SOC4024 Social and Political MemoryBahçeşehir UniversityDegree Programs SOCIOLOGYGeneral Information For StudentsDiploma SupplementErasmus Policy StatementNational QualificationsBologna Commission
SOCIOLOGY
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
SOC4024 Social and Political Memory Spring 3 0 3 5
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: Departmental Elective
Course Level: Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery: Hybrid
Course Coordinator : Assoc. Prof. PINAR MELİS YELSALI PARMAKSIZ
Course Objectives: This course aims to deal with the meaning and different dimensions of social and political memory in relation with sociological concepts and theories in a way to include today’s changing social relations.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
By the end of the course, students will be able to;

1. Understand and explain the concept of social memory.
2. Have specific knowledge concerning the diverse social and political contexts as related to social memory.
3. Learn the ways the social memory is used in different practical areas of social and political life.
4. Gain the practice of looking at their own social and political milieu with the perspective of social memory.
5. Gain competence in the developing field of memory studies

Course Content

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Introduction to the course Explanations about the course and course syllabus
2) Approaches to Memory from Psychology and Philosophy Reading of course materials and weekly presentations
3) Memory and Sociology Reading of course materials and weekly presentations
4) Social Frameworks of Remembering Reading of course materials and weekly presentations
5) Political Memory and Nation State Reading of course materials and weekly presentations
6) War Memorials and Commemoration Reading of course materials and weekly presentations
7) Migration and Memory Reading of course materials and weekly presentations
8) Nostalgia 1 Reading of course materials and weekly presentations
9) Nostalgia 2 Reading of course materials and weekly presentations
10) Sites of Memory 1 Reading of course materials and weekly presentations
11) Sites of Memory 2 Reading of course materials and weekly presentations
12) How Modernity/postmodernity Forgets? Reading of course materials and weekly presentations Assignment 2 submission
13) Multidirectional, Difficult and Contested Memories Reading of course materials and weekly presentations
14) Trauma, Mourning and Counter Memory Reading of course materials and weekly presentations

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:
References: Maurice Halbwachs, On Collective Memory, Lewis A. Coser (ed. by), The University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London, 1992.
Paul Connerton, How Socieities Remember, Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, 1989.
Svetlana Boym, The Future of Nostalgia, Basic Books, New York.
Paul Connerton, How Memory Forgets, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2009.
Judith Butler, Precarious Life: The Power of Morning and Violence, Verso, London, 2003.
Jeffrey K. Olick, Vered Vinitzsky-Serroussi, Daniel Levy (eds.), The Collective Memory Reader, Oxford University Press, 2011.
Tota, Anna Lisa, and Trever Hagen, eds. Routledge international handbook of memory studies. Routledge, 2015.

The above is a selected list containing the course reading material. The reading materials will be uploded to Itslearning.
Yukarıdaki liste seçilmiş bir kaynakça sunmaktadır. Tüm kaynaklar dönem içinde Itslearning'e yüklenecektir.

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Attendance 14 % 10
Field Work 1 % 25
Presentation 1 % 25
Final 1 % 40
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 60
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 40
Total % 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours 14 3 42
Field Work 1 15 15
Presentations / Seminar 1 15 15
Paper Submission 1 20 20
Total Workload 92

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 learn and compare major sociology perspectives, both classical and contemporary, and apply all of them to analysis of social conditions. 5
2) To be able to identify the basic methodological approaches in building sociological and anthropological knowledge at local and global levels 5
3) To be able to use theoretical and applied knowledge acquired in the fields of statistics in social sciences.
4) To have a basic knowledge of other disciplines (including psychology, history, political science, communication studies and literature) that can contribute to sociology and to be able to make use of this knowledge in analyzing sociological processes 5
5) To have a knowledge and practice of scientific and ethical principles in collecting, interpreting and publishing sociological data also develop ability how to share this data with experts and lay people, using effective communication skills 1
6) To develop competence in analyzing and publishing sociological knowledge by using computer software for quantitative and qualitative analysis; and develop an attitute for learning new techniques in these fields.
7) To identify and to have a knowledge of the theories related to urban and rural sociology and demography, and political sociology, sociology of gender, sociology of body, visual sociology, sociology of work, sociology of religion, sociology of knowledge and sociology of crime. 2
8) To have knowledge of how sociology is positioned as a scientific discipline from a philosophical and historical perspective
9) To have the awareness of social issues in Turkish society, to develop critical perspective in analysing these issues and to have a knowledge of the works of Turkish sociologists and to be able to transfer this knowledge 2
10) To have the awareness of social issues and global societal processes and to apply sociological analysis to development and social responsibility projects 1
11) To have the ability to define a research question, design a research project and complete a written report for various fields of sociology, either as an individual or as a team member. 1
12) To be able to transfer the knowledge gained in the areas of sociology to the level of secondary school.