Week |
Subject |
Related Preparation |
1) |
Introduction to the Course |
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2) |
Civil society, New Social Movements and New Civic Activism
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— Snow, D.A, Soule, S. A., and H. Kriesi (2004). Mapping the Terrain. In D. Snow, S. A. Soule and H. Kriesi (eds.), The Blackwell Companion to Social Movements. UK: Blackwell
— Youngs, R. (2017). Introduction. In R. Youngs (Ed.), Global civic activism in flux. Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Available at https://carnegieeurope.eu/2017/03/17/global-civic-activism-in-flux-pub-68301#intro
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3) |
Civic Cooperation: NGOs and New Activists
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— Glasius, M., and Ishkanian, A. (2015). Surreptitious symbiosis: Engagement between activists and NGOs. Voluntas, 26, 2620–2644.
— Zihnioğlu, Ö. (2018).” The Prospects of Civic Alliance: New Civic Activists Acting Together with Civil Society Organizations”, Voluntas. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11266-018-0032-9 |
4) |
Digital Activism
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— Diamond, L. (2010). ‘Liberation technology’, Journal of Democracy, 21 (3): 69-83.
— A. Breuer, T. Landman and D. Farquhar, (2015). ‘Social media and protest mobilization: evidence from the Tunisian revolution’, Democratization, 22(4): 764–792. |
5) |
New Civic Activism: Case Studies
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6) |
Activism and Protests
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— Leetaru, K. (30 May 2014). ‘Did the Arab spring really spark a wave of global protests?’, Foreign Policy.
— The Economist Intelligence Unit (2013). Rebels Without a Cause: What the Upsurge in Protest Movements Means for Global Politics, EIU Report.
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7) |
REVIEW BEFORE MIDTERM |
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8) |
Midterm Exam |
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9) |
Activism and Democracy
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— Maleki A.,and Hendriks, F. (2015). ‘The Relation Between Cultural Values and Models of Democracy: A Cross-National Study’, Democratization, 22(6): 981–1010.
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10) |
International Support for Civic Activism
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— Agg, C. (2006). Trends in Government Support for Non-Governmental Organizations: Is the “Golden Age” of the NGO Behind Us?, Civil Society and Social Movements Programme Paper Number 23, Geneva, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development.
— L. Whitehead, (2015). ‘International democracy promotion as political ideology: upsurge and retreat’, Journal of Political Ideologies, 20(1): 10–26.
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11) |
Right-wing Activism
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— Shapovalova , N. (2018). The Two Faces of Conservative Civil Society in Ukraine. In R. Youngs (Ed.), The Mobilization of Conservative Civil Society. Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Youngs, R. (2017). Introduction. In R. Youngs (Ed.), The Mobilization of Conservative Civil Society. Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. |
12) |
Presentations
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13) |
Presentations
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14) |
Overview |
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Program Outcomes |
Level of Contribution |
1) |
Being familiar to the main concepts and methods of the social sciences and the fine arts devoted to understanding the world and the society |
4 |
2) |
Having comprehensive knowledge regarding different media and branches of art |
3 |
3) |
Knowing the historical background of audio-visual moving images in the world and in Turkey and keeping pace with the new developments in the area |
1 |
4) |
Having a good command of the language and the aesthetics of audio-visual moving images in the world and in Turkey |
1 |
5) |
Being able to create a narrative that could be used in a fiction or a non-fiction audio-visual moving image product |
2 |
6) |
Being able to write a script ready to be shot |
2 |
7) |
Having the skills to produce the photoboard of a script in hand and to shoot the film using the camera, the lights and other necessary equipment |
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8) |
Being able to transfer the footage of a film to the digital medium, to edit and do other post-production operations |
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9) |
Being able to create a documentary audio visual moving image from the preliminary sketch stage to shooting, editing and post-production stages |
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10) |
Being able to produce an audio visual moving image for television and audio products for radio from preliminary stages through shooting and editing to the post-production stage |
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11) |
Being culturally and theoretically equipped to make sense of an audio-visual moving image, to approach it critically with regard to its language and narration and being able to express his/her approach in black and white |
3 |
12) |
Having ethical values and a sense of social responsibility |
5 |