COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Doctorate Degree in Museum Studies

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR REMZI YAĞCI

Offered to

Doctorate Degree in Museum Studies

Course Objective

Collecting is considered as the basis of Museology with the accumulation of objects in a broad sense. The first collector is considered to be Noah, as he gathered every living species as females and males so that they could survive by flooding after flooding in the religious mythological and Biologically natural disaster ship. However, despite completing each other, in the process of transforming the collection into a museum, they should be examined in different categories, for example personally and institutionally. On the other hand, the establishment of the museum for the benefit of the society is a sociological phenomenon. Even though the history of collecting can be taken back to ancient times, collections of rare, different, extraordinary, strange and wonderfull rarities lived in a truly traceable continuity in Europe, starting from the late Middle Ages (1550s); it lasted until the 1750s especially in Germany, Austria, Switzerland France and Italy.
Initially, the creation of plant (herbarium) and insect (entomology) collections in ancient artifacts (archaeological) natural history and university museums, or personally "wunderkammers" is the result of a cultural accumulation. There are various comments and theories on curiosity. The reason why the collection was created by individuals is a separate study subject with psychological reasons. In this sense, the curiosity of collecting systematically started personally and it can be said that later it became institutionalized and turned into museums. The 19th century "Imperial Museums" are a mature result of the collection culture.
"Collecting and Museums" courses in the collection and exhibition systems, major European Türkiye will be discussed formation of European and US collections.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Elsner, J. 1994, "The House and Museum of Sir John Soane" The Cultures of Collecting,155-176, Reaktion Books, London
Forrester, J, 1994, " 'Mille e tre': Freud and Collecting" The Cultures of Collecting, 224-251, Reaktion Books, London
Shelton, A, A. 1994, "Renaissance Collections and the New World" The Cultures of Collecting,177-203, Reaktion Books, London
Pomian, K. 1990, Collectors and Curiosities: Paris and Venice, 1500-1800, Cambridge

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures and student presentations

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Presentations, midterm and final examinations

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance (70%) is obligatory.
Students are expected to prepare presentations and homeworks on the assigned subjects.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

remzi.yagci@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday: 11.00-12.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes