Prof. Dr. Jan Rath (www.janrath.com) is holding a Chair in Urban Sociology and is associated with the Center for Urban Studies at the University of Amsterdam. His current research revolves around the identities, ways of doing things and life styles of new middle classes, and especially about the relations between cultural consumption and new urban forms. Dr. Selin Kılıç (drseliniles@gmail.com) received a PhD Degree in Translation Studies from the University of Surrey (London). She is now a researcher at the Department of Western Languages of Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul.