COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DENIZ BALIK

Offered to

Architectural Design
Architectural Design

Course Objective

Since the early twentieth-century, cultural studies as a field covering media, consumption, culture industry, mass culture, popular culture, new media, and posthumanism has developed in scope and has been handled broadly within architectural discourse. This course makes an in-depth examination of theories and different approaches to culture and contemporary architecture, and analyses how cultural studies might inform architecture and generate knowledge, praxis, and criticism. The course interrogates how cultural forms are produced, shaped, distributed, and consumed in various ways, by dealing with theoretical and practical debates through immersion in seminal texts and a variety of forms such as film, television, exhibition, book, magazine, social media, advertising, music, visual art, and digital art. The topics covered throughout the course are subject to change on a yearly basis.

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

The following are essential background references. Additional weekly readings are listed in the course schedule.
Adorno, T.W. & Horkheimer, M. (2002). Dialectic of Enlightenment: Philosophical Fragments, trans. E. Jephcott. California: Stanford University Press.
Baudrillard, J. (1993). Symbolic Exchange and Death, trans. I. H. Grant, pp. 50-86. London: Sage.
Baudrillard, J. (1994). Simulacra and Simulation, trans. S. F. Glaser. Michigan: The University of Michigan Press.
Carpo, M. (2011). The Alphabet and the Algorithm. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.
Crysler, C. G. et al. (2012). The Sage Handbook of Architectural Theory. Los Angeles: Sage.
Debord, G. (2002). Society of the Spectacle, trans. K. Knabb. Canberra: Treason Press.
Klein, N. M. (2004). The Vatican to Vegas: A History of Special Effects. New York: The New Press.
Kooijman, J. (2008). Fabricating the Absolute Fake: America in Contemporary Pop Culture. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.
Ponce de León, M., ed. (2019). Discourse: A Series on Architecture 1 Authorship. New Jersey: Princeton University Press.
Storey, J., ed. (2009). Cultural Theory and Popular Culture: An Introduction. Harlow: Pearson Longman.
Zukin, S. (1991). Landscapes of Power: From Detroit to Disney World. Berkeley: University of California Press.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, discussion, close analysis of texts, individual research, written assignment.

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

This course comprises of lectures by the tutor and discussion sessions by students. It requires intense involvement on the part of students. It is primarily structured around close readings. Students are expected to engage in all assigned readings critically before the appropriate class. They are advised to keep notes of thoughts, comments, and questions that occur while reading, and to come to class prepared to share these notes. As homework, they are expected to prepare questions that derive from weekly readings in advance for open debates in class. In addition, they will choose a topic from the weekly program and present it in class by using the given references (including problem statement / research question and a preliminary / tentative bibliography). As exam, they are expected to submit a visual abstract (in the form of collage or photomontage) of their research proposal for which they are given feedback by the tutor as to how to proceed in the research. They are expected to develop the proposal as a final research paper, delving deeply into the issues raised directly by the readings and class discussions, yet bringing in new material.

Assessment Criteria

HOMEWORK-PRESENTATION %20
ACTIVE PARTICIPATION TO THE LECTURE %20
MID-TERM EXAM %20
FINAL EXAM %40
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MAKE-UP %40


Weekly topics cover different themes and questions, yet they interrelate and accumulate over one another. Therefore, a day of absence may result in losing track of topics and discussions.
Students are expected to come to every class with annotated copies of the readings, remain engaged, and participate actively in class discussions, presentations, and readings.
Being absent in class is not considered as a valid excuse for late submissions of assignments. Late submissions will be subject to a different evaluation.
All kinds of plagiarism will result in a disciplinary action.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

e-mail: deniz.balik@deu.edu.tr
tel: 0 232 301 84 98

Office Hours

Will be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes