COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY AND FILM II

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FTS 3308 CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY AND FILM II ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Film Design and Screenwriting

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

UFUK TAMBAŞ

Offered to

Sound Editing and Cinematography
Animation Film Design and Directing
Film Design and Directing
Film Design and Directing
Cartoon Film and Animation
Film Design and Screenwriting
Film Design and Screenwriting

Course Objective

Above all, to understand that an individual who cannot go beyond himself is not able to improve.
Improve the understanding of students on Simulation theory, Ottoman History, culture and mentality; the level of their general knowledge, to mantain a different point of view on art on the large scale and cinema in particular.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   students are able to have information on Simulation theory as one of the most important contemporary critical theories on modern consumer societies.
2   Students are expected to consider the history of their society in different perspective.
3   Students are expected to have information on the history of their society in the frame of its culture and mentality in last 600 years.
4   Students are able to make relations between Ottoman history and culture and simulation theory.
5   Students are able to make observations on the presence of the gift culture in different societies.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Cultural anthropology contributes' to the production of new social illusions.
2 A new interpretation of historical, social, intellectual / cultural evolution.
3 Universal culture potlatch and Anatolia.
4 Lack of Ottoman social history analysis.
5 Cultural similarities between Turks and other ethnic communities in Anatolia.
6 An Ottoman state as a synthesis of Anatolian cultures.
7 Islam in Ottoman society during development period.
8 Role play by other cultures in Ottoman society during development period.
9 mental / cultural transformations in Ottoman Anatolian society during pause period.
10 Common interests between European and Anatolian societies.
11 National Bourgeoisie and modern Turkey.
12 National Bourgeoisie and modern Turkey.
13 National Bourgeoisie and modern Turkey.
14 Midterm Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Adanır, Oğuz, Eski Dünyaya Yeni Bir Bakış,I-II-III Doğu Batı Yay, 2010, Ankara
Adanır, Oğuz, Baudrillard, Fikir Mimarları/Say Yayınları, 2010, Istanbul
Adanır, Oğuz, Sinemada Anlam ve Anlatım, Say Yayınları, 2012, Istanbul.

Ülgener S.F. Iktisadi Çözülmenin Ahlâk Ve Zihniyet Dünyası-Çö¬zülme Devri Ikt. Der Y. 1981, Istanbul
Ülgener S.F. Zihniyet Ve Din-Islâm, Tasavvuf Ve Çözülme Devri Ikt. Ahlâkı, Der Y. 1981, Istanbul
Baudrillard Jean, Simülasyon ve Simülakrlar. Doğu Batı Yay, 2010, Ankara.
Adanır Oğuz, Simülasyon Kuramı Üstüne Notlar ve Söyleşiler, Hayal-et, 2008, Istanbul.
Turan Şerafettin, Türk Kültür Tarihi, Türk Kültüründen Türkiye Kültürüne ve Evrenselliğe, Bilgi Yayınevi, 1990, Ankara, 320 s. (Ikinci basım Bilgi Yayınevi, 1994, Ankara,
Lévy-Bruhl Lucien, Ilkel Insanda Ruh Anlayışı, Doğu Batı Yay.,2006, Ankara.
Lévy-Bruhl Lucien, Ilkel Insanda Mistik Deneyim ve Simgeler,, Doğu Batı Yay.,2006, Ankara.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1-Classes require a home or library preparation period and discussions in student groups and thus producing notes.
2-As a principle, classes will be carried out in seminar form with the contribution of all students, not only using written material and the lecture. The students are expected to inform each other and work together. In this way they are expected to have more detailed information in a shorter time period.
3-The students are expected to have a certain degree of knowledge and raise the right questions democratically and reach the correct results in this way.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 ATT ATTENDANCE
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.30 + ATT * 0.10 + FIN * 0.30
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.30 + ATT * 0.10 + RST * 0.30


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

% 20 of total mark consists of contribution, %40 of it consists of the seminar presentation that the student prepares and presents and the quality of the answers for questions raised by the professor, %20 of it is midterm and % 20 of it is final exam.

Assessment Criteria

It is to determine whether the evaluation of the knowledge, and a free and systematical synthesis of thoughts can be carried out within the frame of the new ones and incourage the student to achieve it.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attandance to the % 70 of the classes is mandatory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof.Dr.Oğuz Adanır (PHD)
oguzadanir@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 1 1
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 108

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO
LO.1
LO.2
LO.3
LO.4
LO.5

CONTACT INFORMATION
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