Düşkünlük Makamı (Ritual and Moral Exclusion)
In this video, the institution of düşkünlük in the Alevi path is examined. Düşkünlük is not merely a punishment, but a mechanism aimed at safeguarding the shared moral ground of...
Institutional Alevism (Alevi Organization, Institutionalization, and Politics)
In this video, the ways in which processes of institutionalization in Alevi belief intersect with social change are examined. Efforts to standardize cem and hakka uğurlama rites are shown to...
Ocak-Based Alevism, Cemevis, and the Reconstruction of Tradition II
This video emphasizes that the rank of pir can only be attained through being raised within an Ocak, and it opens a discussion on the source of traditional authority in...
Ocak-Based Alevism, Cemevis, and the Reconstruction of Tradition I
This video discusses how Ocak-based Alevism is being reconstituted through contemporary cemevis. Historically, the Ocak system functioned through oral culture and internal community hierarchies. Today, cemevis have become the carriers,...
The Ocak System, Mısayb (Musahip), and Being Raised within a Pir Ocak
This video examines the Ocak system, which forms the social and spiritual backbone of Alevism, with a particular focus on the experience of being raised within a Pir Ocak. The...
The Baba Mansur Ocak and the Kureyşan Ocak
This video examines the historical and religious bond between the Baba Mansur Ocak and the Kureyşan Ocak, focusing in particular on the narrative of the encounter between Baba Mansur and...
