CINEMA AND MEDIA RESEARCH (ENGLISH, PHD)
PhD TR-NQF-HE: Level 8 QF-EHEA: Third Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 8

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code Course Name Semester Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
CMR6015 Visual Culture Fall 3 0 3 12
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:
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : Dr. Öğr. Üyesi GÖNÜL EDA ÖZGÜL
Course Lecturer(s): Dr. Öğr. Üyesi TOLGA HEPDİNÇLER
Course Objectives: This course aims to introduce the field of visual culture and to explain its theoretical and methodological differences from the field of History of Art. It also aims at challenging the authority of vision by introducing the other sensory aspects of modern and contemporary culture.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1. will understand the meaning and implications of ocularcentrism.
2. will have historical knowledge on the initial rise of and the later criticism about the ocularcentric culture of the Western world.
3. will have a critical view on various problematics of the ocularcentric culture. 4. will be able to produce written work, of different length and scope, on different problematics of visual culture as a field of study and as a modern phenomenon. 5. will be able to challenge the primacy of vision in meaning-making.
6. will understand the meaning and effects of theoretical turns in the history of studying social sciences.

Course Content

This course explains the notion of ocularcentrism, and the primacy of vision. It explores, in an artistic and historical perspective, the processes by which vision became the source and the support of knowledge.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Antiquity and the Senses Shane Butler and Alex Purves (eds.), Synaesthesia and the Ancient Senses. Robert Jütte, A History of the Senses: From Antiquity to Cyberspace.
2) Middle Ages and the Sensorium of Man Robert Jütte, A History of the Senses: From Antiquity to Cyberspace.
3) The history of the sense and theories of vision in Renaissance François Quiviger, The Sensory World of the Renaissance Italian Art. Martin Jay, Downcast Eyes.
4) Enlightenment and light as the source of knowledge Robert Jütte, A History of the Senses: From Antiquity to Cyberspace. Martin Jay, Downcast Eyes.
5) Industrial Revolution and the visual dissemination Jonathan Crary, Techniques of the Observer on Vision and Modernity in the Nineteenth Century, MIT Press, 1992
6) Hierarchy in visual arts and among the senses continued from the previous week
7) Moving images and entertainment business in the 19th century Jonathan Crary, Suspensions of Perception: Attention, Spectacle, and Modern Culture, MIT Press, 2001 Jonathan Crary, Techniques of the Observer on Vision and Modernity in the Nineteenth Century, MIT Press, 1992
8) Introduction to 20th century Martin Jay, Downcast Eyes. Robert Jütte. A History of the Senses.
9) Mitchell and the 'Visual Turn' W.J.T. Mitchell, The Visual Culture Reader. James Elkins, Introduction to Visual Culture.
10) The advent of the Digital
11) Body Image, and the different stages of 'Humanity'
12) Student presentations about the final essay assignments.
13) Photography, Film, Video and Television in perspective
14) The Virtual and the Cybe Barbara Kennedy and David Bell (eds.), The Cybercultures Reader.

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Dönem başında detaylı liste verilecektir.
Mirzoeff, An Introduction to Visual Culture
References: A detailed list of readings will be assigned at the beginning of the semester.
Visual Culture Readers

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Attendance 10 % 10
Homework Assignments 2 % 60
Presentation 1 % 20
Paper Submission 2 % 10
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 100
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK %
Total % 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours 14 3 42
Application 5 5 25
Presentations / Seminar 1 20 20
Homework Assignments 2 40 80
Paper Submission 2 10 20
Final 1 20 20
Total Workload 207

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) Have the qualified skills and abilities in production and analysis of academic knowledge and texts (including the conference papers, articles, essays, research projects etc) that would contribute to the national and international academic literature. 2
2) Gain the knowledge and comprehension of the literature on specific research area defined within the fields of cinema, media and cultural studies. 3
3) Have the knowledge about fundamental concepts and main school of thoughts within the fields of cinema, media and cultural stıdies. 3
4) Gain required academic skills for the production of research projects and publications both in Turkish and in English. 2
5) Gain the skills required for grounded analysis, description and interpretation of a subject within the cinema, media and cultural studies fields in conformance with the ethical values and rules. 2
6) Have the academic consciousness and responsibility about the necessity of production of research with potentials of wide influence on literature and society, and with an original academic value. 3
7) Have the analytical skills required for the contextualized interpretation of a phenomenon that is related to cinema, media, and culture along with its relation to the historical, social, political, economic and cultural components. 2
8) Gain the knowledge and the research skills about qualitative and quantitative research. 3