PUBLIC RELATIONS AND PUBLICITY | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
GEP0504 | History of Food | Fall | 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: | This course is designed to analyse the basic phases in the history of food, starting with the Ancient Greek times to present. The course covers a notably extended geography, from China to “the Indies”. It is enriched by invited speakers,-experts in specific topics,- field trip and movies. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; At the end of the semester, the students 1-will have a general idea about the evolution of food and the changes in the table manners through ages, 2-will be able to follow the general path of the gastronomic changes in the Old and the New World. 3-will discover the similarities and differences between the food, eating habits, rituals, banquets, feastings of different ethnic groups, 4-will have debated on the significance of food as a part of social history, 5-will be able to reconstruct and formulate the cross-cultural gastronomic issues. 6-will be able to examine the culinary arts through ethimology. |
The major emphasis will be on the Middle and Modern Ages, especially the cinquecento, which was a turning point in the culinary history of Europe. The mysterious and marvellous voyages that the fruits, vegetables and different types of dishes prepared between the Old and the New World will be analyzed with examples from the literature of the age. Ethimology, as a fantastic branch of linguistics to discover the background of the enchanting voyages that the food made in the Modern Ages will be our main guide. How the food and eating habits of Europe changed and a new profile was created in the European Cuisine will be studied following the outstanding examples of Nuovo Cucina. The Imperial Ottoman kitchen and the other royal cousins will also be explored through the original texts. |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Wine: Vice and virtue; Food in the Roman times and Ancient Greek | Historias curiosas del mundo, Has Bağçede ayş u tarab;History of Food, Mutfak sanatı. |
2) | Food in the Ancient times in Asia and Egypt. | History of Food, Mutfak sanatı. |
3) | Middles Ages: fasting and feasting. | Alimentazione e cultura nel Medioevo, proceedings of various symposiums. |
4) | Mediterranean versus North Europe: major exchanges | Alimentazione e cultura nel Medioevo, La fame e l’abbondanza |
5) | The travel of the fruits and vegetables: ethimological paths. | Various articles |
6) | Discovery of America and new guests in the European tables | various articles |
7) | Feasts and the banquets of the Modern Ages | Film: Vatel El Rey se divierte |
9) | Food in the Ottoman Empire | Osmanlı Saray Mutfağı, IV. Mehmet’in Edirne Şenliği |
10) | Food as a part of majestic Ottoman banquets | Türk edebiyatında manzum surnameler: Osmanlı saray düğünleri ve şenlikleri, |
11) | Coffee: A social history | |
12) | Wars, famine, epidemic diseases and | Powerty in Europe |
13) | Tables of the empowerished: peasants, oars-men, pirates, etc. | various articles |
14) | Gastronomic changes in the Contemporary Times and its social outcomes. | Film: tampopo |
15) | Final Exam | |
16) | Final exam |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Boudan, Christian: Mutfak Savaşı, İstanbul, 2006. Rebora, G,ovanni: Çatal Kültürü, İstanbul, 2003. |
References: | Arslan, Mehmet: Türk edebiyatında manzum surnameler: Osmanlı saray düğünleri ve şenlikleri, 1999, Ankara. Bilgin, Arif: Osmanlı Saray Mutfağı, İstanbul, 2005. Bober, Phyllis Pray: Antik ve Ortaçağda yemek kültürü: sanat, kültür ve yemek, 2003, İstanbul. Dalby, Andrew: Bizansın Damak tadı, İstanbul, 2004. Díaz, Lorenzo: La cocina del Quijote, Madrid, 2002. Díaz, Lorenzo:La cocina del barroco, Madrid, 2003. Hattox, Faroqui, Suraiya & Neumann, Christoph K. (eds) Soframız Nur Hanemiz Mamur, ed., 2006, İstanbul Ralph S.: Kahve ve Kahvehaneler, İstanbul, 1985. Iovino, Roberto & Mattionn, Ileana: Sinfonía gastronómica (Música, eros y cocina), Madrid, 2009, Koz, M. Sabri (ed) Yemek Kitabı, I. İstanbul, 2008 Montanari, Massimo: Alimentazione e cultura nel Medioevo, 1988, Roma-Bari. Montanari, Massimo: La fame e l’abbondanza, 1993, Roma-Bari. Montanari, Massimo: Il formaggio con le pere, 2008, Roma-Bari. Nola, Ruperto de: Libro de Guisados, Valencia, 1985. Nutku, Özdemir: IV. Mehmet’in Edirne Şenliği (1675), Ankara, 1987. Piñuela, José Deleito y: El Rey se divierte, Madrid, 1988. Routh, Shelagh y Jonathan: Notas de Cocina de Leonardo da Vinci: la afición desconocida de un genio,1999, Madrid. Yaşar, Ahmet: Osmanlı Kahvehaneleri, İstanbul, 2009. Yerasimos, Stefanos: Sultan Sofraları, 15. ve 16. Yüzyılda Osmanlı Saray Mutfağı, İstanbul, 2002 Zaouali, Lilia: L’Islam a tavola: Dal Medioevo a oggi, Roma, 2004. |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Attendance | 14 | % 3 |
Field Work | 1 | % 3 |
Special Course Internship (Work Placement) | 4 | % 10 |
Midterms | 1 | % 15 |
Final | 1 | % 10 |
Total | % 41 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 31 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 10 | |
Total | % 41 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
Field Work | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 4 | 10 | 40 |
Midterms | 1 | 15 | 15 |
Final | 1 | 10 | 10 |
Total Workload | 110 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | To prepare the students to become communication professionals by focusing on strategic thinking, professional writing, ethical practice and innovative use of traditional and new media | |
2) | To be able to create effective public relations plans using fundamental planning components that include situation analysis, public profile, objectives, strategies and tactics. | |
3) | To be able to apply theoretical concepts related to mass communication, consumer behavior, psychology, persuasion,sociology, marketing, and other related fields to understand how public realtions works. | |
4) | To be able to have the ability to explain and identify problems associated with the relationships between events and facts in the areas of public relations, persuasive communication, communication management, corporate communications. | |
5) | To be able to analyze primary and secondary research data in the fields of perception and reputation management and corporate communication practices. | |
6) | To be able to search, write, and design articles, newsletters, and fliers, brochures, and announcements, in styles and formats appropraite various audiences, mediums and settings. | |
7) | To be able to apply the underlying theories of communication and the necessities of work safety to different types of public relations processes and campaigns. | |
8) | To be able to develop creative and persuasive management skills in terms of reputation, employee relations, leadership and similar corporate practices. | |
9) | To be able to take responsibility in an individual capacity or as a team in generating solutions to given scenarios which can occur in public relations processes. | |
10) | To be able to understand how an organizational culture works and how employees and leaders create messages as a communication tool. | |
11) | To be able to critically discuss and interpret theories, concepts, methods, tools and ideas in the field of public relations. | |
12) | To be able to to use information, communication technologies and computer software with the required level of public relations, marketing communication, persuasive communication, communication management, corporate communications. | |
13) | To be able to explain and describe business marketing activities, economics, business law and global business practices. | |
14) | To be able to recognize national and international, social and cultural dimensions of public relations. |