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Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
GEP0203 | Globalization and Istanbul | Fall Spring |
3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester. |
Language of instruction: | English |
Type of course: | GE-Elective |
Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
Course Coordinator : | Dr. BURCU ALARSLAN ULUDAŞ |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | none |
Course Objectives: | The course’s main purpose is to raise awareness of students on the transformations that are happening in Istanbul with the rise of globalization process. At the end, the student will understand how to evaluate the practice of neoliberal urbanization within the context of Istanbul. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; Define the origin of capitalism and urbanization, recognise the thoughts of Michel Foucault on governmentality, describe the meaning of globalization within an economical context, relate globalization process and Istanbul, interpreting the influences of globalization on Istanbul, debate the economic globalization and consumption culture in Istanbul, summarise the genesis of neoliberal globalization in Turkey, recognise the problems of neoliberal urban transformation in Istanbul, evaluate the idea of global city in terms of Istanbul example |
• Globalization • Economic perspective of Globalization • Neoliberal Globalization • Neoliberalism and Urbanization • Istanbul and Neoliberal Turkey • Urban Gentrification in Istanbul • Consumption Culture in Istanbul |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Introduction | |
2) | What is Globalization? | Reading Eric Hobsbawm’s text |
3) | Neoliberal Transformation in Turkey | Litereture of Ziya Öniş and Fikret Şenses |
4) | Daily Life in Istanbul | Movie Projection |
5) | Being Istanbullite and Arabesk Culture | The reading of Ayşe Öncü |
6) | Globalization and Istanbul | Martin Stokes’ article |
7) | New Life Styles and Lifespaces | Rıfat Bali’s reading |
8) | Guest Lecturer | Geoffrey Bowe makes a presentation |
9) | Urban Gentrification | Çağlar Keyder’s literature |
10) | Urban Gentrification 2 | Presentation on the transformation of Tarlabaşı |
11) | Global Culture of Consumption and Housing in Istanbul | The reading of Ayşe Öncü |
12) | The Transformation of Asmalimescit and Cihangir | The reading of Nihal Coşkun & Selcen Yalçın |
13) | Documentary | The documentary is called Ekümenepolis |
14) | Revision | |
15) | Final Exam | |
16) | Final Exam |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Hobsbawm, Eric. (2007) Globalisation, Democracy and Terrorism, London: Abacus. pp. 1-15 Öniş, Ziya & Fikret Şenses. (2009) “The New Phase of Neo-liberal Restructing in Turkey”, in Turkey and the Global Economy by Ziya Öniş & Fikret Şenses, New York: Routledge. pp. 1-10 Öncü, Ayşe. (1999) “Istanbulites and Others: The Cultural Cosmology of Being Middle Class in the Era of Globalism”, in Çağlar Keyder İstanbul: Between the Global and Local, USA: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, pp. 95-120 Stokes, Martin. (1999) “Sounding Out: The Culture Industries and Globalization of Istanbul”, in Çağlar Keyder İstanbul: Between the Global and Local, USA: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, pp. 121-140 Bali, Rıfat. (2009) From Tarz-ı Hayat to Life Style, İstanbul: İletişim, pp.134-174 Öncü, Ayşe. (1997) “The Myth of the ‘Ideal Home’: Travel Across Culture Border to Istanbul”, in Ayşe Öncü and Petra Weyland Space, Culture and Power: New Identities in Globalizing Cities, USA: Macmillan. Coşkun, Nihal & Selcen Yalçın. (2007) “Gentrification In a Globalising World, Case Study: Istanbul”, |
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Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Attendance | 1 | % 10 |
Quizzes | 3 | % 10 |
Homework Assignments | 2 | % 5 |
Project | 2 | % 5 |
Midterms | 1 | % 30 |
Final | 1 | % 40 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 55 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 45 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
Application | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Project | 2 | 4 | 8 |
Quizzes | 3 | 6 | 18 |
Midterms | 1 | 10 | 10 |
Final | 1 | 10 | 10 |
Total Workload | 92 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | Build up a body of knowledge in mathematics and statistics, to use them, to understand how the mechanism of economy –both at micro and macro levels – works. | 2 |
2) | Understand the common as well as distinctive characters of the markets, industries, market regulations and policies. | 1 |
3) | Develop an awareness of different approaches to the economic events and why and how those approaches have been formed through the Economic History and understand the differences among those approaches by noticing at what extent they could explain the economic events. | 1 |
4) | Analyze the interventions of politics to the economics and vice versa. | 3 |
5) | Apply the economic analysis to everyday economic problems and evaluate the policy proposals for those problems by comparing opposite approaches. | 2 |
6) | Understand current and new economic events and how the new approaches to the economics are formed and evaluating. | 2 |
7) | Develop the communicative skills in order to explain the specific economic issues/events written, spoken and graphical form. | 3 |
8) | Know how to formulate the economics problems and issues and define the solutions in a well-formed written form, which includes the hypothesis, literature, methodology and results / empirical evidence. | 1 |
9) | Demonstrate the quantitative and qualitative capabilities and provide evidence for the hypotheses and economic arguments. | 2 |
10) | Understand the information and changes related to the economy by using a foreign language and communicate with colleagues. | 3 |