| Course Type | Elective Course |
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| Course Level | Bachelor's Degree |
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| Year of Study | - |
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| Semester | - |
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| ECTS | 5 |
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| Name of Lecturer(s) |
- |
| Learning Outcomes |
At the end of this course, the students;
- Recognizes general theoretical knowledge about cultural studies.
- Discusses the links between the cultural production of market, ideology snd society.
- Discusses information and perspectives about the socio-cultural structure of daily life.
- Applies the methodological approach and literature review by planning a research on culture and society.
- Analyze the research they have done about culture and society by writing a report.
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| Mode of Delivery | Face to face |
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| Prerequisites | No |
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| Recommended Optional Programme Components | No |
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| Course Description | This course relates the concepts of culture and art from a sociological perspective and blends them with daily life practices and political issues. |
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| Course Contents |
| WEEK |
TOPICS |
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1st Week |
Introduction to the course |
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2nd Week |
Cultural theories |
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3rd Week |
Basic cultural concepts |
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4th Week |
Readings- Walter Benjamin- The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction.Readings-Third Space- Sharon Wohl-The Turkish Tea Garden |
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5th Week |
Exploring a 'Third Space' with cultural resonances |
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6th Week |
Readings-Subculture- Meral Özbek- Arabesk Culture: A Case of Modernization and Popular Identity. Readings-Alev Çınar- The Imagined Community as Urban Reality: The Making of Ankara |
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7th Week |
Mid-Term |
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8th Week |
Readings-Gülsüm Baydar Nalbantoğlu- Silent Interruptions: Urban Encounters with Rural Turkey |
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9th Week |
Negotiating identities: Media representations of different generations of Turkish migrants in Germany |
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10th Week |
Readings-Ayşe Nilüfer Durakbaşa-Encounters at the Center: Gender and Shopping Experience |
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11th Week |
Readings- Hepdinçler, T. The Family Photographs of Istanbul Memories and the City: A Constellation of the Past and the Future |
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12th Week |
Readings- Aslan, D.A. The Surname Law in Turkey |
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13th Week |
General Evaluation of the course |
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| Recommended or Required Reading | *Sibel Bozdoğan.; Reşat Kasaba (Eds) (1997) Rethinking Modernity and National Identity in Turkey, University of Washington Press
*Deniz Kandiyoti, Ayse Saktanber (Eds) (2002), Fragments of Culture: The Everyday of Modern Turkey, Rutgers University Press
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| Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
- Lecture
- Discussion
- Questions/Answers
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| Assessment Methods and Criteria |
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Quantity |
Percentage (%) |
| Mid-term |
1 |
40 |
| Total(%) |
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40 |
| Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) |
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40 |
| Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) |
|
60 |
| Total(%) |
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100 |
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| ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload |
| Activities |
Quantity |
Duration (Hour) |
Total Workload (Hour) |
| Midterm exam |
1 |
3 |
3 |
| Preparation for Quiz |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Individual or group work |
1 |
11 |
11 |
| Preparation for Final exam |
1 |
45 |
45 |
| Course hours |
14 |
3 |
42 |
| Preparation for Midterm exam |
1 |
45 |
45 |
| Laboratory (including preparation) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Final exam |
1 |
4 |
4 |
| Homework |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Total Work Load | 150 |
| Total Work Load / 30 (h) | 5 |
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 5 |
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| Language of Instruction | English |
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| Work Placement(s) | No |
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