COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR GÖKÇEÇIÇEK SAVAŞIR

Offered to

Architectural Design
Architectural Design

Course Objective

This seminar course introduces a wide-ranging critical reassessment of contemporary visual culture through conceptual, historical and theoretical elaborations of vision and visuality, with a prevailing emphasis on architecture.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Burnett, Ron. 1995. Images and Vision, Cultures of Vision. Images, Media, and the Imaginary. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1- 31.
Colomina, Beatriz. "Photography." Privacy and Publicity. 1994. Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 77-139.
Crary, Jonathan. "Modernizing Vision". In Hal Foster (ed.). 1988. Vision and Visuality. Dia Art Foundation Discussions in Contemporary Culture Number 2. Seattle: Bay Press, 29-79.
Benjamin, Walter. 1936. "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction" In Hannah Arendt (ed.). 1964. Illuminations. Harry Zohn (çev.). New York: Shocken Books, 319- 334.
Benjamin, Walter. "The Author as Producer." In Victor Burgin (ed.). 1982. Thinking Photography. Southampton and London: Macmillan Publishers Ltd., pp. 15-31.
Colomina, Beatriz. "Introduction: On Architecture, Production and Reproduction." In John Ockman (ed.). 1988. Architectureproduction Revisions 2. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 7-23.
Flusser, Vilém. 1984. Towards a Philosophy of Photography. West Germany: European Photography.
Frampton, Kenneth. Fall 2005 Winter 2006. "The Work of Art in the Age of Commodification." Harvard Design Magazine Reader Vol. 23, 1-5.
Friday, Jonathan. Fall 2001. "Photography and the Representation of Vision." The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism Vol. 59, no. 4, pp. 351-362.
Harvey, Modernity and Modernism. In Conditions of Postmodernity. An Enquiry into the Origins of Cultural Change, Cambridge, MA: Blackwell, 1990, 10-38.
Krauss, Rosalind E. "Photography's Discursive Spaces." The Originality of the Avant-Garde and Other Modern Myths. 1996. Cambridge: The MIT Press, pp. 131-150. (1st edition was published in 1985).
Manovich, Lev. The Language of New Media. (Cambridge: MIT Press, 2001) pp. 3-61.
McLuhan, Marshall and Quentin Fiore. 2001. The Medium is the Massage: an Inventory of Effects, Corte Madera: Gingko Press, excerpt.
McLuhan, Marshall. 2002. Understanding Media: The Extension of Man. Cambridge: MIT Pres, IX-61.
Mirzoeff, Nicholas (ed.). 1998. The Visual Culture Reader. London: Routledge.
Mirzoeff, Nicholas. 1999. An Introduction to Visual Culture. London: Routledge.
Mitchell, W. J. William. 1992. The Reconfigured Eye. Visual Truth in the Post-Photographic Era. Cambridge: The MIT Press.
Rowe, Colin and Robert Slutzky. 1963. "Transparency: Literal and Phenomenal." Perspecta, Vol. 8, 45-54.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

This seminar course will be held on the general discussions through student assignments and presentations, as well as the lectures given by the instructor. Instructor will direct students with relevant information and resources for the student presentations. Courses will be in the form of high-performance presentations and discussions. Students will be encouraged to participate in class discussions. After the presentations, the topic will be introduced to a general discussion by the instructor.

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Mid-term Exam (20%): An exam will be held throughout the semester.

Assignments and Presentations (20%): Weekly assignments and discussions will be prepared individually. In order to achieve the final exam, it is highly recommended to submit all assignments on time and regularly, and revise them with the guidance of the instructor.

Research Paper (50%): It is the final form of a basic research carried out on a chosen topic .The inquired research question or issue will be submitted as a research paper complete with a well-researched bibliography and sufficient number of images.

Participation (10%): Student participation will depend on, (i) the student's attendance, (ii) the quality of student's responses to the questions during the course and (iii) the student's contribution to create a positive learning environment.

Assessment Criteria

1. Mid-term exam intend to measure the ability of reading comprehension and interpreting the knowledge gained and discussed through the lectures. (LO1, LO2).
2. Assignments and Presentations will be assessed through the criteria such as the clear understanding and addressing the issue, originality of the debate, depth of the phenomena and concepts, comprehensiveness, clarity, organization and format of the subject. (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5, LO6).
3. Research paper will be assessed through the criteria of a competent ability at basic rhetorical argument (constructing his/her position using theory, empirical fact, logic, analogy, precedent/case study, and citation of authority). (LO1, LO3, LO4, LO5, LO6).
4. Active and continual participation of student is important in terms of comprehending the topics. (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5, LO6).

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. As it is a seminar course, attendance and active participation is required throughout the semester.
2. Students are expected to attend the class fully prepared to discuss the subjects and other related material.
3. Students are expected to attend a minimum of 70% of the class time to receive a passing grade from the course.
4. It is not considered as a valid excuse to be absent in class for late submissions of assignments. Late submissions will be subject to a different evaluation.
5. All kinds of plagiarism will result in a disciplinary action.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

gokcecicek.savasir@deu.edu.tr, 232 3018484

Office Hours

to be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes