DIGITAL GAME DESIGN
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
SOC2052	Political Anthropology	Spring	3	0	3	5

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Basic information

Language of instruction:	English
Type of course:	Non-Departmental Elective
Course Level:	Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
Course Coordinator :	Assist. Prof. AYŞEGÜL AKDEMİR
Recommended Optional Program Components:	"."
Course Objectives:	The aim of this course on “Political Anthropology: Human Being, Society, Culture, Religion, Power and Security in a Globalized Context” is to investigate the construction of political power through an anthropological perspective. Moving from the most traditional anthropological approach to a more contemporary and critical one in which the main topic of the investigation of anthropology has become the study of all the inhabitants of the Planet Earth, this course want to investigate the relation and the construction of functions and structures among the human beings, their society, their culture and religion, and the consolidation of power through a security narrative in a globalized context. It is in this framework, the global one, in which the classical anthropological matrix of human being-society culture and now environment (not territory) that we find a common ground with the arguments of critical security studies in which the focus of their research as moved from the state, to the individual, and from him, to the idea of International Society and now of the World Society.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
The students who succeeded in this course will be able to:

1)Describe the anthropological approach to studying society, culture, politics and power
2)Able to describe and compare major theories about Political Anthropology
3)Demonstrate the knowledge of the major issues, problems, and findings in Political Anthropology
4)Apply political anthropology perspectives and theories to contemporary problems in relation to the Human Being, Society, Culture, Religion, Power and Security in a Globalized Context
5)Assess the impact of culture, religion, power, and security narratology on the daily life of individuals and various social groups and the impact of globalization on local political organizations discourses
6)Describe inter-sectionality between culture, religion, power and security
7)Develop ability for critical evaluation of written materials on power, security and culture
8)Acquire the ability to discuss the social dynamics of politics, power and security with a degree of objectivity
9)Able to apply qualitative and quantitative research techniques to study state, society and culture
10)Write a research proposal and design research in the field of political anthropology

Course Content

The course is organized in seven modules. The first module of the course, “Methodology”, wants to introduce the student to the most recent methodologies in social science, anthropology, and discourse analysis. The second module on “Identity and Nationalism” analyses the construction of political identity through the concept of imagined community and nationalism. The third module, “Social and Political Anthropology, and Anthropology of Religion”, first aims to introduce the student to the general topic of social anthropology and then examines the field of political anthropology as it was practiced roughly through the 1960s, when anthropologists were primarily concerned with politics in so called primitive societies, institutions of rule in societies in which the state seemed absent, and the evolutionary and historical emergence of the state. It then looks at the implications of anthropologists’ recognition of the importance of colonialism and global capitalism on the societies they studied. In order to understand the construction of structured and political order through religious believes elements of Anthropology of Religion are provided in this part of the course. “Power”, “Security and Insecurity”, and “Globalization and Culture” (fourth, fifth, and sixth module) considers the way anthropologists have rethought the concept of power, influenced by transformations in the societies they studied, security and insecurity concerns, changes in the global political economy, and ideas from thinkers outside the field of anthropology. In doing so, it examines both “formal” politics and everyday forms of power, domination and resistance and how the construction of security and insecurity narratives have contributed to solidify the power of political elites. Then we consider politics, power, and culture in an age of “globalization”- questioning that term even as we examine its implications for identity, the state, and political action, and emphasizing the ways ethnographically grounded anthropological research can shift from the micro level to illuminate large-scale, national, transnational and global processes. The final module of the course examines, and investigates three monographic aspects which summarize the essence of the course on Political Anthropology: the construction of the modern political religion (Emilio Gentile), how human crowds are constructed and manipulated by power (Elias Canetti), and how a narrative has constructed a unique space-temporal dimension in which the Jewish people live (Shlomo Sand).

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Introduction, course outline and Philosophy of Science: Ways of Knowing – Competing Methodologies in Social and Political Research;	Thomas Hojrup, 2003, State, Culture and Life Modes, Aldershot: Ashgate, Introduction • Lewellen, Ted. C. 2003. Political Anthropology – An Introduction. London: Praeger. Chapter 1. • Gledhill, John. 2000. Power and its Disguises: Anthropological Perspectives on Politics. London: Pluto. Chapter 1.
2)	1st Module: “Methodology: Life-Modes” State, Culture and Life-Modes	Thomas Hojrup, 2003, State, Culture and Life Modes, Aldershot: Ashgate, Chapter 1 • Lewellen, Ted. C. 2003. Political Anthropology – An Introduction. London: Praeger.Chapter 2. • Gledhill, John. 2000. Power and its Disguises: Anthropological Perspectives on Politics.London: Pluto. Chapter 2.
3)	1st Module: “Methodology: Life-Modes State, Culture and Life-Modes	Thomas Hojrup, 2003, State, Culture and Life Modes, Aldershot: Ashgate, Chapter 2 • Lewellen, Ted. C. 2003. Political Anthropology – An Introduction. London: Praeger.Chapter 3. • Gledhill, John. 2000. Power and its Disguises: Anthropological Perspectives on Politics. London: Pluto. Chapter 3.
4)	2nd Module: Political Anthropology, and Anthropology of Religion	Thomas Hojrup, 2003, State, Culture and Life Modes, Aldershot: Ashgate, Chapter 3 • Lewellen, Ted. C. 2003. Political Anthropology – An Introduction. London: Praeger. Chapter 4. • Gledhill, John. 2000. Power and its Disguises: Anthropological Perspectives on Politics.London: Pluto. Chapter 4.
5)	2nd Module: Political Anthropology, and Anthropology of Religion	Thomas Hojrup, 2003, State, Culture and Life Modes, Aldershot: Ashgate, Chapter 4 • Lewellen, Ted. C. 2003. Political Anthropology – An Introduction. London: Praeger. Chapter 5. • Gledhill, John. 2000. Power and its Disguises: Anthropological Perspectives on Politics. London: Pluto. Chapter 5 • Kitap incelemesi teslimi
6)	3rd Module: “Identity and Nationalism	Hall, Stuart, and du Gay, Paul. Ed. 2007. Questions of Cultural Identity. London: Sage Publications. • Hobsbawm, E.J.. Ed. 2010. Nations and Nationalism since 1780: Programme, Myth, Reality. Cambridge University Press. Chapter 6 • Lewellen, Ted. C. 2003. Political Anthropology – An Introduction. London: Praeger.Chapter 6. • Gledhill, John. 2000. Power and its Disguises: Anthropological Perspectives on Politics. London: Pluto. Chapter 6.
7)	Course review and homework (project proposal) submission
8)	3rd Module: “Identity and Nationalism”	Hearn, Jonathan. 2006. Rethinking Nationalism: A Critical Introduction. New York: Palgrave Macmillian. • Anderson, Benedict. Ed. 2006. Imagined Communities. London: Verso. 7 • Lewellen, Ted. C. 2003. Political Anthropology – An Introduction. London: Praeger. Chapter 7. • Gledhill, John. 2000. Power and its Disguises: Anthropological Perspectives on Politics. London: Pluto. Chapter 7.
9)	4th Module: “Power” Power in the Global Age	Lewellen, Ted. C. 2003. Political Anthropology – An Introduction. London: Praeger. Chapter 8. • Gledhill, John. 2000. Power and its Disguises: Anthropological Perspectives on Politics. London: Pluto. Chapter 8.
10)	4th Module: “Power” Communication Power	Lewellen, Ted. C. 2003. Political Anthropology – An Introduction. London: Praeger. Chapter 9. • Gledhill, John. 2000. Power and its Disguises: Anthropological Perspectives on Politics. London: Pluto. Chapter 9.
11)	5th Module: “Security and Insecurity	Lewellen, Ted. C. 2003. Political Anthropology – An Introduction. London: Praeger.Chapter 10.
12)	5th Module: “Security and Insecurity	Lewellen, Ted. C. 2003. Political Anthropology – An Introduction. London: Praeger.Chapter 11.
13)	6th Module: “Globalization and Culture • Globalization: a critical introduction • Globalization and Culture. Oral defense of final work	Vincent, Joan. Ed. 2002. The Anthropology of Politics: A Reader in Ethnography, Theory, and Critique. Malden, MA: Blackwell. Chapter 32.
14)	6th Module: “Globalization and Culture	Vincent, Joan. Ed. 2002. The Anthropology of Politics: A Reader in Ethnography, Theory, and Critique. Malden, MA: Blackwell. Chapter 33

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:

Moses, Jonathon W, and Knutsen, Torbjorn. 2007. Ways of Knowing – Competing Methodologies in Social and Political Research. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Thomas Hojrup, 2003, State, Culture and Life Modes, Aldershot: Ashgate.
Political Anthropology, and Anthropology of Religion:
Lewellen, Ted. C. 2003. Political Anthropology – An Introduction. London: Praeger.
Gledhill, John. 2000. Power and its Disguises: Anthropological Perspectives on Politics. London: Pluto.
Bowie, Fiona. Ed. 2006.The Anthropology of Religion. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing
4. Identity and Nationalism:
Hall, Stuart, and du Gay, Paul. Ed. 2007. Questions of Cultural Identity. London: Sage Publications.
Hobsbawm, E.J.. Ed. 2010. Nations and Nationalism since 1780: Programme, Myth, Reality. Cambridge University Press.
Hearn, Jonathan. 2006. Rethinking Nationalism: A Critical Introduction. New York: Palgrave
Macmillian.
Anderson, Benedict. Ed. 2006. Imagined Communities. London: Verso.

References:

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Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Attendance	14	% 10
Homework Assignments	1	% 20
Midterms	1	% 30
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
Study Hours Out of Class	14	3	42
Homework Assignments	1	15	15
Midterms	1	15	15
Final	1	20	20
Total Workload			134

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)	Comprehend the conceptual importance of the game in the field of communication, ability to implement the player centered application to provide design.
2)	Analyze, synthesize, and evaluate information and ideas from various perspectives.
3)	Analyze the key elements that make up specific game genres, forms of interactions, mode of narratives and understand how they are employed effectively to create a successful game.
4)	Understand game design theories and methods as well as implement them during game development; to make enjoyable, attractive, instructional and immersive according to the target audience.
5)	Understand the technology and computational principles involved in developing games and master the use of game engines.
6)	Understand the process of creation and use of 2D and 3D assets and animation for video games.
7)	Understand and master the theories and methodologies of understanding and measuring player experience and utilize them during game development process.
8)	Comprehend and master how ideas, concepts and topics are conveyed via games followed by the utilization of these aspects during the development process.
9)	Manage the game design and development process employing complete documentation; following the full game production pipeline via documentation.
10)	Understand and employ the structure and work modes of game development teams; comprehend the responsibilities of team members and collaborations between them while utilizing this knowledge in practice.
11)	Understand the process of game publishing within industry standards besides development and utilize this knowledge practice.
12)	Pitching a video game to developers, publishers, and players; mastering the art of effectively communicating and marketing the features and commercial potential of new ideas, concepts or games.