COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MUSEUMS AND SOCIETY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MZC 5021 MUSEUMS AND SOCIETY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Museology

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Museology

Course Objective

This course will discuss the role of museums and cultural heritage in creating a community identity, awareness and memory. It will explore the importance of religious and ethnic heritage and their social role. It will address the potential of museums and cultural heritage sites to achieve peace, overcome poverty and advance in human rights

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To understand the interdisciplinary interaction between the field of Museology and other fields
2   To establish relations between museology and cultural processes
3   To develop a critical approach towards Museuology and Cultural Heritage Studies

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Museums and Identity
2 Museums, Community awareness and involvement
3 Social Memory
4 Museums and Education
5 Religious Heritage
6 Ethnic Heritage
7 Tourism, Museums and Cultural Heritage
8 Student Presentations
9 Student Presentations
10 Cultural Heritage and Globalisation, UNESCO
11 Cultural Heritage, Diversity, Human Rights
12 Cultural Heritage and overcoming poverty
13 Assessment
14 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Atagök, Tomur (der.) (1999) Yeniden Müzeciliği Düşünmek. Yıldız Teknik Basım-Yayın Merkezi: Istanbul.

Atagök, Tomur (1999), Yaşayan Müze ve Eğitim , Sanat Dünyamız, sayı 71.
Atakuman "Heritage as a Matter of Prestige: A History of the State Heritage Discourse and Practice in Türkiye", 7th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East- ICAANE, 12-16 April 2010, London-UK
Macdonald, Sharon, and Gordon Fyfe, eds. Theorizing Museums: Representing Identity and Diversity in a Changing World. Oxford: Blackwell: The Sociological Review, 1996.
Müzecilikte Yeni Yaklaşımlar Küreselleşme ve Yerelleşme, 2000, Tarih Vakfı: Istanbul.

Silverman, Lois H. (2010) The Social Work of Museums. Routledge: New York and London.

Smith, L., 2006. Uses of heritage. London: Routledge.

Smith, L. andWaterton, E., 2009. Heritage, communities and archaeology. London: Duckworth

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1.Lecture
2.Presentation
3. Discussion
4.Research

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 * 0.30 + STT * 0.20 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.20 + RST* 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Learning outcomes 1-5 will be evaluated via the question asked in the mid-term and final exams and the presentation and the homework that the student will prepare.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

70% class attendance is obligatory

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

elif_keser@yahoo.com

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Tutorials 0 0 0
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 10 2 20
Preparation for midterm exam 1 7 7
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparation for quiz etc. 0 0 0
Preparing assignments 2 40 80
Preparing presentations 1 20 20
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 175

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.153533
LO.24453
LO.34455

CONTACT INFORMATION
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