“at @museumbuzzy, I bring together data, storytelling, and visual tools to ensure your ideas inform, connect, and inspire across digital and cultural landscapes.”
elif çiğdem artan, phd

Hi, I’m Elif, a sociologist with a PhD in [digital] humanities, specializing in data-driven information production. My work brings together research, digital content creation, and public dissemination through what I call the 360° social sciences approach—a methodology that transforms data into authentic narratives across diverse mediums, both digital and non-digital.
What is 360° Social Sciences?
The 360° Social Sciences approach reimagines information production by expanding how data is collected, analyzed, and shared. In traditional social sciences, research often stays confined to academic publications—reaching only a limited audience.
My approach takes data further:
- I use qualitative and quantitative methods, ethnographic research, and multimedia materials—photos, videos, posters, magazines, newspapers, and other artifacts that tell a story.
- In addition to academic publications, I transform the original data into tailored outputs, such as blog posts, presentations, social media content, websites, workshops, and even TikTok videos or public events—ensuring the medium fits the message and reaches the intended extended audience.
To this end, I empower researchers, digital content creators, and professionals in creative industries to engage broader, more diverse publics through neoliberal cultural platforms (a.k.a. digital spaces) and strategic communication tools.
My Background
My expertise is grounded in years of interdisciplinary experience:
- Research and Academia: As a DFG-doctoral fellow at IGK—Center for Metropolitan Studies Berlin-New York-Toronto, I explored the role of autonomous digital archives in amplifying marginalized voices during the #Occupy movements in New York and Istanbul. My work integrates grounded theory and ethnographic methodologies with visual and digital thinking.
- Community-Driven Projects: From coordinating participatory projects like the Federal German Migrant Women’s Memory Box at the Bibliothek der Generationen archive (Frankfurt Historical Museum) to curating inclusive workshops, I prioritize co-creation, community engagement, and intersectional perspectives.
- Hands-On Policy-Making in Migration and Gender: As a researcher at DaMigra-Berlin (2019–2022), I conducted intersectional analyses on racism and gender-based violence, contributing to policy papers, public events, workshops, and shadow reports that focused on the comprehensive implementation of the Istanbul Convention in Germany.
- Product and Project Development: My experience spans project management, realistic timelines, and budgets, often in complex, fast-paced, resource-limited environments. Over years of working with museums, queer-feminist associations, and NGOs, I developed versatile tools for delivering impactful results.
To analyze data effectively and deliver information comprehensively,
I combine visual thinking with a strong command of visual (digital) tools.
I agree: Images aren’t just backdrops—they’re an essential part of the storytelling itself on digital platforms (beyond academia).
Tools
Microsoft
Google Workspace
Slack
Canva
Figma
WordPress
InDesign
Soft Skills
Digital culture passionate
User-centric critical
Solution-oriented
Intellectually curious
Thinking out of the box
Persistent
Languages
Turkish (Native)
English (Professional)
German (Professional)
French (Professional)