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: |
"." |
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 |
1) |
Introduction and course outline |
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2) |
What is anthropology |
Horace Miner, “Body Ritual of the Nacirema” |
3) |
Origins of Anthropology |
Lavenda & Schultz, Chapter 1 |
4) |
Early anthropological theories: Social Evolutionism |
McGee & Warms “Nineteenth-Century Evoltionism” |
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Early anthropological theories: Cultural Relativism |
McGee & Warms “Historical Particularism” |
6) |
Culture and colonial heritage |
Lavenda & Schultz, Chapter 2 |
7) |
Critique of ‘Culture’ |
Renato Rosaldo “The Erosion of Classic Norms” |
8) |
Midterm |
Course review and midterm |
9) |
Kinship and Descent |
Lavenda & Schultz, Chapter 9 |
10) |
Family |
Lavenda & Schultz, Chapter 9 cont'd. |
11) |
Marriage |
Lavenda & Schultz, Chapter 10 |
12) |
Sex and Gender |
Donna Haraway, “Is Female to Male as Nature Is to Culture” |
13) |
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 |
1) |
Having the theoretical and practical knowledge proficiency in the discipline of industrial product design |
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2) |
Applying professional knowledge to the fields of product, service and experience design development |
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3) |
Understanding, using, interpreting and evaluating the design concepts, knowledge and language |
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4) |
Knowing the research methods in the discipline of industrial product design, collecting information with these methods, interpreting and applying the collected knowledge |
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5) |
Identifying the problems of industrial product design, evaluating the conditions and requirements of problems, producing proposals of solutions to them |
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6) |
Developing the solutions with the consideration of social, cultural, environmental, economic and humanistic values; being sensitive to personal differences and ability levels |
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7) |
Having the ability of communicating the knowledge about design concepts and solutions through written, oral and visual methods |
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8) |
To identify and apply the relation among material, form giving, detailing, maintenance and manufacturing methods of design solutions |
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9) |
Using the computer aided information and communication technologies for the expression of industrial product design solutions and applications |
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10) |
Having the knowledge and methods in disciplines like management, engineering, psychology, ergonomics, visual communication which support the solutions of industrial product design; having the ability of searching, acquiring and using the knowledge that belong these disciplines when necessary. |
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11) |
Using a foreign language to command the jargon of industrial product design and communicate with the colleagues from different cultures |
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12) |
Following and evaluating the new topics and trends that industrial product design needs to integrate according to technological and scientific developments |
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