COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MUSEUMS, CITIES AND COMMUNITIES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MZC 4025 MUSEUMS, CITIES AND COMMUNITIES COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Museology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR REMZI YAĞCI

Offered to

Museology

Course Objective

This course will discuss the role of museums and cultural heritage in the formation of identity, public awareness and memory. In the last few years, there has been a considerable increase in the number of local and city museums in Turkey. This course will analyze these varying museums with their communities and collections.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Contextualise Museum Studies together with other disciplines
2   Evaluate museums and museum studies in a wider perspective

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Cultural Heritage, Pluralism and Human Rights
2 Museums, Public Awareness, Community Involvement
3 Museums and Identity: Pluralism in New Museology
4 Collective Memory
5 Urban Research
6 Student Presentations
7 Student Presentations
8 Mid-term exam
9 Urban Memory, Culture and Identity
10 Concept of Place and Sense of Place
11 Intangible Cultural heritage
12 Design and Exhibition in Local Museums
13 Local Governments and Museums
14 Comparision of Local Museums with Other Museums In Terms of Collection and Exhibiton
15 Assessment
16 Final

Recomended or Required Reading

Atagök, Tomur (der.) (1999) Yeniden Müzeciliği Düşünmek. Yıldız Teknik Basım-Yayın Merkezi: Istanbul.
Gür, A. (2001) Üç boyutlu öyküler: Türkiyeli ziyaretçilerin gözünden Anadolu medeniyetleri
müzesi ve temsil ettiği ulusal kimlik: Özyürek (ed.), Hatırladıklarıyla
ve Unuttuklarıyla Türkiye nin Toplumsal Hafızası, Istanbul, 215-47.
Müzecilikte Yeni Yaklaşımlar Küreselleşme ve Yerelleşme. (2000) Tarih Vakfı: Istanbul

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1.Lecture
2.Homeworks
3. Presentation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 PAR PARTICIPATION
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + PAR * 0.40 + FIN * 0.30
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + PAR * 0.40 + RST * 0.30


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

elif.kayaalp@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Case study 3 7 21
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 7 7
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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CONTACT INFORMATION
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