COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PHOTO HISTORY AND DIGITAL CULTURE

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FTG 5071 PHOTO HISTORY AND DIGITAL CULTURE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Photography

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SIMBER RANA ATAY

Offered to

Photography

Course Objective

Course Objective: Digital photo processing programs have a rich aesthetic potential. The development of photographic language is intensified by this potential. In addition, the History of Photography has gained an algorithmic future. The purpose of the lecture is to discuss this situation with examples in postmodern conditions and to give students a critical history perspective.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The students who take the lesson, will define characteristies of Digital Culture,
2   They will evaluate Photo-History in Digital Culture context,
3   They will evaluate aesthetic categories and strategies such as appropriation, retro, vintage, faux-vintage etc. in postmodern context,
4   They will discuss Photo-History as a software phenomenon
5   They will evaluate related creative possibilities.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Methodology of the lesson
2 Basic terminology
3 Characteristics of Digital Culture
4 Characteristics of Digital Culture
5 Digital meaning and significance of Photo History
6 Digital meaning and significance of Photo History
7 Analog photography and digital photography dialectics
8 Postmodernism and problematic of New F. Jameson s Nostalgia; C. Jenks s Classicism and Anachronism
9 Postmodernism and problematic of New M. Calinescu s Kitsch; S. Zizek s Autopoiesis.
10 Characteristics of New Media
11 Characteristics of New Media
12 Photo History and creative possibilities of Photo Software
13 Photo History and creative possibilities of Photo Software
14 Related examples: Joan Fontcuberta, Simon Norfolk, Tacita Dean, Robert Parkeharrison, Simber Atay

Recomended or Required Reading

Barron, S& Eckmann, S. (2015).New Objectivity, Prestel
Benjamin, W.(2014). Fotografinin Küçük Tarihi, (Çev.B.Tanyeri), Istanbul: 6.45
Bolton, R.(Ed.) (1996).The Contest of Meaning, Critical Histories of Photography, MIT
Calinescu, M.(1987). Five Faces of Modernity, Duke University Press

Fineberg, J.(2014).1940 tan Günümüze Sanat, (Çev. Atay Eskier, S.& Yılmaz, G.E.), Izmir:Karakalem
Eyman, D. (2015). Digital Rhetoric, University of Michigan Press
Fiedler, J.& Feierabend, P.& Ackermann U.(Ed.) (2000). The Bauhaus, Cologne: Könemann
Hacking, J.(Ed) (2015). Fotoğrafın Tüm Öyküsü, ( Çev.Bozkurt, A. )Istanbul: Hayalperest
Jameson, F.(2011). Postmodernizm ya da Geç Kapitalizmin Kültürel Mantığı, (Çev.Plümer, N.), Istanbul: Nirengi
Jencks, C.(1987). Post Modernism: The New Classicism in Art And Achitecture, London: Academy Edition
Kelby, S. (2003). The Photoshop Book for Digital Photographers, New Riders
Manovich ,L. Avant Garde As Software https://www.uoc.edu/artnodes/espai/eng/art/manovich1002/manovich1002.html
Manovich, L. (2013). The Language of New Media, Bloomsbury
Miller, R.(2012) . Magnum, (Çev. Tosun,T ), Istanbul: Agora
Mirzoeff, N.(Ed.) (1998). The Visual Culture Reader, London: Routledge,
Newhall, B. (1982). The History of Photography, The Museum of Modern Art Press
Trend, D. (Ed.) (2001). Reading Digital Culture, Wiley Blackwell
Tupitsyn, M.(1996). The Soviet Photograph 1924-1937, New Haven and London:Yale University Press,
Twomey Fosnot, C. (2005). Constructivism, Teachers College Press
Zizek ,S.(2015), Bedensiz Organlar, ( Çev.Kara, U.Y.), Istanbul:MonoKL

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Research in real and virtual libraries, brain storm,conteptual and mental mapping

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 QUZ QUIZ
3 PRJ PROJECT
4 PAR PARTICIPATION
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + QUZ * 0.10 + PRJ * 0.60 + PAR * 0.10


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)

simber.atay@gmail.com
D.E.Ü. G.S.F. internal: + 90 232 4129231

Office Hours

Wednesday: 12:00-13:00
Thursday: 12:00-13:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Design Project 1 45 45
Reading 1 50 50
Midterm 1 3 3
Quiz etc. 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 141

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.155
LO.2544
LO.33342344
LO.45
LO.55