COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOCIAL MEMORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
STA 5058 SOCIAL MEMORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Art and Design

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AHMET BEYHAN ÖZDEMIR

Offered to

Art and Design

Course Objective

Purpose of the lesson: photography from the invention to the current times is basicly described as a society memory and a very important documentary argument. These photographs which includes this spesifications are considered

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Student knows the qualifications of documentary
2   Students can engage the society memory and its qualifications
3   Student can comprehend the relationship between the photography with the different society structures.
4   Student knows the society memory and photography
5   Student knows the social result and impact of photography art

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 To describe the term of memory.
2 To describe the term of consciousness
3 Society memory and elements of consciousness
4 Collective and historical memory
5 Cultural memory
6 The effects of mass media to the memory
7 Rebuilding the history by the mass media equipments
8 Reproduction of history by the mass media
9 Mid-term exam
10 Documentary photography as a photographic language.
11 The effects of the photography to the evolution of society
12 The usage of the photograph by means of consciousness for the society
13 Photography as a reason of not to be forgotten
14 Photography as an adverse expression

Recomended or Required Reading

Çerkes Karadağ : Görme Kültürü I-II-III, Doruk Yayınları
Enis Batur : Imgeleri Kim Dinler, YKY
Fotoğraf Neyi Anlatır, Derleyen : Caner Aydemir, Hayalbaz Yayınları
Gisele Freund : Fotoğraf ve Toplum, Sel Yayıncılık
Gültekin Çizgen : Fotoğrafın Görsel Dili, Arkeoloji ve Sanat Yayınları
Ihsan Derman : Fotoğraf ve Gerçeklik, Ağaç Yayıncılık
John Berger-Jean Mohr : Anlatmanın Başka Biçimi, Agora Kitaplığı
Ken Light : Çağımızın Tanıkları Belgesel Fotoğrafçılar Anlatıyor, Fotoğrafik Vizyon Yay.
Levend Kılıç : Fotoğraf ve Sinemanın Toplumsal Tarihi, Dost Kitabevi
Mehmet Ergüven : Görmece, Metis Yayınları
Nazif Topçuoğlu : Iyi Fotoğraf Nasıl Oluyor, Yani , Yapı Kredi Yayınları
Nazif Topçuoğlu : Fotoğraflar Gösterir Ama YKY
Nazif Topçuoğlu : Fotoğraf Ölmedi Ama Tuhaf Kokuyor, Yapı Kredi Yayınları
Özcan Yurdalan : Belgesel Fotoğraf ve Fotoröportaj, Agora Kitaplığı
Roland Barthes : Camera Lucida, Altıkırkbeş Yayınları
Susan Sontag : Fotoğraf Üzerine, Altıkırkbeş Yayınları

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG * 0.60
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1- Scanning the literatures regarding the topic.
2- Analysing the documentarty photography consisting its technics, aesthetics and society qualification
3- The photographs which includes the society memory can be searched as document which indicates the change of the society tendency.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

beyhan.ozdemir@deu.edu.tr 0505 335 71 88, 0232 412 92 30

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 7 98
Preparation for midterm exam 1 4 4
Preparation for final exam 1 6 6
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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