FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
Department of Sociology
SOCIAL MEDIA
SOC 480 | Course Introduction and Application Information
| Course Name |
Modernity, Space and Culture
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Code
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Semester
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Theory
(hour/week) |
Application/Lab
(hour/week) |
Local Credits
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ECTS
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SOC 480
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Fall/Spring
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3
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0
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3
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6
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| Prerequisites |
None
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| Course Language |
English
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| Course Type |
Elective
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| Course Level |
First Cycle
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| Course Objectives | This course aims to discuss the modernization process through spatial practices and explore the complex relationships of space and culture in “modern times”. |
| Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | The course explores cultural aspects of spatial practices with referance to history of modernity. Selected topics of the course are modern city, culture, symbolic economies, culture industry, public space, gaze, spectatorship, panopticon, everyday lives, contesting identity, boundaries, transgression and utopias. |
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Core Courses | |
| Major Area Courses |
X
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| Transferable Skill Courses |
WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES
| Week | Subjects | Related Preparation |
| 1 | Presentation and overview of the course | David Harvey, 2008, “The geographical versus the sociological imagination” in Social Justice and the City” p:23-27 (available at blackboard). |
| 2 | Modernization and Modernity | Anthony Giddens, 2005, The Consequences of Modernity, p:1-14, 55-78 |
| 3 | Time, Space and Urban Transformation | Anthony Giddens, 2005, The Consequences of Modernity, p:14-29 - David Harvey, 1989, The Condition of Postmodernity, selections. |
| 4 | The Question of Identity in Modern Times | Stuart Hall, 1996,“The Question of Cultural ldentity” in Modernity: An Introduction to Modern Societies |
| 5 | Modern City Culture | Simmel, Georg, The Metropolis and Mental Life, CCR Seher Şen, Thinking on Urbanity (available at blackboard). |
| 6 | MIDTERM | |
| 7 | Space and Modernization History | Sibel Bozdoğan,The Predicament of Modernism in Turkish Architectural Culture, in Rethinking Modernity and…, UWP, London. |
| 8 | Space, Place, Identity I | Tim Cresswell, 2004, Defining Place, in Place, Blackwell, Oxford Lucy Maynard Salmon, “History in Backyard” (available at blackboard). |
| 9 | Space, Place, Identity II | Zygmunt Bauman, Community, (selections). - Richard Sennett, Growth and Failure: The New Political Economy and Its Culture & The Corrosion of Character (selections) Progression report |
| 10 | Neighborhood and Community | Movie Screening |
| 11 | Space, Place, Power I | Jane Jacobs, Death and Life of Great American Cities, TBCR James Q. Wilson and George L. Kelling, “Broken Windows in TCR Ana Betancour and Peter Hasdell, Tango: A Choreography of Urban Displacement in CCR |
| 12 | Space, Place, Power II | -Asef bayat politics in the city-inside-out (available at blackboard). -Lucy Lippard, Home in the Weeds in CCR Setha M. Low, Spatializing Culture: the Social Construction. of Public Space in Costa Rica, TBCR |
| 13 | Spatial Boundaries and Transgression | Suzana Torre , Changing the Public Space: The Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo in CCR Ivan Illich, The Dirt of Cities; The Aura of Cities; The Smell of the Dead; Utopia of an Odorless City in CCR |
| 14 | Poster presentations | Neil Brenner, 2012, “What is critical urban theory?” in Cities For People, Not For Profit, 11-23 |
| 15 | Rewiev of the Semester | |
| 16 | Final |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | Iain Borden, Tim Hall, Malcolm Miles (ed.) 2004,The City Cultures Reader, New york: Routledge; Gary Bridge, Sophie Watson (ed.) 2010, The Blackwell City Reader, Oxford: WileyBlackwell |
| Suggested Readings/Materials | Additional readings may be assigned during the semester. |
EVALUATION SYSTEM
| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation | ||
| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques |
-
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| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments |
1
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15
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| Presentation / Jury |
2
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40
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| Project |
1
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15
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| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exams | ||
| Midterm | ||
| Final Exam |
1
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30
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| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade |
4
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70
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| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade |
1
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30
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| Total |
ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Theoretical Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) |
16
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3
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48
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| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours) |
16
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0
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| Study Hours Out of Class |
15
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3
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45
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| Field Work |
0
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| Quizzes / Studio Critiques |
-
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0
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| Portfolio |
0
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| Homework / Assignments |
1
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15
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15
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| Presentation / Jury |
2
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15
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30
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| Project |
1
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15
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15
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| Seminar / Workshop |
0
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| Oral Exam |
0
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| Midterms |
-
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0
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| Final Exam |
1
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27
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27
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| Total |
180
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COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP
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Program Competencies/Outcomes |
* Contribution Level
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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| 1 | To have the knowledge of classical and contemporary theories in sociology, and be able to comparatively analyze these theories. |
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| 2 | To have the knowledge of main methodological approaches in sociology as well as social research and data analysis methods. |
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| 3 | To have knowledge in the fields of general sociology, sociology of institutions, social structure and change, and applied sociology. |
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| 4 | To be able to determine the appropriate methods in the design of the planning stage and conclusion of a sociological project, individually or as part of a team. |
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| 5 | To be able to diagnose the social dynamics behind personal problems by using sociological imagination. |
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| 6 | To be able to define social problems at local, national, and global level, and offer new policies for solutions. |
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| 7 | To be able to apply commonly-used computer programs for data collection and analysis in sociological research. |
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| 8 | To be able to develop a socially responsible, scientific and ethical perspective regarding the collection, analysis, interpretation and presentation of data. |
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| 9 | To be able to analyze different aspects of the social world by drawing on the knowledge produced by other disciplines of the social sciences. |
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| 10 | To be able to constantly renew herself/himself professionally by following scientific and technological developments in sociology and social research. |
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| 11 | To be able to collect sociological data and communicate with sociologists and other social scientists in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1). |
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| 12 | To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently. |
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| 13 | To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise. |
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*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest
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