COURSE UNIT TITLE

: URBAN CULTURAL HISTORY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CON 5089 URBAN CULTURAL HISTORY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ŞEBNEM GÖKÇEN

Offered to

M.Sc. Urban Conservation Planning
M.Sc. Urban Conservation Planning (Non-Thesis)

Course Objective

This course intends to provide students with comprehensive understanding of the transformation the concept of culture has gone in history. The course is expected to give background information of civilizations in terms of their implications on social settings, culture and art. In addition to social-cultural and art environments, the course also highlights the history of private life / daily life, art, culture, literature and biographies by different periods. The final considerations and critical discussions will consist of possible reflections of the past in urban cultural and spatial environments.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To introduce the student the concept of cultural history
2   To focus on culture-art life as complementary to urban life and space
3   To give the students the ability to interpret the holistic picture consisting of institutional and private life history in cultural production in the course of time
4   To provide students with a critical perspective on current cultural interpretations on basis of cultural history.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Concept of culture and its relations with civilizations in history
2 From First Civilizations to Mesopotamia development of culture
3 Daily life, culture-art, literature and spatial development in Ancient Egypt
4 Daily life, culture-art, literature, selected biographies and spatial development in Ancient Greek
5 Daily life, culture-art, literature, selected biographies and spatial development in Ancient Rome
6 Daily life, culture-art, literature, selected biographies and spatial development in Feudal Europe
7 Daily life, culture-art, literature, selected biographies and spatial development in European Renaissance
8 In-class presentation of the draft research
9 Daily life, culture-art, literature, and spatial development in 18th and 19th centuries
10 Daily life, culture-art, literature, and spatial development in 20th and 21st centuries
11 Relationship between culture-art and space in contemporary cities
12 Relationship between culture-art and space in contemporary cities
13 In-class presentations
14 In-class presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Burke, P. (2008) What is Cultural History Polity. UK.
Bingham. J., Chandler, F., Chisholm, J., Harvey, G., Miles L., Reid, S. & Taplin, S. (2002) Antik Dünya Ansiklopedisi. Usborne Publishing-TUBITAK Popüler Bilim Kitapları, Ç.: Zeynep Tür, Ankara.
Gombrich, E.H (2007) Sanatın Öyküsü Ç. Erol Erduran/Ömer Erduran. Remzi Kitabevi, Ankara.
Illich, I. (1988) Şenlikli Toplum, Ayrıntı Yayınları, Istanbul.
Ariés, P. & Duby, G. (2002) Özel Hayatın Tarihi 1: Roma Imparatorluğundan 1000 yılına, Ç.:Turhan Ilgaz, Yapı Kredi Yayınları, Istanbul.
Ariés, P. & Duby, G. (2002) Özel Hayatın Tarihi 2: Feodal Avrupadan Rönesans a. Ç.: Roza Hakmen, Yapı Kredi Yayınları, Istanbul.
Ariés, P. & Duby, G. (2002) Özel Hayatın Tarihi 2: Rönesanstan Aydınlanmaya. Ç.: Devrim Çetinkasap, Yapı Kredi Yayınları, Istanbul.
Ariés, P. & Duby, G. (2002) Özel Hayatın Tarihi 4: Fransız Devriminden Büyük Savaşa. Ç.: Ali Berktay, Yapı Kredi Yayınları, Istanbul.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course is taught in a lecture, class presentation and discussion format.

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

Defining, understanding and analysis activities will be assessed by the homework.
Critical analysis will be assessed by the final exam.

Assessment Criteria

Defining, understanding and analysis activities will be assessed by the homework.
Critical analysis will be assessed by the final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

sebnem.gokcen@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesdays 10:30- 12:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 11 2 22
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 7 2 14
Preparing assignments 1 60 60
Preparing presentations 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.11
LO.21
LO.311
LO.41

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