The aim of this course is to make students think about culture, populer culture and to examine cultural products such as film, music and advertorials.
Prerequisite(s)
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Corequisite(s)
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Special Requisite(s)
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Instructor(s)
Assoc. Prof. Zeynep Koçer
Course Assistant(s)
Schedule
Monday, 09:00 - 10:45 / ZD-1
Office Hour(s)
Monday, 15:00 - 16:00 / 1G06
Teaching Methods and Techniques
Lecture and text analysis
Principle Sources
- Aradığınız Kişiye Şu Anda Ulaşılamıyor, Meltem Ahıska, Zafer Yenal, Osmanlı Bankası Yayınları, 2006
- Kötü Çocuk Türk, Nurdan Gürbilek, Metis Yayınları, 2001.
- Cilalı İmaj Devri, Can Kozanoğlu, İletişim Yayınları, 1992.
- Türkiye Sizinle Gurur Duyuyor, Yıldırım Türker, Metis Yayınları, 1998.
Other Sources
- Herbert J. Ganz. Popüler Kültür ve Yüksek Kültür. Cogito. 2005
- John Fiske. Popüler Kültürü Anlamak. Ark.
- Armand Mattelart ve Erik Neveu. Kültürel İncelemelere Giriş. İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları. 2007.
- Theodor Adorno. Kültür Endüstrisi, Kültür Yönetimi, Çev. N. Ülner vd., İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları
- John Storey. Popüler Kültür Çalışmaları, Çev. Koray Karaşahin, Babil. 2000.
- Raymond Williams. Kültür. İmge. 1993
- Ozan Ömerli. Popüler Kültür. Elips. 2008.
- İrfan Erdoğan ve Korkmaz Alemdar. Öteki Kuram. Erk. 2002.
- Theodor Adorno. Popüler Müzik Üzerine. Toplumbilim. Mart 1999.
- Ünsal Oskay. Popüler Kültürün Toplumsal Ortam ve İdeolojik İşlevleri Üzerine.
- Umut Yıldırım. Magazin İçerikli Dergilerde. Toplum ve Bilim. Güz 2002.
Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
Introduction
Oral presentation
2. Week
Atılgan G, Aytekin E. A. 2013. Siyaset Bilimi. İstanbul: Yordam. “Kültür”.
Oral presentation
3. Week
Geçer, Ekmel. 2013. Medya ve Popüler Kültür. İstanbul: Metamorfoz. “Kültür,” “Popülerliğin İnşaası ve Kritiği,” “Hepsi Daha Cool Olmak İçin mi?”
Oral presentation
4. Week
Gürbilek, Nurdan (2001). Kötü Çocuk Türk. (“Ben de İsterem.” Chapter)
Oral presentation
5. Week
Ahıska, Meltem ve Zafer Yenal (2006). “Fast Food Türkiye’de,” “Modernliğin Aracı Otomobil”
Ahıska, Meltem ve Zafer Yenal (2006). “Nerede O Eski Bayramlar”, “Yine Moda”
Oral presentation
11. Week
Ayfer Bartu. “Eski mahallelerin sahibi kim?”
Oral presentation
12. Week
Ahıska, Meltem ve Zafer Yenal (2006). “Korunaklı Hayatlar”, “Küresel Bir Kente Doğru”
Oral presentation
13. Week
Ahıska ve Yenal (2006). “Dünyayı sizin için izleyen televizyon” ve “Bir başkasına ulaşmak”
Oral presentation
14. Week
Ahıska ve Yenal (2006). “Neo-Türklük”, “Türkçe nereye gidiyor?”
Oral presentation
15. Week
Tuğçe Saklıca Rigatos. “Çizginin gücü 6/7 Eylül olayları..”. Sf. 17-61. (2) Herkül Millas “Çocuk kitapları..”. Sf. 61-92.
Oral presentation
16. Week
Final revisions before final exam
Oral presentation
17. Week
Final exam
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Midterm(s)
1
40
Attendance / Participation
1
20
Final Exam
1
40
Program Outcomes
PO-1
Students will be able to define all sorts of concepts predominantly related with communication, arts and culture alongside other differint disciplines.
PO-2
Students will be able to interprete technological developments and other related artistic and cultural perceptions.
PO-3
Students will be able to understand contemporary/actual practises.
PO-4
Students will be able to analyse the organic relationships between art, communication
and society.
PO-5
Students will be able to experience the process neccesarry, producing creative designs.
PO-6
Students will be able to study independently of their own accord in a creative
environment
PO-7
Students will be able to use technical equipments properly, and be also accomplish their projects within the given period.
PO-8
Students will be able to transform their creative ideas into multidisciplinary applications.
PO-9
Students will be able to produce original works in different areas ranging from graphic arts, photography, cinema, performing arts to plastic arts.
PO-10
Students will be able to have experiences on film directory, script writing, photography directory and editing.
PO-11
Students will be able to gain proficiency on computer based design, character design for both two and three dimensional animation movie. They also will be able to have experience on stage design.
PO-12
Students will be able to have experiences on various disciplines of performing arts, such as acting, mimic, modern dance, singing, dramatic improvisation.
PO-13
Students will be able to create original art works in painting, sculpture and ceramic disciplines.
PO-14
Students will be able to gain an ability in producing projects together with experienced academics invited.
PO-15
Students will be able to participate in competetive projects both at home and abroad such as exhibitions, workshops and seminars.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
Will know the fundamental concepts such as popular culture, mass culture, high /low culture and subculture.
LO-2
Will assess the changes in the understanding of popular culture in different eras.
LO-3
Will be able to analyze cultural texts through the socio-cultural, economic and political discourses.
LO-4
Will learn the emergence of cultural studies.
LO-5
Will learn to look at film as a product of popular culture and be able to analyze the components accordingly.
LO-6
Will know what discourse and discourse analysis are.
