COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MODERNITY, POSTMODERNITY, CITY AND SPACE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PLN 5048 MODERNITY, POSTMODERNITY, CITY AND SPACE ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR EYLEM BAL

Offered to

M.Sc. City and Regional Planning
City and Regional Planning (Non-Thesis)
City and Regional Planning
City and Regional Planning

Course Objective

In this course, the relations of production, society and culture under the Modernity and Postmodernity conditions will be discussed. Introduction of researches about development of cities; analysis of traces of towns on the structure of society and culture and focus on the condition forming the spaces is aimed.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   will be able to rename content of modern science (Knowledge),
2   will be able to explain the effect of the Positivist-deterministic science on determination of planning rationality (Comprehension),
3   will be able to interpret planning structure directed by capital accumulation process (Application),
4   will be able to question the effects of transformed space shaping society (Analysis),
5   will be able to propose new social-public arrangements about planning discipline (Synthesis).

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Characteristics that determine the structure of pre-industrial society; Modernization, modernity and modernism concepts.
2 The basic paradigms of the Enlightenment thought; Formation and development of "Science"; Bifurcation natural sciences and social sciences Reading list will be given in this week.
3 Positivist-deterministic view of science I: Reality / Intrumentality / Objective Rationality.
4 Positivist-deterministic view of science II: Causality / Objectivity-Subjectivity / Generalization / Concept Dependency
5 Relations of production structure in terms of modernity, and the city / the reasons transform urban space. The role of economic, social and cultural structure in shaping the city
6 The rise and development of urban planning theories on the basis of "Positivistic-deterministic understanding of science"
7 Midterm Examination
8 Modernity as a community design and urban planning as a project of modernity.
9 Representations of space; representational space; abstract space; concrete space.
10 Criticism of modernity under the context of economy, society, culture and individuals.
11 The radicalization of modernity; postmodernity debate.
12 The articulation of world system under the condition of postmodernity: "Globalization" and "post-Fordism"
13 Time-space compression; "Site Cities-Global Cities"
14 Being free to nature, people, culture, identity and consciousness

Recomended or Required Reading

Stuart Hall, Martin Jacques (Der.) 1995):Yeni Zamanlar, (Çev.A.Yılmaz), Ayrıntı Yayınevi, Istanbul.
David Harvey (1990): The Condition of Postmodernity, An Enquiry into the Origins of Cultural Change, Blackwell, Oxford.
Madan Sarup (1995): Post-yapısalcılık, Postmodernizm, (Çev.A.Baki Güçlü), Ark Yayınları, Ankara.
Leonardo Benevelo (1981): Modern Mimarlığın Tarihi / 1.Cilt : Sanayi Devrimi, (Çev.Atilla Tokatlı), Çevre Yayınları, Istanbul
Françoise Choay (1969): The Modern City: Planning in 19 th Century, (Trans.by M.Hugo, G.R.Collins), George Braziller, New York.
Ayda Eraydın(1992): Post-Fordizm ve Değişen Mekansal Öncelikler, ODTÜ Mimarlık Fakültesi Matbaası, Ankara.
Marshall Berman (1994): Katı Olan Herşey Buharlaşıyor, (Çev.Ü.Altuğ, B.Peker), Iletişim Yayınları, Istanbul.
Ilhan Tekeli (1993):Postmodernizm Tartışmaları Üzerine Düşünceler, Egemimarlık, Izmir Mimarlar Odası Yayını, Sayı:4, s.60-64.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

This course will be given through lectures. Students will learn topics by attending and listening the lectures which supported by visual presentations. Students are expected to make the readings.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + FIN * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Naming (Knowledge), Explaining (Comprehension) and Interpreting (Application)
will be measured by Midterm Examination.
Questioning (Analysis) and Proposing (Synthesis)
will be measured by Final Examination.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

This course will be given through lectures, discussions over reading list.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

emel.goksu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday 10.30-12.00; Thursday 14.30-16.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 25 25
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 119

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51

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