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Program of Architecture (English 30%)

MİM410

GENDER, PLACE AND SPACE

Course Code
MİM410
Semester
-
Theory+Practice
2 + 0
ECTS
4
Course TypeElective Course
Course LevelBachelor's Degree
Year of Study-
Semester-
ECTS4
Name of Lecturer(s) -
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. Comprehend the basic concepts in modern contemporary feminist geography and relates them to each other.
  2. Distinguishe how spaces and places are gendered and established by social class and inequalities.
  3. Analyze the relations of gender and space concepts with various disciplines such as architecture, architectural history, visual culture.
  4. Acquire and uses the necessary intellectual and methodological tools to conduct feminist research on space and place.
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme Components-
Course DescriptionThis course focuses on contemporary discussions of feminist geographies and develops a critical approach on the dialectical relationship between gender norms and the production and use of space to analyze established binary oppositions such as private-public, home-work, local-global. In this context, it comprehends and analyzes the production of differences and inequalities in space at different scales ranging from domestic spaces to public spaces and the city.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Introduction and Course Review
2nd Week Space, Place, Belonging and Boundaries
3rd Week Feminist Perspectives on Space I: Home and Domestic Space
4th Week Feminist Perspectives on Space II: The City and Public Space
5th Week Gender / Space / Visual Culture
6th Week Gender / Space / Architecture and the Built Environment
7th Week Gender / Space / Architectural History
8th Week MID-TERM
9th Week On the Production of Gendered Space I
10th Week On the Production of Gendered Space II
11th Week Assignment Submissions and Student Presentations I
12th Week Assignment Submissions and Student Presentations II
13th Week Assignment Submissions and Student Presentations III
14th Week Assignment Submissions and Student Presentations IV
15th Week General Evaluation and Discussion
Recommended or Required ReadingAgrest, D., Conway, P. and Weisman L. K. (eds.) (1996) The Sex of Architecture.
BOYER, C. (1996) D. Agrest, P. Conway & L. K. Weisman (eds.) The Sex of Architecture, New York: Harry N. Abrams.
Butler, J., (2004) Undoing gender. Psychology Press.
CHASE, V. (1996) D. Coleman, E. Danze & C. Henderson (eds.) Architecture and Feminism, New York: Princeton Architectural Press.
COLOMINA, B. (1992) `The Split Wall: Domestic Voyeurism?, B. Colomina (ed.) Sexuality and Space.
FRIEDMAN, A. (1998) Women and the Making of the Modern House, A Social and Architectural History, New York: Harry N.Abrams, Inc., Publishers
Hayden, D. (1982) The Grand Domestic Revolution: A History of Feminist Designs for American Homes, Neighbourhoods, and Cities.
Heynen, H. and Baydar, G. (eds.) (2005) Negotiating Domesticity: Spatial Productions of Gender in Modern Architecture.
Kılıçkıran, D. (2014) ?Kimlik ve Yer / Anahtar ve Kilit?, in D. Kılıçkıran (Ed.) DOSYA 33: Kimlik ve Yer, Mimarlar Odası Ankara Şubesi, 1-7.
Rendell, J., Penner, B. and Borden, I. (eds.) (2000) Gender Space Architecture: An Interdisciplinary Introduction.
ŞENTÜRK, L. (2015) Kuir Mekan, İstanbul: Kült Neşriyat.TROUTMAN, A. H. Heynen and G. Baydar (eds.) Negotiating Domesticity: Spatial Productions of Gender in Modern Architecture, New York & London: Routledge.
Urbach, H. (1996) `Closets, Clothes, Disclosure?, Assemblage, 30: 62-73.
Woolf, V. 1929 (1994). A Room of One?s Own.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Discussion
  • Presentation
  • Other
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Mid-term 1 30
Assignment 1 15
Presentation of Case Study 1 10
Total(%) 55
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 55
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 45
Total(%) 100
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam 1 2 2
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work 7 1 7
Preparation for Final exam
Course hours 10 2 20
Preparation for Midterm exam 1 8 8
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam
Homework 1 22 22
Presentation (including preperation) 1 22 22
Term Project Research 1 40 40
Research
Total Work Load121
Total Work Load / 30 (h)4.03
ECTS Credit of the Course4
Language of InstructionEnglish
Work Placement(s)No

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

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K12 X
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