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SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPY
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 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) To use theoretic and methodological approach, evidence-based principles and scientific literature in Speech and Language Therapy field systematically for practice.
2) To have theoretic and practical knowledge for individual's, family's and the community's health promotion and protection.
3) To use information and health technologies in practice and research in the field of Speech and Language Therapy.
4) To communicate effectively with advisee, colleagues for effective professional relationships.
5) To be able to monitor occupational information using at least one foreign language, to collaborate and communicate with colleagues at international level.
6) To use life-long learning, problem-solving and critical thinking skills.
7) To act in accordance with ethical principles and values in professional practice.
8) To take part in research, projects and activities within sense of social responsibility and interdisciplinary approach.
9) To be able to search for literature in health sciences databases and information sources to access to information and use the information effectively.
10) To take responsibility and participate in the processes actively for training of other therapist, education of health professionals and individuals about speech and languege therapy.
11) To carry out speech and languge therapy practices considering cultural differences and different health needs of different groups in the community.