| Course Name | Cultural Studies |
| Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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| MCS 302 | Fall/Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Prerequisites | None | |||||
| Course Language | English | |||||
| Course Type | Elective | |||||
| Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
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| Assistant(s) | - | |||||
| Course Objectives | This course will provide an introduction to cultural studies and its development in Turkey. This course will provide an introduction to cultural studies and its development in Turkey. This course will provide an introduction to cultural studies and its development in Turkey. |
| Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | Cultural studies is an interdisciplinary field and this course will introduce the students to the history and development of this field in Turkey and beyond. We will start with a brief history of the development of the field and analyze the concept of culture. We will then discuss specific theoretical contributions and particularly scrutinize the development of the field in Turkey. Every week there will be screenings (movies, documentaries, advertisements...) that will relate the theoretical perspectives to our practical understanding. |
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| Supportive Courses | X | |
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| Transferable Skill Courses |
| Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
| 1 | Introduction | Introducing Cultural Studies, eds. B. Longhurst et. Al. Second Edition, Harlow, England: Prentice Hall, 2008, p. 1-22. |
| 2 | Culture and Cultural Studies | Introducing Cultural Studies, eds. B. Longhurst et. Al. Second Edition, Harlow, England: Prentice Hall, 2008, p. 1-22. |
| 3 | Why do we need cultural studies? | H. Giroux vd. “The Need for Cultural Studies: Resisting Intellectuals and Oppositional Public Spheres” Published in Dalhousie Review, 472-486, 1984. Reprinted in Henry Giroux, Teachers As Intellectuals: Toward A Critical Pedagogy Of Learning (1988)] Screening: Public Intellectuals from Turkey and abroad (f. i. Cemal Kafadar, İlber Ortaylı, Noam Chomsky..) |
| 4 | Culture, communication, representation | Introducing Cultural Studies, eds. B. Longhurst et. Al. Second Edition, Harlow, England: Prentice Hall, 2008, p. 25-57. Screening: Stuart Hall: Representation & the Media, Kanopy |
| 5 | “Cultural Diversity” - Turkey | A. G. Altınay, “Introduction”, in, A. Durak, Ebru: Reflections of Cultural Diversity in Turkey İstanbul: Metis, 2007. Screening: Examples form the book “Ebru” |
| 6 | Cultural Studies, power and Inequalities (Ideology, Class, race, gender) | Introducing Cultural Studies, eds. B. Longhurst et. Al. Second Edition, Harlow, England: Prentice Hall, 2008, p. 58-88. Screening: Çoğunluk, Director: Seren Yüce, 2010. |
| 7 | Midterm exam (in class) | |
| 8 | Cultural Studies in Turkey | G. Pultar, “Cultural Studies in Turkey: The State of the Art”, Culture Unbound, Volume 5, 2013: 43–71. Guest speaker: Dr. Derya Özkan, İzmir University of Economics, Cinema and Digital Media. |
| 9 | Researching Culture | Introducing Cultural Studies, eds. B. Longhurst et.al. Second Edition, Harlow, England: Prentice Hall, 2008, p. 90-105. Screening: Coffee Futures (Neyse Halim Çıksın Falim), Director: Zeynep Devrim Gürsel, 2009. |
| 10 | Culture and History | P. Burke, What Is Cultural History, Cambridge UK, Malden USA: Polity Press, 2004, s. 1-30. Screening: Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul, Director: Fatih Akın |
| 11 | Culture and Politics | Introducing Cultural Studies, editörler B. Longhurst et. al. Second Edition, Harlow, England: Prentice Hall, 2008, p. 140-174. |
| 12 | Culture in Turkey: Arabesk, music and beyond | Meral Özbek: “Arabesk Culture: A Case of Modernization and Popular Identity” in Rethinking Modernity and National Identity in Turkey, ed. Sibel Bozdoğan and Reşat Kasaba, 1997. Screening: Documentary “Acısıyla Tatlısıyla Hayatımız Arabesk”, TRT, Meral Özbek ve Kerime Şenyücel 1993 |
| 13 | Future of Cultural Studies | S. Hall, “Cultural Studies and Its Theoretical Legacies” in The Cultural Studies Reader, ed. Simon During, London: Routledge, 1999, p. 97-112. Lila Abu-Lughod, “Writing Against Culture”, In Richard G. Fox (ed.), Recapturing Anthropology: Working in the Present. School of American Research Press. pp. 137-162 (1996) |
| 14 | Conclusion | |
| 15 | Semester Review | |
| 16 | Final Exam | Date will be announced |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | Introducing Cultural Studies, eds. B. Longhurst vd. Second Edition, Harlow, England: Prentice Hall, 2008. ISBN: 978-1-4058-5843-4 |
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| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation | 1 | 20 |
| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
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| Project | ||
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exam | ||
| Midterm | 1 | 30 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 50 |
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 65 | |
| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 35 | |
| Total |
| 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 | 2 | 32 |
| Field Work | |||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
| Portfolio | |||
| Homework / Assignments | |||
| Presentation / Jury | |||
| Project | |||
| Seminar / Workshop | |||
| Oral Exam | |||
| Midterms | 1 | 25 | |
| Final Exams | 1 | 35 | |
| Total | 140 |
| # | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | To be able to critically discuss and interpret the theories, concepts and ideas that form the basis of the discipline of new media and communication. | X | ||||
| 2 | To be able to critically interpret theoretical debates concerning the relations between the forms, agents, and factors that play a role in the field of new media and communication. | X | ||||
| 3 | To have the fundamental knowledge and ability to use the technical equipment and software programs required by the new media production processes. | |||||
| 4 | To be able to gather, scrutinize and scientifically investigate data in the processes of production and distribution. | X | ||||
| 5 | To be able to use the acquired theoretical knowledge in practice. | X | ||||
| 6 | To be able to take responsibility both individually and as a member of a group to develop solutions to problems encountered in the field of new media and communication. | X | ||||
| 7 | To be informed about national, regional, and global issues and problems; to be able to generate problem-solving methods depending on the quality of evidence and research, and to acquire the ability to report the conclusions of those methods to the public. | X | ||||
| 8 | To be able to critically discuss and draw on theories, concepts and ideas that form the basis of other disciplines complementing the field of new media and communication studies. | X | ||||
| 9 | To be able to develop and use knowledge and skills towards personal and social goals in a lifelong process. | X | ||||
| 10 | To be able to apply social, scientific and professional ethical values in the field of new media and communication. | X | ||||
| 11 | To be able to collect datain the areas of new media and communication and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1). | |||||
| 12 | To be able to speak a second foreign language at a medium level of fluency efficiently. | |||||
| 13 | To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise. | |||||
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