The sociology of art undertakes the production and reception of a work of art by a collective of people. It prepares an empirical ground for the understanding of society in terms of its socio-demographic structure. In the context of the class, the structure of social groups and their changes will be analyzed through the presentation and production of works of art.
Prerequisite(s)
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Corequisite(s)
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Special Requisite(s)
The minimum qualifications that are expected from the students who want to attend the course.(Examples: Foreign language level, attendance, known theoretical pre-qualifications, etc.)
Walter Benjamin, “Tekniğin Olanaklarıyla Yeniden Üretilebildiği Çağda Sanat Yapıtı”, Pasajlar, YKY, İstanbul, 2013
Theodor Adorno, “Kültür Endüstrisi”, Kültür Endüstrisi Kültür Yönetimi, İletişim Yayınları, Ankara
Pierre Bourdieu, Televizyon Üzerine, YKY, İstanbul
Other Sources
Walter Benjamin, Pasajlar, Yapı Kredi Yayınları, İstanbul, 2013.
Pierre Bourdieu, Sanatın Kuralları: Yazınsal Alanın Oluşumu ve Yapısı, Yapı Kredi Yayınları, İstanbul, 2006.
Ömer Naci Soykan, Sanat Sosyolojisi: Kuram ve Uygulama, Dönence Yayınları, İstanbul, 2009.
Ali Artun, Sanat/Siyaset: Kültür Çağında Sanat ve Kültürel Politika, İletişim Yayınları, İstanbul, 2008.
Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
Introductory class and the basic concepts for discussing the sociology of art
Oral presentation
2. Week
The aim and scope of the sociology of art
Oral presentation
3. Week
the relationship between society and art before modernism
Oral presentation
4. Week
Medieval art: societal relations and the place of art
Oral presentation
5. Week
the re-designation of the class in Europe post-1789 and the change in the relationship with art
Oral presentation
6. Week
the effects of technological advances in the production of art
Oral presentation
7. Week
midterm exam
8. Week
discussion on the unity of art and technology: Walter Benjamin
Oral presentation
9. Week
Mass culture critique of the Frankfurt school
Oral presentation
10. Week
Popular art and the avant-garde
Oral presentation
11. Week
the societal functions of art and the critique of situationism
Oral presentation
12. Week
the development of the art industry
Oral presentation
13. Week
the social formation of perspective: Pierre Bourdieu
Oral presentation
14. Week
the reflections of gender on art
Oral presentation
15. Week
social change and film
Oral presentation
16. Week
social change and Turkish cinema
Oral presentation
17. Week
Final exam
Project
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Midterm(s)
1
30
Attendance
1
10
Final Exam
1
60
Program Outcomes
PO-1
Communication, art and culture related concepts to be priorities, all kinds of definitions can berelated to different areas.
PO-2
Interpret technological developments and related artistic and cultural perceptions
PO-3
Will be able to understand contemporary / contemporary cinema and television practices.
PO-4
Will be able to analyze the organic relationship between art, communication and society.
PO-5
Will be able to produce works that will learn the creative process and bring creativity to the foreground
PO-6
It will be able to work creatively, flexibly and independently in a disciplined and self-created line.
PO-7
Will be able to use the tools and equipment necessary for their profession in the right place and at the right time and will be able to implement their projects within the determined time.
PO-8
Will be able to express his / her creative ideas using visual messages.
PO-9
They will be able to give original products in different interdisciplinary fields like animation, photography, cinema.
PO-10
He will have experience in film management, screenplay, cinematography and editing.
PO-11
Will be able to prepare visual effects for cinema and television using computer based applications.
PO-12
He will have experience in acting, mimicry, dramatic improvisation.
PO-13
Be open to innovations in the field of mass communication and adapt to innovations in the field.
PO-14
It will be able to produce projects with experienced experts in national and international areas.
PO-15
Competitions, exhibitions, festivals, seminars etc. in national and international areas. will participate in the events.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
The ability to draw and evaluate the relationship between society and art
LO-2
To analyze a work of art as a social production
LO-3
The knowledge of sociological theories
LO-4
The understanding of art as a social phenomenon
LO-5
The reading of works of art through a social critique
