FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

Department of Sociology

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SOC 490 | Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Name
Social Investigations on İzmir
Code
Semester
Theory
(hour/week)
Application/Lab
(hour/week)
Local Credits
ECTS
SOC 490
Fall/Spring
3
0
3
6

Prerequisites
None
Course Language
English
Course Type
Elective
Course Level
First Cycle
Mode of Delivery -
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course Discussion
Group Work
Case Study
Lecture / Presentation
Course Coordinator -
Course Lecturer(s)
Assistant(s) -
Course Objectives The objective of this course is to introduce the historical and contemporary literature on İzmir to the students. In accordance with the weekly themes, the literature in İzmir will be supported by the relevant conceptual framework. Thereby, the contemporary urban issues are also discussed with reference to the case of İzmir. In the light of all these discussions, the students are expected to plan and conduct a small research with simple research methods. Towards the end of the term, the students are expected to deepen their understanding of the discussions in the class by means of sharing their research findings.
Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • The students who succeeded in this course;
  • • will be able to explain economic, social, cultural and political transformation of Izmir in a historical context.
  • • will be able to analyze the place of different ethnic groups in the history of the city.
  • • will be able to explain the impacts of migration on social space of İzmir.
  • • will be able to analyze critically the relations between the migrants and the settled population in terms of identity, class and gender issues.
  • • will be able to analyze critically the neoliberal urban policies, urban transformation projects and discussions on urban identity with regard to the case of İzmir.
Course Description This course has three parts. In the first part, the economic, political cultural life of the city is presented in a historical perspective. In the second part, in order to relate this historical portrayal to contemporary research subjects in İzmir, issues like migration, identity, social space, urban transformation, urban fragmentation, political tendencies, neoliberal urban policies and urban identity will be given predominance. In the final stage, the small research projects of the students will be planned and the findings will be shared.

 



Course Category

Core Courses
Major Area Courses
X
Supportive Courses
Media and Management Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

 

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week Subjects Related Preparation
1 Presentation and Overview of the Course
2 Pre-Republican History of Izmir: Socio-Economic Transformation I Essential reading: Reşat Kasaba, “Izmir”, Port-Cities of the Eastern Mediterranean 1800-1914, Fall 1914, Fernand Braudel Center, pp. 387-410. Recommended reading: Daniel Goffman, “From Village to Colonial Port City”, in The Ottoman City between East and West: Aleppo, Smyrna and Istanbul (Edhem Eldem, Daniel Goffman & B. Masters), Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization, 2001, pp. 79-134.
3 Pre-Republican History of Izmir: Socio- Economic Transformation II Essential reading: Sibel Zandi-Sayek, “Introduction: A mid-century port in the remaking” in Ottoman Izmir “The Rise of a Cosmopolitan Port 1840-1880, University of Minnesota Press, 2012, pp.23-46 and 151-160. Recommended readings: Yorulmaz, Ş. (1993). “XIX. Yüzyıl’da Kozmopolit Bir Ticaret Kenti: İzmir”, Çağdaş Türkiye Tarihi Araştırmaları Dergisi, 1/.3, p.133148, İzmir./ Fatma Tanış, & Klaske Havik, “Spatial Stories of Izmir: A Narrative Study on the Influence of Trader Families on the Spatial Development of the Port City”, Bo: ricerche e progetti per il territorio, la citta el'architettura, 11(15), 2020, pp. 56-68. Documentary screening: Smyrna: The Destruction of a Cosmopolitan City 1900-1922 by Maria Ilıou (1. Bölüm)
4 Post-Republican History of Izmir: Socio-Economic Transformation Essential readings: Emel Karakaya, (2012). “Reconstruction of Anatolia for the Construction of Nation-State: Roles Attained to Ankara and İzmir”, 15th International Planning History Society Conference Proceeding/ Mümtaz Peker, “Izmir Nüfusunun Gelişimi”, Çağdaş Türkiye Tarihi Araştırmaları Dergisi, 1:3, pp.1993, pp.273-281. Recommended readings: Devrim Dumludağ & Bülent Durgun, “An Economy in Transition: Izmir (1918–38)”, Middle Eastern Studies, 47:6, 2011, 923-945. Erol Kahveci, Theo Nichols and Nadir Sungur, “The ShoeShine Boys of İzmir”, Work and Occupation in Modern Turkey,Erol Kahveci et al., (eds.), London: Mansell, 1996, pp.38-72.
5 Post-Republican History of Izmir: Migration, Identity and Social Space Essential readings: Kolluoğlu, B. “The Play of Memory, Counter-Memory: Building Izmir on Smyrna’s Ashes” New Perspectives on Turkey, Spring 2002, 26:1-28. Emel Kayın, “Mekansal ve SosyoEkonomik Ayrıksılıklar Geriliminde İzmir: KüreselYerel Fenomenler”, Değişen İzmir’i Anlamak, D. Yıldırım & E. Haspolat (eds), Ankara: Phoneix, 2010, pp. 337361/. Recommended readings: Biray Kolluoğlu, “Excesses of Nationalism: Greco-Turkish Population Exchange”, Nations and Nationalism, 19:3, 2013, 532-550. Ş. İlgü Özler, “Politics of the Gecekondu in Turkey: The political choices of urban squatters in national elections”, Turkish Studies, 1:2,2000, pp. 39-58.
6 Contemporary Urban Issues: Urban Fragmentation and Urban Poverty İpek Özbek Sönmez, “Concentrated Urban Poverty: The Case of İzmir Inner Area”, European Planning Studies, 15:3, 2007/ Esin ince Kompil and Adile Arslan Avar (2006), “Deprivation analysis in declining inner city residential areas: a case study from Izmir, Turkey”, 46th Congress of the European Regional Science Association.
7 Contemporary Urban Issues: Migration, Identity and Social Space I Essential readings: İlkim Kaya, Rengin Zengel, “A marginal place for the Gypsy community in a prosperous city: Izmir, Turkey”, Cities, 22:2,2005, pp. 151-160/ Demirtaş Milz, “Neoliberal Zamanlarda İzmir ve İzmirlilik Tahayyülleri”, Değişen İzmir’i Anlamak, D. Yıldırım & E. Haspolat (eds), Ankara: Phoneix, 2010, pp. 403-435. Recommended reading: Ture Sahin, “Rethinking alternative youth identities in Izmir: ‘Indifferently cool’ manifestations”, European Journal of Cultural Studies, 2020, pp.1-17.
8 Project/Presentation Workshop
9 Contemporary Urban Issues: Migration, Idenity and Social Space II Essential readings: Asli Ceylan Oner, Bahar Durmaz-Drinkwater & Richard J. Grant, “Precarity of refugees: the case of Basmane-İzmir, Turkey”, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 2020, pp.1-20./ Ayda Eraydin , Tuna Tasan-Kok & Jan Vranken, “ Diversity Matters: Immigrant Entrepreneurship and Contribution of Different Forms of Social Integration in Economic Performance of Cities”, European Planning Studies, 18:4, 2010, pp.521-543. Documentary Screening: Bir Avlu Bir Kent by Canan Altınbulak
10 Contemporary Urban Issues: Urban Transformation I/ Neoliberal Urbanization Essential readings: Mehmet Penpecioğlu, “Urban Development Projects and the Construction of Neo-Liberal Urban Hegemony: the Case of Izmir”, METU JFA,1,2013, pp.165-189/ Özgün Tutar and Eylem Bal, “Transformation of the Space in the context of Neoliberal Urbanization: The Case of Izmir New City Centre, Turkey”, International Journal of Architecture and Planning, 2019, 7-2, pp.428-459. Recommended readings: Meltem Eranıl Demirli et. al, “A socio-spatial analysis of urban transformation at a neighborhood scale: the case of the relocation of Kadifekale inhabitants to TOKİ Uzundere in Izmir”, Cities, 48, 2015, pp.140-159.
11 Contemporary Urban Issues: Urban Transformation II/ Gated Development Essential readings: İpek Özbek Sönmez, “Concentrated Urban Poverty: The Case of İzmir Inner Area”, European Planning Studies, 15:3, 2007/ İpek Özbek Sönmez, “Re-emergence of Suburbia: The Case of İzmir, Turkey”, European Planning Studies, 17:5, 2009, pp.741-763. Recommended readings: Recommended reading: Ayona Datta, “Gendered Nature and Urban Culture: The Dialectics of Gated Developments in Izmir, Turkey”, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research,38:4, 2014, pp. 1363–83.
12 Contemporary Urban Issues: Urban Transformation III/ Culture-led Urban Regeneration Essential readings: Şebnem Gökçen Dündar, “Rise of Culture and Fall of Planning in İzmir, Turkey”, Pasos, 8:3, 2010, pp. 51-67. Ebru Günlü et al. "Preserving Cultural Heritage and Possible Impacts on Regional Development: Case of Izmir", International Journal of Emerging and Transition Economies, 2:2, 2009, pp.213-229. Recommended readings: Onur Mengi et al., “Place Management of a creative city: the case of Izmir”, Knowledge-Based Development,8:3, 2017,pp.271-291.
13 Presentation of the Small Research Projects
14 Presentation of the Small Research Projects
15 Presentation of the Small Research Projects
16 Final

 

Course Notes/Textbooks Must readings mentioned in this information sheet.
Suggested Readings/Materials Documentary screening, guest lecturers, newspaper articles.

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities Number Weigthing
Participation
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
Presentation / Jury
1
20
Project
1
40
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exams
Midterm
Final Exam
1
40
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
2
60
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
1
40
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities Number Duration (Hours) Workload
Theoretical Course Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
3
48
Laboratory / Application Hours
(Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours)
16
0
Study Hours Out of Class
15
3
45
Field Work
0
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
0
Portfolio
0
Homework / Assignments
0
Presentation / Jury
1
17
17
Project
1
35
35
Seminar / Workshop
0
Oral Exam
0
Midterms
0
Final Exam
1
35
35
    Total
180

 

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

#
Program Competencies/Outcomes
* Contribution Level
1
2
3
4
5
1

To have the knowledge of classical and contemporary theories in sociology, and be able to comparatively analyze these theories.

2

To have the knowledge of main methodological approaches in sociology as well as social research and data analysis methods.

X
3

To have knowledge in the fields of general sociology, sociology of institutions, social structure and change, and applied sociology.

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.

X
5

To be able to diagnose the social dynamics behind personal problems by using sociological imagination.

6

To be able to define social problems at local, national, and global level, and offer new policies for solutions.

X
7

To be able to apply commonly-used computer programs for data collection and analysis in sociological research.

8

To be able to develop a socially responsible, scientific and ethical perspective regarding the collection, analysis, interpretation and presentation of data.

X
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.

X
10

To be able to constantly renew herself/himself professionally by following scientific and technological developments in sociology and social research.

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).

12

To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently.

13

To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise.

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest

 


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