COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ECOLOGY AND CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FTG 5073 ECOLOGY AND CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Photography

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR PINAR BOZTEPE MUTLU

Offered to

Photography

Course Objective

Investigating ecological issues and examining artists' work in this regard; identify photographic projects that increase the awareness of ecological problems; to develop creative strategies in ecology using photographic art; social, environmental, ecology and art related to the relationship between the text and photo projects are aimed to produce.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. The awareness of the environmental problems threatening nature and society today,
2   2. To be able to do research on ecology and transform this knowledge into an artistic production model,
3   3. Being able to work individually or as a team in ecology and photography projects,
4   4. Supporting the work of the researcher with the specialists of the branches such as environmental sciences, geography, biology,
5   5. It is expected that the student will be able to produce a report on ecology and contemporary photography.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 1.week: Information on the content and functioning of the Ecology and Contemporary Photography course. Definition, scope and history of ecology
2 2.week: Earth Art, Land Art
3 3.week: Environmental Art, Ecological Art
4 4.week: Corporate ecological efforts and art. Continuing artistic projects of "Artists in Conversation with Nature in Cities" supported by the Nature of the Cities Foundation.
5 5.week: The role of photography in the age of ecological crisis Study: Environmental issues with the eyes of photo agencies
6 6.week: Ecological studies of Sebastiao Salgado: Workers; From My Land to the Planet; Africa; Terra; Genesis. The Salt of the Earth (2014), (Director: Wim Wenders)
7 7.week: Recycling phenomenon and artistic creativity Amy Balkin, Andrea Polli, Chris Jordan, Alejandro Duran, Heather & Ivan Morison, Nyaba Leon Ouedraogo, Svetlana Ostapovici, Eva Jospin Vik Muniz "The Trash", (Waste Land, 2010), (Director: Lucy Walker)
8 8.week: Interdisciplinary studies and ecological art Expert guest in geography, biology, agriculture or marine sciences
9 9.week: midterm exam
10 10.week: Anthropocentrism vs ecocentrism
11 11.week: Supporting studies on photography and sustainability: Prix Pictet
12 12.week: Institutions supporting ecology and artwork Nature Addicts Fund. Blue Project Foundation. Wormfarm Institute.
13 13.week: Ecology and art studies in Izmir Review: "Portizmir 3 International Contemporary Art Triennial: Enough" and "Portizmir 4 International Contemporary Art Triennial: Breath".
14 14.week: Presentation of student works
15 15.week: Presentation of student works

Recomended or Required Reading

Main reference:
- Beardsley, J. (2006). Earthworks and Beyond: Contemporary Art in The Landscape. New York: Abbeville Press
- Boettger, S. (2003). Earthworks: Art and Landscape of Sixties. California: Univercity of California Press.
- Brown, A. (2014). Güncel Sanat ve Ekoloji. Çev. Emre Gözgü, Yiğit Adam. Istanbul: Akbank Sanat Yayınları
- Callenbach, E. (2012). Ekoloji Cep Rehberi. Çev. Egemen Özkan. Istanbul: Sinek Sekiz Yayınları
- Dobson, A. (2016). Ekolojizm. Çev. Cengiz Yüksel. Istanbul: Yeni Insan Yayınevi
- Erzen, J. N. (2006). Çevre Estetiği. Ankara: ODTÜ Geliştirme Vakfı
- Garrard, G. (2016). Ekoeleştiri: Ekoloji ve Çevre Üzerine Kültürel Tartışmalar. Çev. Ertuğrul Genç. Istanbul: Kolektif Kitap
- Grande, J. K. (2004). Art Nature Dialogies. New York: Sunny Press
- Karavit, C. (2008). Doğadaki Iz: Yeryüzü Sanatı. Istanbul: Telos Yayıncılık.
- Kastner, J. (2010). Land and Environmental Art. London: Phaidon
- Keleş, R. (2016). Insan, Çevre, Toplum. Istanbul: Imge Kitabevi
- Kellog, S, Pettigrew, Stacy. Şehirdekiler Için Sürdürülebilir Yaşam Rehberi. Çev. Egemen Özkan. Istanbul: Sinek Sekiz Yayınları
- Lutz, C. A. (2005). National Geographic i Doğru Okumak. Çev. Mefkure Bayatlı. Istanbul: Agora Kitaplığı
- Radkau, J. (2017). Doğa ve Iktidar: Global Bir Çevre Tarihi. Çev. Nafiz Güder. Istanbul: Iş Bankası Kültür Yayınları
- Sonfist, A. (2004). Nature: The End of Art, Environmental Landscapes. New York: Gli Ori Publishers.

Internet references:
http://greenarts.org
http://vikmuniz.net/
http://www.artnet.com/artists/sebasti%C3%A3o-salgado/
http://www.ecologicalart.org/
http://www.ecology.com/
http://www.theartstory.org/movement-earth-art.htm
https://www.artinnature.org
https://www.prixpictet.com/
www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/ecology/

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 RPT REPORT
2 SEM SEMINAR
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) RPR * 0.40 +SEM * 0.60


*** 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)

Dr. Öğr. Üy. Pınar Boztepe Mutlu
pinarboztepe@gmail.com
pinar.boztepe@deu.edu.tr
05355152909

Office Hours

Monday 13:00-16:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 20 20
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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