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COURSE INTRODUCTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION


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Course Name
Code
Semester
Theory
(hour/week)
Application/Lab
(hour/week)
Local Credits
ECTS
Fall/Spring
Prerequisites
None
Course Language
Course Type
Elective
Course Level
-
Mode of Delivery -
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course
Course Coordinator -
Course Lecturer(s) -
Assistant(s) -
Course Objectives
Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • will be able to understand the historical change of the body in the light of religious, philosophical and political debates and explain the reasons and outcomes of this particular transformation.
  • will be able to understand the theoretical discussions of the sociology of body and use its concepts.
  • will be able to analyze criticially place of the body in the discussions concerning sexuality, gender and race.
  • will be able to assess critically the presentation and use of the body in the consumer culture.
  • will be able to explain the conceptualization of the body as labor and critically discuss the place of ‘body as labor’ in the contemporary economic system.
  • will be able to explain the discussions on deformed and disable bodies, and critically assess the politics concerning these bodies.
  • will be able to analyze critically the politics of diciplining and governing the bodies.
Course Description

 



Course Category

Core Courses
Major Area Courses
X
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

 

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week Subjects Required Materials
1 Presentation and overview of the course.
2 What is Body? Fraser, M. , Greco, M. The Body: A Reader, (Routledge: 2005):S. Coakley (eds), Religion and the Body (Cambridge UP: 2000).
3 Body in Sociology M. Featherstone & M. Hepworth & Bryan S. Turner (eds.), The Body: Social Process and Cultural Theory (Sage: 1991).
4 Body: Negotiating Sex and Gender Margaret Lock, Judith Farquar, Arjun Appadurai, Jean L. Comaroff, Beyond the Body Proper, (Duke Universty Press:2007). J. Price & Margrit Shildrick (eds), Feminist Theory and the Body: A Reader (Routledge: Newyork, 1999).
5 Body and Identity Fraser, M. , Greco, M. , The Body: A Reader, (Routledge: 2005): M. Featherstone & M. Hepworth & Bryan S. Turner (eds.), The Body: Social Process and Cultural Theory (Sage: 1991): Fraser, M. , Greco, M. , The Body: A Reader, (Routledge: 2005).
6 Body in Consumer Culture Fraser, M. , Greco, M. , The Body: A Reader, (Routledge: 2005): M. Featherstone & M. Hepworth & Bryan S. Turner (eds.), The Body: Social Process and Cultural Theory (Sage: 1991).
7 Laboring Body C. Wolkowitz, Bodies At Work (Sage 2006): L. Mcdowell, Working Bodies (WileyBlackwell:2009).
8 Takehome midtermEssays Proposals Due Film Screening Film Screening
9 Body and Space J. Price & Margrit Shildrick (eds), Feminist Theory and the Body: A Reader (Routledge: Newyork, 1999): Margaret Lock, Judith Farquar, Arjun Appadurai, Jean L. Comaroff, Beyond the Body Proper, (Duke Universty Press:2007).
10 Body: Disability and Deformity Mitchell, D.T. & S, L. Snyder (eds)., The Body and Physical Difference, Discourses of Disability (University of Michigan Press: 1997): D. M. Turner & K. Stagg (eds.), Social Histories of Disability and Deformity (Routledge: 2006).
11 Body and Religion S. Coakley (eds), Religion and the Body (Cambridge UP: 2000).
12 Regulating Bodies M. Foucault, The Birth of Biopolitics: Lectures at the College de France, 19781979. B.S. Turner, Regulating Bodies: Essays in Medical Sociology (Routldge: 1992).
13 Student Presentations
14 Student Presentations
15 Student Presentations
16 Final
Course Notes/Textbooks Must readings mentioned in this information sheet.
Suggested Readings/Materials Micheal Foucault, History of Sexuality. Documentary and movie screening.

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities Number Weigthing
Participation
14
5
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
Presentation / Jury
1
20
Project
1
45
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterm
1
30
Final Exam
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
55
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
45
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities Number Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
3
48
Laboratory / Application Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
Study Hours Out of Class
16
4
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
Presentation / Jury
1
10
Project
1
10
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterms
1
13
Final Exams
    Total
145

 

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

#
Program Competencies/Outcomes
* Contribution Level
1
2
3
4
5
1 To be able to scientifically examine concepts and ideas in the field of sociology; to be able to interpret and evaluate data. X
2 To be able to define classical and contemporary theories in sociology; to be able to identify the differences and similarities among those theories and to be able to evaluate them. X
3 To be able to critically use the knowledge acquired in the field of sociology X
4 To be able to plan and conduct, individually or as a member of a team, an entire sociological research process with the knowledge of methodological requirements of the field. X
5 To be able to identify and evaluate local, regional and global issues and problems. X
6 To be able to share their ideas and solutions supplemented by qualitative and quantitative data in written and oral forms. X
7 To be able to make use of other disciplines related to sociology and to have core knowledge related to those disciplines. X
8 To be able to follow developments in sociology and to be able to communicate with international colleagues in a foreign language. (“European Language Portfolio Global Scale,” Level B1) X
9 To be able to use computer software required by the discipline and to possess advancedlevel computing and IT skills. (“European Computer Driving Licence”, Advanced Level) X
10 To be able to use a second foreign language at the intermediate level.
11 To have social and scholarly values and ethical principles during the collection and interpretation of data for implementation, publication, dissemination, and maintenance X
12 To acquire life long learning abilities that will enable the socially responsible application of knowledge based on their field of study to their professional and everyday lives. X

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest

 

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