COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PERFORMANCE ART AND BODY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KDN 6020 PERFORMANCE ART AND BODY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Women's and Family Studies

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ÖZLEM BELKIS

Offered to

Women's and Family Studies

Course Objective

The aim of this course is that the students learn performance art and gender relationships with axamples in the context of changing aesthetic perception in the 20th century

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   At the end of this course, the students
2   1. will learn about performance art,
3   2. will have information about the body s resemblances in the universe in performance art,
4   3. will have information about performance artists in Türkiye and the West.
5   4. can explain and discuss performing arts and gender issues.
6   5. can produce a discussion on gender and body politics via performance art Works.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction: general framework of the course, the subject and scope of the sourse, information about the rules.
2 To speak with the same grammar: basic concepts and definitions of gender, feminism and art
3 Performance art in historical context, being individuals beyond being men and women
4 Non-dramatic performances, happinings
5 Conceptual art, body art, performance, gender
6 Works that don't fit in buildings, site-specific, bodies outdoors
7 Performance, experience, experiencing as a spectator
8 From the ideal body to the active independent body, identity and change in the 20th century
9 Cross dressing, questioning femininity and masculinity
10 1960s, female performances, objections to masculine art
11 Popular performance art, Marina Abramovich, art must be beautiful
12 Condemning gender-based violence in 1990s performance art
13 Feminist activist's performances
14 Closing: Evaluation of the work done within the scope of the course, a general evaluation is made on the course
15 mid term exam

Recomended or Required Reading

BELKIS, Ö. (2015). Feminist Tiyatro, Istanbul: Mitos Boyut yay.
CAMPBELL, A. § FARRIER, S. (ed., 2016). Queer Dramaturgies international perspectives on where performance leads queer.
CARLSON, M. (2004). Performans Eleştirel Bir Giriş. Ankara:Dost yay.
CASE, S. E. (2007). Performance Science and Virtual. New York: Routledge.
ÇAKMAK, B. (2013). Batı da Çağdaş Feminist Tiyatronun Gelişimi , YEDI, Sanat Tasarım ve Bilim Dergisi, DEU GSF Yay., Izmir, Yaz 2013, sayı 10, ss. 1 14.
FISCO, C. (ed., 1999). Perfonce Art of the Americas. London: Routledge.
FORTE, J. K. Women in performance art: feminism and postmodernism. University of Washington. ProQuest Dissertations Publishing, 1986. 8706554
Fryd, V. G. (2007). Suzanne Lacy's Three Weeks in May: Feminist Activist Performance Art as" Expanded Public Pedagogy". NWSA Journal, 23-38.
GOLDBERG, R.L. (2001). Performance art: From futurism to the present, New York: Thames § Hudson.
Hughes, H., & Roman, D. (Eds.). (2007). O solo homo: The new queer performance. Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Lacy, S. (2006). Art and Everyday Life: Activism in Feminist Performance Art (pp. 91-102). New York: Routledge.
Potkin, H. (2000). Performance art. Feminist Visual Culture, 75-88.
ÖZSOYSAL, F. (2014). Ataerkil Söylemlerin Maskesini Düşüren Feminist Oyunlarımız ve Istanbul da Feminist Tiyatrolar , Maske Kitabı, ed. K.Karaboğa, O. Arıcı, Istanbul : Habitus Yay.
ÖZSOYSAL, F. (2008). Oyunlarda Kadınlar, Istanbul : E Yayınları.
Striff, E. (1997). Bodies of evidence: Feminist performance art. Critical Survey, 9(1), 1-19.
Walker, R. L. (2011). Becoming Queer: Performance Art and Constructions of Identity. Gnosis, 9(3).
Wark, J. (2006). Radical gestures: Feminism and performance art in North America. McGill-Queen's Press-MQUP

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

A feminist methodology will be used in this course. Examples, presentations and discussion will also be used for learning strategies

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

compliance with ethical and academic rules is observed

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Lessons begin and ends on time. Attendance is essential.
It is obligatory to follow the format rules to be announced for homework and exams.
The plays, movies, texts, etc. materials that will be examined within the scope of the course should be read or watch before the course.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ozlem.belkis@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

The students can keep contact via ozlem.belkis@deu.edu.tr, whenever they want.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Student Presentations 8 1 8
Group session 2 1 2
Literature review and presentation 2 1 2
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Preparing assignments 1 8 8
Preparing presentations 1 3 3
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 6 6
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 87

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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