Language of instruction: |
English |
Type of course: |
Non-Departmental Elective |
Course Level: |
Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
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Mode of Delivery: |
Face to face
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Course Coordinator : |
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi AYŞEGÜL AKDEMİR |
Recommended Optional Program Components: |
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Course Objectives: |
The aim of this course is twofold: First, students will be introduced to the core ideas and concepts of anthropology such as culture, nature, ethnography, social stratifications, kinship systems, race, gender, marriage, sexuality, religion etc. Examples from various human groups around the globe will be used to develop an understanding of these core concepts, ideas and themes. Secondly, we will bring in these concepts and perspectives into our own lives to develop an informed analysis of the Turkish society. |
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Subject |
Related Preparation |
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Introduction and course outline |
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What is anthropology |
Horace Miner, “Body Ritual of the Nacirema” |
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Origins of Anthropology |
Lavenda & Schultz, Chapter 1 |
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Early anthropological theories: Social Evolutionism |
McGee & Warms “Nineteenth-Century Evoltionism” |
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Early anthropological theories: Cultural Relativism |
McGee & Warms “Historical Particularism” |
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Culture and colonial heritage |
Lavenda & Schultz, Chapter 2 |
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Critique of ‘Culture’ |
Renato Rosaldo “The Erosion of Classic Norms” |
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Midterm |
Course review and midterm |
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Kinship and Descent |
Lavenda & Schultz, Chapter 9 |
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Family |
Lavenda & Schultz, Chapter 9 cont'd. |
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Marriage |
Lavenda & Schultz, Chapter 10 |
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Sex and Gender |
Donna Haraway, “Is Female to Male as Nature Is to Culture” |
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Gender inequalities |
Anne Fausto-Sterling, “The Five Sexes: Why Male and Female Are Not Enough” |
14) |
Nature / Culture I |
TBA |
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Program Outcomes |
Level of Contribution |
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Create design oriented application for the visual communication design field. |
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Resolve visual communication problems via concept based designs and an integrated perspective in the visual communication design field.
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Qualify in design directing through analysis and design processes. |
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Display creative thinking, approach and production process skills.
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Integrate basic fields of visual communication; print, time-based and interactive media, through mastering each one of these fields individually.
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Identify complementary design solutions in the visual field in order to solve communication problems.
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Perform necessary operational skills in order to finalize products in the visual communication design field.
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Evaluate recent design trends and the evolving aesthetic perspectives.
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Use recent design softwares that coincide with the developing information technologies and communication channels.
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Interpret theoretical, historical and intellectual roots of the visual communication design field.
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Perform necessary time management in order to complete a visual communication design project.
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Demonstrate leadership qualities in a design team as well as individual skills during the progress of a visual communication design project.
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Display compositional solutions and aesthetic skills to fulfill design needs in a visual communication design work.
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Develop academical, intellectual and critical point of view for global, local and individual visual communication design works. |
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