COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ORAL HISTORY OF SPACE

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PLN 5050 ORAL HISTORY OF SPACE ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

M.Sc. City and Regional Planning
City and Regional Planning (Non-Thesis)
City and Regional Planning
City and Regional Planning

Course Objective

In this course, oral history approach as a technique that helps the information of space will be using.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   will be able to define identify the location of the oral narratives of space (Knowledge),
2   will be able to explain the ways in which that space in the memory through the oral narratives (Comprehension),
3   will able to express data, through oral narratives that are not included in sources (Comprehension),
4   will be able to interpret differentiation forms of space in oral narratives (Application),
5   will be able to criticize the official records based on scientific studies (Analysis),
6   will be able to propose techniques that use for explaining alternative sources about space (Synthesis),
7   will be able to set up planning system based on the new information resources that use the oral narrative (Synthesis)

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Course 1. What is oral history Development of oral history Reading list will be given in this week.
2 Course 2.Interviewer-narrator relationships and techniques in oral history study
3 Course 3. Interview techniques for oral history: Design - Interview - Archiving
4 Course 4. Interview and writing ethics
5 Course 5. Oral history interview examples
6 Course 6. Research for the selection of the homework (article) topic
7 Course 7. Introductory presentation on the homework (article) topic (with the teaser technique). Reviewing the preparations before the meeting. Students will present the materials, interview and recording plans for the venue and oral history study they will discuss.
8 Course 8. Oral interviews and recordings - I On-site interviews
9 Course 9. Oral interviews and recordings - II On-site interviews
10 Course 10. Transcription of interview recordings
11 Course 11. Findings from recorded material and article design The article design will be submitted
12 Course 12. Article writing
13 Course 13. Article writing - Intermediate critical
14 Course 14. Final paper (article) submission Submission of the article

Recomended or Required Reading

Tosh, John (2005): Tarihin Peşinde, (Çev.Ö.Arıkan), Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları, Istanbul.
Ong, Walter J. (2003): Sözlü ve Yazılı Kültür /Sözün Teknolojileşmesi), (Çev. S.P. Banon), Metis Yayınları, Istanbul.
Neyzi, Leyla (2004): "Ben Kimim " Türkiye'de Sözlü Tarih, Kimlik ve Öznellik, Iletişim, Istanbul.
Neyzi, Leyla (1999): Istanbul'da Hatırlamak ve Unutmak: Birey, Bellek ve Aidiyet, Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları, Istanbul.
Cameron, Deborah, Working With Spoken Discourse, London: Sage, 2001.
Caunce, Stephen, Sözlü Tarih ve Yerel Tarihçi, (Çev.B.B.Can, A.Yalçınkaya), Istanbul: Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları, Nisan 2001.
Danacıoğlu, Esra, Geçmişin Izleri; Yanıbaşımızdaki Tarih Için Bir Klavuz, Istanbul: Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları, Aralık 2001 .
Dunaway, D. & Baum, W., Oral History: An Interdisciplinary Anthology, London: Altamira Press, 1996.
Ellsworth, Scott, Death in A Promised Land : The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 , ABD: Louisiana State University Press, 1982.
Frisch, Michael, A Shared Authority: Essays on the Craft and Meaning of Oral and Public History, N.Y., Albany: SUNY Press, 1990.
Glassie, Henry, Passing the Time in Ballymenone:Culture and History of an Ulster Community.Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press; Dublin: O Brien Press, 1982.
Gluck, Sherna Berger & Patai, Daphne (y.h.), Women s Words: The Feminist Practice of Oral History, London: Routledge, 1991.
Grele, Ronald J., Envelopes of Sound: The Art of Oral History, Chicago: Precedent Publishing, 1985.
Kyvig, David E. & Marty, Myron A., Yanıbaşımızdaki Tarih, (Çev.N.B.Özsoy), Istanbul: Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları, Eylül 2000.
Portelli, Alessandro, The Death of Luigi Trastulli and Other Stories: Form and Meaning In Oral History , N.Y., Albany: SUNY Press, 1991.
Thompson, Paul, Geçmişin Sesi, (Çev.Ş.Layıkel), Istanbul: Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları, Ekim 1999.
Morissey, Charles, Why Call It Oral History Searching for Early Usage of a Generic Term , Oral History Review, 1980, 20-48, s.35.
Portelli, Alessandro, Oral History As Genre , Narrative and Genre, Chamberlain, M. & Thompson, P. (y.h.), London & NY: Routledge, 1998, s.23-45. What Makes Oral History Different, The Oral History Reader, Perks, R. & Thomson, A. (y.h.), New York: Routledge, 1998, s.56-68.
Yow, Valerie, Ethics and Interpersonal Relationships Oral History Research, Oral History Review, 22:1, 1995, s.51-66.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course has a method that can be described with conference presentations, readings and oral history essays. Students will make an introductory presentation on research topics in the first stage before the articles they will prepare, in the second stage, they will make the presentation of their article designs, and in the last stage, they will make article submissions that will replace the final exam at the end of the semester.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRS 1 PRESENTATION 1
2 PRS 2 PRESENTATION 2
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PRS 1 * 0.20 + PRS 2 * 0.20 + FIN * 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) PRS 1 * 0.20 + PRS 2 * 0.20 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Description (Knowledge) and explanation (Comprehension) is measured by 1st presentation (research subject introduction).
Expression (Comprehension) and interpretation (Application) is measured by the 2nd presentation (article design).
Criticizing (Analysis), proposition (Synthesis) and building (Synthesis) is measured by the Final Paper (article).

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

This course will be given through lectures, discussions over reading list and interview by oral history techiques.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

tolga.cilingir@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 10.30-12.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Case study 2 2 4
Preparing assignments 3 20 60
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 5 3 15
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 115

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51
LO.61
LO.71