POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
FTV3982 | Art and Memory | Fall | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester. |
Language of instruction: | English |
Type of course: | Non-Departmental Elective |
Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
Course Coordinator : | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi GÖNÜL EDA ÖZGÜL |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | none. |
Course Objectives: | This course aims to introduce students to critical perspectives on the phenomena of memory and collective/cultural memory in contemporary society through the discussion of artistic products. The students will acquire knowledge about different ways of remembering and different approaches to memory in relation with the concepts of identity, modernity and justice. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; i. acquire knowledge about different approaches to the concept of memory ii. acquire theoretical knowledge about memory iii. gain the ability to analyse the relationship between different ways of storytelling and memory iv. acquire knowledge about the modern regime of remembering v. gain the ability to think about concepts such as time, space, nation and modernity in the context of remembering vi. Learn to analyse media products, art, architecture, cinema and photography in relation with memory. |
This course explores issues about memory and remembering with its socio-economical, cultural and artistic dimensions. The questions about remembering and forgetting are discussed through cinema, art, architecture, literature, photography and history. |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Introduction to Memory Studies | |
2) | Memory and History The Importance of Remembering | |
3) | Collective Memory Halbwachs' Theory of Collective Memory and Discussion of Cultural Products | |
4) | History and Personal Memory Discussion on Trauma Memories | Reading on trauma literature |
5) | Nation and Remembering | Reading: Julian Barnes' England England |
6) | Time and Remembering | Find artistic or cultural products related with time and remembering |
7) | Space and Remembering | |
8) | Modernity and Remembering | |
9) | Exhibition Visit and Discussion on the Exhibition | |
10) | Sites of Memory | Reading - Pierre Nora - Lieux de Memoire |
11) | Sites of Memory: Historic Sites, Museums, Memorials | Visit a site of memory |
12) | Cinema, Photography and Memory | watch Alain Resnais' film Last Year at Marienbad |
13) | Art, Architecture and Memory | |
14) | Media and Remembering |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | |
References: | George Bataille - Slaughterhouse Museum Jonathan Boyarin - Remapping Memory Crang&Thrift - Thinking Space Jacques Derrida - On Cosmopolitanism and Forgiveness |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Attendance | 10 | % 10 |
Project | 1 | % 20 |
Midterms | 1 | % 30 |
Final | 1 | % 40 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 40 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 60 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
Field Work | 1 | 6 | 6 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 10 | 3 | 30 |
Presentations / Seminar | 2 | 8 | 16 |
Project | 1 | 10 | 10 |
Midterms | 1 | 6 | 6 |
Final | 1 | 9 | 9 |
Total Workload | 119 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | Grasp basic theoretical and conceptual knowledge about the field and relations between them at the level of practice. | |
2) | Possess basic knowledge about the causes and effects of political transformations in societies. | |
3) | Possess knowledge about quantitative, qualitative and mixed research methods in social and behavioral sciences. | |
4) | Recognize historical patterns while evaluating contemporary political and social developments. | |
5) | Demonstrate interdisciplinary and critical approach while analyzing, synthesizing and forecasting domestic and foreign policy. | |
6) | Conduct studies in the field professionally, both independently or as a team member. | |
7) | Possess consciousness about lifelong learning based on Research & Development. | |
8) | Communicate with peers both orally and in writing, by using a foreign language at least at a level of European Language Portfolio B1 General Level and the necessary informatics and communication technologies. | |
9) | Apply field-related knowledge and competences into career advancement, projects for sustainable development goals, and social responsibility initiatives. | |
10) | Possess the habit to monitor domestic and foreign policy agenda as well as international developments. | |
11) | Possess competence to interpret the new political actors, theories and concepts in a global era. | |
12) | Evaluate the legal and ethical implications of advanced technologies on politics. |