COURSE UNIT TITLE

: POST-TRUTH ERA AND PHOTOGRAPHY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FTG 6101 POST-TRUTH ERA AND PHOTOGRAPHY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Photography

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SIMBER RANA ATAY

Offered to

Photography

Course Objective

In the context of this course, to define the phenomenon of post-Truth Age; to examine the cultural and artistic features of the Age of Truth; discuss the status of photography in the Age of Truth Age and it is aimed to criticize the works of artists in this context.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to define the phenomenon of post-Truth Age.
2   To be able to discuss the cultural features of the post-Truth Age.
3   To be able to discuss the artistic features of the post-Truth Age.
4   To be able to discuss the relationship between the post-truth period and photography.
5   To be able to criticize the phenomenon of post-Truth Age in an interdisciplinary way.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 1- General Terminology
2 2- Characteristics of the Post-Truth Era
3 3- Characteristics of the Post-Truth Era
4 4- Martin Heidegger ve The Origin of the Work of Art ; Aletheia
5 5- Hans Georg Gadamer and Truth and Method
6 6- Hans Georg Gadamer and Truth and Method
7 7- Parrhesia by Michel Foucault
8 8- Simulation Theory by Jean Baudrillard
9 9- Midterm exam
10 10- Post-Truth Era and Contemporary Photojournalism
11 11- Photo manipulation and political manipulation of truth; Stalin Era Soviet Photography applications.
12 12- Artistic manipulation of truth and works of Joan Fontcuberta.
13 13- Fake News phenomena
14 14- Networked subjectivity
15 15- Networked subjectivity and photo-image production

Recomended or Required Reading

Foucault,M. ( 2001 ). Fearless Speech, Los Angeles: MIT
Adanır,O.(2017).Işitsel ve Görsel Anlam Üretimi, Izmir: Eylül Sanat
Baudrillard, J.(2018).Simülakrlar ve Simülasyon, Istanbul: Doğu Batı
Derrida,J.( 2010). Aletheia, Oxford Literary Review, Vol.32, No :2, 169-188.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/44030777
Gadamer, H.G.( 2008) .Hakikat ve Yöntem I-II, Istanbul:Paradigma
Heidegger, M.( 2011 ).Sanat Eserinin Kökeni, Ankara:DeKi
Keyes, R.(2017). Hakikat Sonrası Çağ, Izmir: DeliDolu
Martineau, E (1986). Le Coeur de L Al theia, Revue de Philosophie Ancienne,Vol.4, No.1,33-86.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/24353799
Mitchell, J.M. (2001). The Reconfigured Eye: Visual Truth in the Post-photographic Era
London: MIT
Wheeler, T. (2002) Phototruth or Photofiction , London: Routledge
Photography albums.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 PRJ PROJECT
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) ASG * 0.50 +PRJ * 0.50


*** 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)

To be announced.

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 5 70
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 148

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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