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 Spring	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)	Kitle iletişim araçlarının iktidar yapıları, ekonomi ve ideoloji ile tarihsel ve kuramsal ilişkilerini dünya ve Türk film ve medya örnekleri üzerinden tanımlamak. Eleştirel, analitik ve argümantasyon becerilerinin geliştirilmesi ve akademik araştırma yoluyla medya okuryazarlıklarını göstermek üretim biçimleri (kurmaca, belgesel, deneysel ve/veya animasyon), film tarihi ve film teorisi, kitle iletişim teorileri ile ilgili temel terim ve kavramları, başlıca eğilim ve dönemleri tanımlamak ve açıklamak.	5