ALBERT-LÁSZLÓBARABÁSINETWORKSCIENCEPREFACEXACKNOWLEDGEMENTSNICOLESAMAYSARAHMORRISONIntroductionHowtoUseThisBookAcknowledgementsHomeworkBibliography12INDEXThisbookislicensedunderaCreativeCommons:CCBY-NC-SA2.0.PDFV26,05.09.2014Figurex.0NetworksofDispossessionIn2014apopularprotestmovementhasshak-enTurkey,promptingthousandsofactivistsandprotesterstodecampatGeziPark.Theprotestswereaccompaniedbyonlinecam-paigns,usingTwitterortheWWWtomobilizesupporters.Acentralcomponentofthiscam-paignwasNetworksofDispossessions,gener-atedbyacoalitionofartists,lawyers,activistsandjournaliststhatmappedthecomplexfi-nancialrelationshipsbehindIstanbul'spolit-icalandbusinesselite.FirstexhibitedattheIstanbulBiennialin2013,themapreproducedhereshows“dispossession”projectsasblackcircles.Thesizeofeachcirclerepresentsthemonetaryvalueoftheproject.Corporationsandmediaoutlets,showninblue,aredirectlylinkedtotheirprojects.WorkrelatedcrimesarenotedinredandsupportersofTurkey'sOlympicbidareshowninpurple,whilethesponsoroftheIstanbulBiennialareintur-quoise.ThemapwasdevelopedbyYaşarAd-analı,BurakArıkan,ÖzgülŞen,ZeynoÜstün,ÖzlemZıngılandandanonymousparticipantsusingtheGraphCommons(http://graphcom-mons.com/).HOWTOuSETHiSbOOKPREFACE3SECTiONx.1HOWTOUSETHISBOOKTheperspectiveofferedbynetworksisindispensableforthosewhowishtounderstandtoday’sinterlinkedworld.Thistextbookisthebestav-enueIfoundtosharethisperspective,offeringanyonetheopportunitytobecomeabitofanetworkscientist.ManyofthechoicesImadeinselectingthetopicsandinpresentingthematerialwereguidedbythedesiretoofferaquantitativeyeteasytofollowintroductiontothefield.AtthesametimeItriedtopassonthemanyinsightsnetworksofferaboutthemanycom-plexsystemsthatsurroundus.Toresolvetheseoftenconflictingdesires,Ipairedthetechnicaladvanceswithhistoricalnotesandboxesthatillus-tratetherootsandtheapplicationsofthekeydiscoveries.Thisprefacehastwopuposes.Ononeend,bydescribingtheclassthatmotivatedthistext,itofferssomepracticaltipsonhowtobestusethetext-book.Equallyimport...
