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Bachelor	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code	Course Name	Semester	Theoretical	Practical	Credit	ECTS
SOC2002	Rural Sociology	Spring Fall	3	0	3	6

This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

Basic information

Language of instruction:	English
Type of course:	Non-Departmental Elective
Course Level:	Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery:	Hybrid
Course Coordinator :	Instructor İLHAN ZEYNEP KARAKILIÇ
Recommended Optional Program Components:	"."
Course Objectives:	This course is an introduction to Rural Sociology, and is particularly aimed at giving students the tools necessary for understanding different mechanisms at work in rural areas especially in Turkey. Rural Sociology focuses on the specific characteristics of rural areas, capitalist expansion into rural areas, petty commodity production, rural development. It tries to understand how sociological processes and factors operate in rural areas and transform social relations. The course first introduces students the concept of sociological imagination and rural sociology. Then, it focuses on the expansion of capitalist relations into Anatolian rural areas and its transformation through history of the Turkish Republic until now. Lastly, in order to understand contemporary developments about rural life in general, it highlights the importance of food systems and urban agriculture. At the end of the course students will able to relate basic sociological concepts with rural lives and their transformations in Turkey and conceptualize rural issues with the help of sociological perspectives.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
During the class, the students will learn about:
-scope and definition of rural sociology
- emergence of capitalist agriculture and its expansion into Turkey
- agricultural policies and their implications in Turkey through the Turkish Republic
- transformation of agricultural policies and the implications of this
- food systems
- urban agriculture

Course Content

Week 1,: Meeting with the class, introduction of the course syllabus and course material.

Mills, C.W. (1959). “Appendix: On Intellectual Craftsmanship” in the Sociological Imagination. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Pp. 195-227.

Bourdieu, P. (1999). “Understanding” in Bourdieu P. et al ed. the Weight of the World: Suffering in Contemporary Society. Stanford: Stanford University Press. Pp.607-629.

Week 2: A general introduction to the field of rural sociology

*Hillyard, S. (2007). “A Problem in Search of Discipline” in S. Hillyard (eds), the Sociology of Rural Life, Oxford and New York, Berg, 2007. Pp 6-26.

Lobao,L. (2007). “Rural Sociology” in C.D. Bryant and D.L. Peck (eds) 21st Century Sociology: A Reference Handbook, Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publication, 2007. Pp 265-275.

Borras Jr., S.M. (2009). “Agrarian Change and Peasant Studies: Changes, Continuities, and Challenges- an Introduction”, the Journal of Peasant Studies, 36(1): 5-31.

Week 3: Birth of the capitalist agriculture and its expansion into Anatolia

*Bernstein, H. (2010). “Introduction: the Political Economy of Agrarian Change”, “Production and Productivity” “Origins and Early Development of Capitalism” in Class Dynamics of Agrarian Change. Halifax, Winnipeg, Sterling: Fernwood Publishing, Kumarian Press. Pp. 1-37.

Keyder, Ç. (1987). “Before Capitalist Incorporation” in State and Class in Turkey, A Study in Capitalist Development, London and New York: Verso. Pp 7-25.

Week 4: Transformation of agriculture in Turkey 1

*Keyder, Ç. (1993). “Petty Commodity Production in Agriculture” in P. Stirling (eds) Culture and Economy: Changes in Turkish Village. Cambridgeshire: the Eothen Press. Pp 171-187.

Köymen, O. (1999) “Cumhuriyet Döneminde Tarımsal Yapı ve Tarım Politikaları” in Oya Baydar (eds) 75. Yılda Köylerden Şehirlere, Türkiye Ekonomik ve Toplumsal Tarih Vakfı Yayınları: İstanbul. Pp 1-30.

Week 5: Transformation of agriculture in Turkey 2

*Keyder, Ç. (1983). “Paths of Rural Transformation in Turkey,”, Journal of Peasant Studies, 11(1): 34-49

Boran, B. (1999) “Toplumsal Yapı Araştırmaları: İki Köy Çeşidinin Mukayeseli Tetkiki” in Oya Baydar (eds) 75. Yılda Köylerden Şehirlere, Türkiye Ekonomik ve Toplumsal Tarih Vakfı Yayınları: İstanbul. Pp 141-150.

Kıray, M. (1999) “Sosyo-Ekonomik Hayatın Değişen Düzeni: Dört Köyün Monografik Karşılaştırılması” Oya Baydar (eds) 75. Yılda Köylerden Şehirlere, Türkiye Ekonomik ve Toplumsal Tarih Vakfı Yayınları: İstanbul. Pp 151-162.

Week 6: Transformation in agriculture in Turkey 3

*Aydın, Z. (2010) “Neo-Liberal Transformation of Turkish Agriculture,” Journal of Agrarian Change, 10:2, 149-187.

Keyder, Ç. and Z. Yenal, (2011) “Agrarian Change under Globalization: Markets and Insecurity in Turkish Agriculture,” Journal of Agrarian Change, 11(1): 60–86.
Karakılıç, İ.Z. (2021). “Social Memory of the Greek-Turkish Population Exchange in Daily Life: A Case Study of a Tobacco-Producing Village in Turkey”, Sociologia Ruralis, 61(4):96-115.
Week 7: Rural Poverty

*Gülçubuk, B. and N. Aluftekin (2006), “Impact of International Agricultural Policies on Rural Poverty in Turkey”, International Business and Economics Research Journal, 5(1): 9-18.

Öztürk, M. (2012). “Turkey’s Experience”, “Conclusion on Agriculture, Rural Life and Poverty in Turkey During the Age of Neo-Liberalism” in M. Öztürk, Agriculture, Peasantry and Poverty in Turkey in the Neo-Liberal Age, Wageningen: Wageningen Academic Publishers. Pp 179-205.

Week 8: Movie watching and wrapping up before the midterm

Week 9: Midterm

Week 10: Agriculture and Food Systems 1

*Yenal D. and Z. Yenal. (1993). “The Changing World Food Order: The Case of Turkey,” New Perspectives on Turkey, 9: 20-46.

Koç, M., MacRea R., Mougeot, L.J.A. and J. Welsh (1999). “Introduction: Food Security is a Global Concern” in Koç, M., MacRea R., Mougeot, L.J.A. and J. Welsh ed. For Hunger-Proof Cities, Ottowa: International Development Research Center. 1-11.

Blay-Palmer, A. and B. Donald (2008). “Food Fear: Making Connections” in A. Blay-Palmer ed. Food Fears: From Industrial to Sustainable Food Systems. Hampshire: Ashgate. Pp:1-11.

Week 11: Agriculture and Food Systems 2

*FAO (2018). Sustainable Food Systems, Concept and Frameworks. FAO. Pp 1-8.

Blay-Palmer, A. and B. Donald (2008). “Growing Distance: the Separation of Farmers, Ecologies and Eaters” and “Creating Mutual Food Systems” in A. Blay-Palmer ed. Food Fears: From Industrial to Sustainable Food Systems. Hampshire: Ashgate. Pp:61-87 and 133-155.

Week 12: Urban Agriculture

*Mougeot, L.J.A. (2005). “Introduction” in Mougeot, L.J.A. ed. Agropolis. Ottowa: International Development Research Center. Pp.1-31.

Davidson, D.J. (2017). “Is Urban Agriculture a Game Changer or Window Dressing? A Critical Analysis of Its Potential to Disrupt Conventional Agri-Food Systems”, International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food, 23(3):67-76.

Week 13: Report presentations
Important newly released reports will be chosen by the lecturer and students together

Week 14: Wrap up and term paper submission

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Meeting with the class, introduction of the course syllabus and course material.	Discussing our ideas / stereotypes about "the rural"
2)	A general introduction to the field of rural sociology
3)	Birth of the capitalist agriculture and its expansion into Anatolia
4)	Transformation of agriculture in Turkey 1
5)	Transformation of agriculture in Turkey 2
6)	Transformation in agriculture in Turkey 3
7)	Rural Poverty
8)	Movie Watching
9)	Midterm
10)	Agriculture and Food Systems 1
11)	Agriculture and Food Systems 2
12)	Urban Agriculture
13)	Report presentations Important newly released reports will be chosen by the lecturer and students together
14)	Wrap up and term paper submission

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:

Mills, C.W. (1959). “Appendix: On Intellectual Craftsmanship” in the Sociological Imagination. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Pp. 195-227.

Bourdieu, P. (1999). “Understanding” in Bourdieu P. et al ed. the Weight of the World: Suffering in Contemporary Society. Stanford: Stanford University Press. Pp.607-629.

*Hillyard, S. (2007). “A Problem in Search of Discipline” in S. Hillyard (eds), the Sociology of Rural Life, Oxford and New York, Berg, 2007. Pp 6-26.

Lobao,L. (2007). “Rural Sociology” in C.D. Bryant and D.L. Peck (eds) 21st Century Sociology: A Reference Handbook, Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publication, 2007. Pp 265-275.

Borras Jr., S.M. (2009). “Agrarian Change and Peasant Studies: Changes, Continuities, and Challenges- an Introduction”, the Journal of Peasant Studies, 36(1): 5-31.

*Bernstein, H. (2010). “Introduction: the Political Economy of Agrarian Change”, “Production and Productivity” “Origins and Early Development of Capitalism” in Class Dynamics of Agrarian Change. Halifax, Winnipeg, Sterling: Fernwood Publishing, Kumarian Press. Pp. 1-37.

Keyder, Ç. (1987). “Before Capitalist Incorporation” in State and Class in Turkey, A Study in Capitalist Development, London and New York: Verso. Pp 7-25.

*Keyder, Ç. (1993). “Petty Commodity Production in Agriculture” in P. Stirling (eds) Culture and Economy: Changes in Turkish Village. Cambridgeshire: the Eothen Press. Pp 171-187.

Köymen, O. (1999) “Cumhuriyet Döneminde Tarımsal Yapı ve Tarım Politikaları” in Oya Baydar (eds) 75. Yılda Köylerden Şehirlere, Türkiye Ekonomik ve Toplumsal Tarih Vakfı Yayınları: İstanbul. Pp 1-30.

*Keyder, Ç. (1983). “Paths of Rural Transformation in Turkey,”, Journal of Peasant Studies, 11(1): 34-49

Boran, B. (1999) “Toplumsal Yapı Araştırmaları: İki Köy Çeşidinin Mukayeseli Tetkiki” in Oya Baydar (eds) 75. Yılda Köylerden Şehirlere, Türkiye Ekonomik ve Toplumsal Tarih Vakfı Yayınları: İstanbul. Pp 141-150.

Kıray, M. (1999) “Sosyo-Ekonomik Hayatın Değişen Düzeni: Dört Köyün Monografik Karşılaştırılması” Oya Baydar (eds) 75. Yılda Köylerden Şehirlere, Türkiye Ekonomik ve Toplumsal Tarih Vakfı Yayınları: İstanbul. Pp 151-162.

*Aydın, Z. (2010) “Neo-Liberal Transformation of Turkish Agriculture,” Journal of Agrarian Change, 10:2, 149-187.

Keyder, Ç. and Z. Yenal, (2011) “Agrarian Change under Globalization: Markets and Insecurity in Turkish Agriculture,” Journal of Agrarian Change, 11(1): 60–86.
Karakılıç, İ.Z. (2021). “Social Memory of the Greek-Turkish Population Exchange in Daily Life: A Case Study of a Tobacco-Producing Village in Turkey”, Sociologia Ruralis, 61(4):96-115.

*Gülçubuk, B. and N. Aluftekin (2006), “Impact of International Agricultural Policies on Rural Poverty in Turkey”, International Business and Economics Research Journal, 5(1): 9-18.

Öztürk, M. (2012). “Turkey’s Experience”, “Conclusion on Agriculture, Rural Life and Poverty in Turkey During the Age of Neo-Liberalism” in M. Öztürk, Agriculture, Peasantry and Poverty in Turkey in the Neo-Liberal Age, Wageningen: Wageningen Academic Publishers. Pp 179-205.

*Yenal D. and Z. Yenal. (1993). “The Changing World Food Order: The Case of Turkey,” New Perspectives on Turkey, 9: 20-46.

Koç, M., MacRea R., Mougeot, L.J.A. and J. Welsh (1999). “Introduction: Food Security is a Global Concern” in Koç, M., MacRea R., Mougeot, L.J.A. and J. Welsh ed. For Hunger-Proof Cities, Ottowa: International Development Research Center. 1-11.

Blay-Palmer, A. and B. Donald (2008). “Food Fear: Making Connections” in A. Blay-Palmer ed. Food Fears: From Industrial to Sustainable Food Systems. Hampshire: Ashgate. Pp:1-11.

*FAO (2018). Sustainable Food Systems, Concept and Frameworks. FAO. Pp 1-8.

Blay-Palmer, A. and B. Donald (2008). “Growing Distance: the Separation of Farmers, Ecologies and Eaters” and “Creating Mutual Food Systems” in A. Blay-Palmer ed. Food Fears: From Industrial to Sustainable Food Systems. Hampshire: Ashgate. Pp:61-87 and 133-155.

*Mougeot, L.J.A. (2005). “Introduction” in Mougeot, L.J.A. ed. Agropolis. Ottowa: International Development Research Center. Pp.1-31.

Davidson, D.J. (2017). “Is Urban Agriculture a Game Changer or Window Dressing? A Critical Analysis of Its Potential to Disrupt Conventional Agri-Food Systems”, International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food, 23(3):67-76.

References:

Additional readings will be announced.

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Homework Assignments	10	% 40
Presentation	1	% 10
Midterms	1	% 20
Final	1	% 30
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 70
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 30
Total		% 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Course Hours	14	3	42
Study Hours Out of Class	14	3	42
Presentations / Seminar	1	6	6
Project	1	20	20
Homework Assignments	10	1	10
Midterms	1	10	10
Final	1	2	2
Total Workload			132

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Low	3 Average	4 High	5 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	Knowledge of photographic and video media and ability to use basic, intermediate and advanced techniques of these media.
2)	Ability to understand, analyze and evaluate theories, concepts and uses of photography and video.
3)	Ability to employ theoretical knowledge in the areas of the use of photography and video.
4)	Familiarity with and ability to review the historical literature in theoretical and practical studies in photography and video.
5)	Ability in problem solving in relation to projects in photography and video.
6)	Ability to generate innovative responses to particular and novel requirements in photography and video.
7)	Understanding and appreciation of the roles and potentials of the image across visual culture
8)	Ability to communicate distinctively by means of photographic and video images.
9)	Experience of image post-production processes and ability to develop creative outcomes through this knowledge.
10)	Knowledge of and ability to participate in the processes of production, distribution and use of photography and video in the media.
11)	Ability to understand, analyze and evaluate global, regional and local problematics in visual culture.
12)	Knowledge of and ability to make a significant contribution to the goals of public communication.
13)	Enhancing creativity via interdisciplinary methods to develop skills for realizing projects.
14)	Gaining general knowledge about the points of intersection of communication, art and technology.