VISUAL DOCUMENTATION AND APPLICATION

MUS504

Course Code: MUS504
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 10

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Master's Degree With Thesis

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

The importance of visual documentation in museology, getting familiar with archiving visual documentation and establishing methodology
Learning how to interpret artwork,and how to analyze and evaluate artwork.
Develop qualifications to see the details of artwork
Having an interdisciplinary approach to understand art sphere
Visiting contemporary art museums, and analyze fotographic images
The ability to work with an interdisciplinary approach

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Description

In the course inventory systems of museum materials (archeological, ethnographic, audiovisual materials and contemporary art works etc.) are described documentation system. Documentation methods and criteria are exemined.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Introduction to understand visual documentation and interpretation
2^nd Week	Artwork and documentation.
3^rd Week	Museum, visual documentation in art gallery
4^th Week	Museum inventory system, how to visit museum
5^th Week	The documentation of artwork in contemporary museums, and archive
6^th Week	Inventory card system, and design
7^th Week	How to read inventory card, research to add info on inventory card
8^th Week	Museum visit
9^th Week	MIDTERM PROJECT
10^th Week	Visual Documentation research project
11^th Week	Public presentation of research topics
12^th Week	Written format of the research papers
13^th Week	Final project representations sunumları
14^th Week	Final project representations sunumları
15^th Week
16^th Week
17^th Week
18^th Week
19^th Week

Recommended or Required Reading

John Berger, Görme Biçimleri, Ways of seeing ( trans. Yurdanur Salman) İstanbul: Metis Yay.(1988).
John Berger, Görme Duyusu, Sense of Sight (trans.Osman Akınhay)İstanbul: Agora Kitaplığı (2008).
M.Merleau Ponty Göz ve Tin, (trans.. A.Soysal)İstanbuL. Metis Yayıncılık (1996)
M.Merleau Ponty Algının Önceliği Metis Yayıncılık
Catherine Weir, Interpreting Visual Art : A Survey of Cognitive Research About Pictures, New York:Tyler &Francis (2017).

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture in classroom
discussion
question
answer
problem solving

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	30
Attendance	1	10
Presentation of Case Study	1	30
Total(%)		70
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		70
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		30
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	2	6	12
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work	14	5	70
Preparation for Final exam	1	9	9
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam	6	10	60
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam	1	3	3
Homework	14	3	42
Presentation (including preperation)	1	3	3
Field Research	1	28	28
Report writing	2	6	12
Case Study Presentation	2	10	20
Total Work Load			301
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			10.03
ECTS Credit of the Course			10

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3	LO4	LO5	LO6
K1	X	X
K2	X	X
K3		X
K4		X
K5
K6	X	X
K7	X	X
K8	X	X
K9