The aim of this course is to enable students to develop research, discussion and writing skills in visual culture. Accordingly, the course is designed to introduce students to critical approaches to a wide range of images, objects and fields.
Prerequisite(s)
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Corequisite(s)
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Special Requisite(s)
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Instructor(s)
Lecturer Selin Okumuş
Course Assistant(s)
Schedule
The course is not offered this semester.
Office Hour(s)
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Teaching Methods and Techniques
It has been planned as Digital Distance Education and will be supported by sectoral E-Webinars that will be given in the Fall Semester with 100% Asynchronous and Synchronous enriched digital method and CATs V3.0 interface.
Principle Sources
Berger, John (2011) O Ana Adanmış: John Berger’den Seçme Yazılar. İstanbul: Metis.
Barthes, Roland (2011) Camera Lucida: Fotoğraf Üzerine Düşünceler. İstanbul: Altıkırkbeş.
Sontag, Susan (2011) Fotoğraf Üzerine. İstanbul: Agora.
Berger, John (2012) Görme Biçimleri. İstanbul: Metis
Mitchell, WJT. (2002) “Showing Seeing: a Critique of Visual Culture.” Journal of Visual Culture 1.2 : 165-181.
Other Sources
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Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
Visual culture and definition of visual culture studies
Digital Education
2. Week
Image and power: The relationship between image and power is based on feminist theory, art history, queer theory, cultural studies, or orientalist discourse. will be analyzed with an interdisciplinary approach.
Digital Education
3. Week
Audience and meaning: Different readings of the viewer will be introduced.
Digital Education
4. Week
Perspective and power: From a psychoanalytic perspective, how power and pleasure work in visual culture will be explained.
Digital Education
5. Week
Perspective and power: From a psychoanalytic perspective, how power and pleasure work in visual culture will be explained.
Digital Education
6. Week
From Cartesian perspective to digital media: The history of perspective, the myth of reality and the place of perspective in the digital age will be revealed.
Digital Education
7. Week
Exam
8. Week
Reproduction and artwork: Walter Benjamin's sanat artwork in the age when the technique can be reproduced eş will be discussed with reproduction, visual technologies, copying, ownership and copyright.
Digital Education
9. Week
Reproduction and artwork: Walter Benjamin's sanat artwork in the age when the technique can be reproduced eş will be discussed with reproduction, visual technologies, copying, ownership and copyright.
Digital Education
10. Week
Visual culture and everyday life: It will be explained how images embrace our daily life, and how we will analyze images within the context in which we encounter them.
Digital Education
11. Week
Visual culture and everyday life: It will be explained how images embrace our daily life, and how we will analyze images within the context in which we encounter them.
Digital Education
12. Week
Postmodernism and visual culture: Parody and pastiche concepts will be discussed.
Digital Education
13. Week
Postmodernism and visual culture: Parody and pastiche concepts will be discussed.
Digital Education
14. Week
Scientific point of view: The use of visual images as scientific evidence will be discussed and the reality myth of photography will be discussed.
Digital Education
15. Week
Scientific point of view: The use of visual images as scientific evidence will be discussed and the reality myth of photography will be discussed.
Digital Education
16. Week
Final Exam
17. Week
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Midterm(s)
1
50
Final Exam
1
50
Program Outcomes
PO-1
To define all information needed to learn at communication and information field.
PO-2
To learn all basic concepts about their future career
PO-3
Get the ability to use theoretical information in practical bussiness life.
PO-4
To represent and defind clearly their project.
PO-5
Using camera, lighting equipment, audio equipment professional way both indoor or outdoor.
PO-6
To have a clear visual language to impress spectator.
PO-7
To have enough skill about radio and tv producing, broadcasting and management.
PO-8
To have enough skill to create efficient project at audio visual field
PO-9
To have a responsability, morality about bussiness life.
PO-10
To have ability to work with others, being social and available for team works.
PO-11
To have the ability about project creation and management
PO-12
To have enough skill to demonstrate their project.
PO-13
To understand life time education's importance and being open all technical and social improvement.
PO-14
To have enough interest about actual social and cultural life
PO-15
To learn at least 1 foreign language.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
Explain what visual culture studies are and what kind of research field they require.
LO-2
Explain the relationship between visual culture and art history and cultural studies
LO-3
Analyze the historical, social and ideological functioning of all images, including the field of art and design
LO-4
The relationship between image and power is based on feminist theory, art history, queer theory, cultural studies or orientalist discourse. analyzes with an interdisciplinary approach
LO-5
Analyze the function of visual image in consumption culture.
