CONTEMPORARY MUSEUMS AND APPLICATIONS

MUS507

Course Code: MUS507
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 10

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Master's Degree Without Thesis

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Professor Billur Tekkök Karaöz

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

The students will study the ways in which art history plays an important role in museum exhibitions, installations, virtual museums, private, city and speciality museums.
The formation of contemporary art museums, diversity in museum architecture and contemporary museum architects will be studied, especially United States of America, Middle East and European contemporary art museums will be introduced.
Museum's communication with visitors, museum aesthetics ans modes of communication will be considered.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Description

This course aims to present how art museums reveal the social and cultural ideologies. The students will study the ways in which art history plays an important role in museum exhibitions, installations, virtual museums, private, city and speciality museums. The formation of contemporary art museums, diversity in museum architecture and contemporary museum architects will be studied, especially United States of America, Middle East and European contemporary art museums will be introduced. Museum's communication with visitors, museum aesthetics ans modes of communication will be considered.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Introduction to contemporary art museums, readings
2^nd Week	Formation of museum; museum-space-art work relationship Readings
3^rd Week	Contemporary Art Museums Turkey Barker "The Museum in a Postmodern Era"
4^th Week	The formation of İstanbul Modern, Ankara CerModern
5^th Week	Museum-city-transformation Coombes "Museums and the Formation of National and Cultural Identity"
6^th Week	Museum architecture, collections, exhibition Alpers "The Museum as a way of Seeing"
7^th Week	The methodology of collection forming
8^th Week	Forming collection for modern and contemporary museums
9^th Week	Mid-term
10^th Week	Museum and history of its city
11^th Week	Museum ethics
12^th Week	Museum application (in a museum)
13^th Week	Thematic museums

Recommended or Required Reading

1.Turani, Adnan. 1998. Çağdaş Sanat Felsefesi, İstanbul: Remzi Kitabevi.
2. Çalıkoğlu, L. 2009. Çağdaş Sanat Konuşmaları 3 : Koleksiyon Koleksiyonerlik ve Müzecilik, İstanbul:YKY.
3. Çalıkoğlu, L. 2009. Çağdaş Sanat Konuşmaları 4 : Koleksiyon Koleksiyonerlik ve Müzecilik, İstanbul, YKY.
4.Erzen, J. 1997. "Çağdaş Sanat Müzesi Türkiye'de Müzeler," İstanbul : Arredamento Dekorasyon, sayı 88 (Ocak),92-93.
5.Artun, Ali.(ed.) 2005. Sanatçı Müzeleri.İstanbul:İletişim Yayınları.
6. Artun. Ali. (ed.)2005 Tarih Sahneleri, Sanat Müzeleri. İstanbul:İletişim Yayınları.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Project

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	30
Project	1	30
Total(%)		60
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		60
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		40
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)	2	6	12
Field Research	1	28	28
Report writing	2	6	12
Case Study Presentation	2	10	20
Total Work Load			310
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			10.33
ECTS Credit of the Course			10

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

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