Information Package

Master's of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design without Thesis

IAED563

METHOD, THEORY AND SPATIALITY IN ORAL HISTORY

Course Code
IAED563
Semester
-
Theory+Practice
3 + 0
ECTS
10
Course TypeElective Course
Course LevelMaster's Degree Without Thesis
Year of Study-
Semester-
ECTS10
Name of Lecturer(s) -
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. At the end of the course, the students discuss producing/revealing the source, with the research question, and its target and scope with the methodology of oral history
  2. Examines the sub-mechanisms of the research method with space; mixed structure is discussed
  3. The research question supported by theoretical knowledge is handled with the oral history method.
  4. Determine the data that will document its structural, contextual and physical existence and space with its historical components.
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Course DescriptionThis course will focus on oral history theory and methodology. It will invite students to explore alternative research strategies offered by the method, introduce the materials presented by the documents and/or continue discussions on the theoretical approach that focuses on their production. Thus, women's studies, childhood, trauma and event-based memory spaces are explored with these sub-study agendas.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Introduction
2nd Week Irrecoverable Inhabitants| Discussion. Walter Benjamin
3rd Week Istor and Community | Discussion. Paul Thompson
4th Week Oral History: How and Why It Was Born; The Uses Of Oral History | Discussion. Alan Nevins Lance
5th Week What Makes Oral History Different | Discussion. Alessandro Portelli
6th Week Problems Of Method In Oral History | Discussion. Paul Thompson
7th Week Research Agenda Draft Presentation
8th Week Collective Memory and Individual Memory |Discussion. Maurice Halbwachs
9th Week Collective Memory and Historical Memory| Discussion. Maurice Halbwachs
10th Week Discourses, Ephemeral Sources, and Other Traces| J.M. Richards
11th Week Research Agenda Draft Presentation
12th Week Sampling Methods (Probability / Improbability)
13th Week Turning into a Story-Interpretation-Spatial Analysis| John Creswell
14th Week Research Agenda Final Presentation
Recommended or Required ReadingRice, C. (2007). The emergence of the interior: Architecture, modernity, domesticity. London: Routledge.
Thompson, P. R., & Bornat, J. (2017). The voice of the past: Oral history.
Dunaway, D. K. (1998). Oral history: An interdisciplinary anthology. Walnut Creek: Altamira Press.
In Perks, R., & In Thomson, A. (2016). The oral history reader.
Thompson, P. R., & Bornat, J. (2017). The voice of the past: Oral history. Çev. Barış, B.,
Halbwach, M. (2017), Le Memoire Collective, Heretik Yayıncılık, İst
In Gosseye, J., In Stead, N., & In Van, . P. D. (2019). Speaking of Buildings: Oral History in Architectural Research. New York: Princeton Architectural Press.
Creswell, J. W. (2007). Qualitative inquiry and research design: Choosing among five traditions. Thousand Oaks, Calif: Sage
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Eleştirel Okuma
  • Lecture
  • Discussion
  • Dönem Ödevi
  • Questions/Answers
  • Practice
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Mid-term 1 50
Other 1 50
Total(%) 50
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 50
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 50
Total(%) 100
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work 14 10 140
Preparation for Final exam 7 7 49
Course hours 14 3 42
Preparation for Midterm exam 7 7 49
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam 1 5 5
Homework
Total Work Load290
Total Work Load / 30 (h)9.66
ECTS Credit of the Course10
Language of InstructionTurkish
Work Placement(s)No
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