Undoing Hierarchies of Knowledge.”  Interview with Radouan Mriziga, Tanz Im August Magazine, August, pp. 14-16.
  • 2018. “Revolutions Unheard.” Interview with choreographer Aydin Teker. Tanz Im August Magazine, August, pp. 68-70.
  • 2016. “The Gezi Uprising and Corporeal Politics: Towards the Reinvention of a Political Culture.” SCORES No 5: intact bodies / under protest, edited by Walter Heun; Krassimira Kruschkova; Mehanovic Lejla, pp. 14-23.
  • 2013. “Watch out History, When a Dancer Goes Still: Die Proteste im Gezi-Park als Ausdruck einer Politik der Körper.” Theater der Zeit, November, pp. 5-8.  
Other Selected Publications (Periodicals, Reviews, Interviews, Reports, and Online Media):
  • 2018. “Revolutions Unheard.” Interview with choreographer Aydin Teker. Tanz Im August Magazine, August 2018, pp. 68-70
  •  2016. “The Gezi Uprising and Corporeal Politics: Towards the Reinvention of a Political Culture.” SCORES No 5: intact bodies / under protest, edited by Walter Heun; Krassimira Kruschkova; Mehanovic Lejla, pp. 14-23.
  • 2016. “Entfesselte Körper,” tanz (Yearbook 2016): 36-43. 
  • Ertem, Gurur. 2013. “Watch out History, When a Dancer Goes Still: Die Proteste im Gezi-Park als Ausdruck einer Politik der Körper.” Theater der Zeit  (November): 5-8. 
  • Ertem, Gurur. 2012. “Cultures of Complaint: A Report on Teaching the Teachers Meeting on Contemporary Dance Education in Turkey.” iDANSblog, November 10. 
  • Kaegi Stefan; Gurur Ertem and Aydın Silier. 2012. “An Interview with Stefan Kaegi/Rimini Protokoll on the Perfomance of Radio Muezzin.” iDANSblog, October 6. 
  • Ertem, Gurur. 2012. “Decentralizing the Human Figure in Choreography: An Interview with Dominique Bouivin.” iDANSblog, October 20.
  • Akselsen, Anna; Adrian Minckowitz, and Gurur Ertem. 2012. “Young Choreographers’ ‘Game Theory’.” iDANSblog, October 12. 
  • Mendelssohn, Anna; Gurur Ertem. 2012. “On ‘Cry me a River’ with Anna Mendelssohn.” iDANSblog, October 3. 
  • Layes, Clément; Gurur Ertem. 2011. “Choreographic Maneuvers.” iDANSblog, October 19.
  • Monteiro Freitas, Marlene; Gurur Ertem. 2011.“Metamorphoses.” iDANSblog, October 19. 
  • Ertem, Gurur. 2009. “Dokuman’ın Dökümü: Dramaturji Üzerine Notlar.” iDANSblog, November 11. 
  • Dimchev, Ivo; Gurur Ertem. 2009. “Voicing Choreography.” iDANSblog, October 10. 
  • Copper, Kelley; Gurur Ertem. 2009. “Can you tell the story of Romeo and Juliet?” iDANSblog, October 11. 
  • Pisani, Martine; Gurur Ertem. 2009. “Martin Pisani’s Choreographic Universe.” iDANSBlog, September 11. 
  • Ertem, Gurur. 2009. “Bir Metodoloji Olarak ‘Çağdaş’ Dans.” Gist [Contemporary Performing Arts Magazine] (3): 31-34.
  • Ertem, Gurur. 2009. “Ayşe Orhon ile ‘Harbi’ Söyleşi.” Gist [Contemporary Performing Arts Magazine] (3): 18-20.​
  • Ertem, Gurur. 2008. “Malûliyet Estetiği ya da Tamlık Halüsinaysonu: Self Unfinished (Xavier Le Roy) ve Solum (Taldans).” Roxy GaSte [Magazine for Culture and Arts] (February).
  • Ertem, Gurur. 2008. “Aydın Teker: aKabı’nın Bedeni ve Hareket.” Gist [Contemporary Performing Arts Magazine] (1): 90-3. 
  • Ertem, Gurur. 2008. “(Birkaç) para-GRAF.” Gist [Contemporary Performing Arts Magazine] (1): 136-38. 
  • Ertem, Gurur. 2007. “Çağdaş Dansta Koreografik Yaklaşımlar.” iDANSblog, October 10.
  • Orhon, Ayşe; Gurur Ertem. 2007. “Tekrar Edebilir misin Üzerine Söyleşi.” iDANSblog, September 15. 
  • Alkış, Özlem; Gurur Ertem. 2007. “Neverland Üzerine Söyleşi.” iDANSBlog, September 14.
  • Ertem, Gurur. 2007. “A Lecture on Post-Structuralist Philosophy to Understand Contemporary Choreographers like Jérôme Bel (and Why You Are Important).” iDANSblog, September 12. 
  • Ertem, Gurur. 2007. “Teknik, Gelenek ve ‘Etnik’ Dans.” iDANSblog, September 10. 
  • Ertem, Gurur. 2007. “Bedenin Hafızası - Arşiv Olarak Beden: Shirtologie (Jérôme Bel).” iDANSblog, September 8. 
​For information about other publications, please see CV.
© Gurur Ertem 2017-2022
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