GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
NOMADIC CULTURE OF ANATOLIA/1050045
Course Title: NOMADIC CULTURE OF ANATOLIA
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Semester 1 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Prof. Dr. M. Muhtar KUTLU
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  muhtarkutlu@yahoo.com, mkutlu@ankara.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Students understand pastoral nomadism and its types.
Students have knowledge about traditional ways of life which depending on nomadism in Anatolia.
They learn about nomadism’s historical, ecological, cultural basics in Anatolia.
They learn the difference about Turkmen, Yoruk and the other nomads.
They learn about Nomadic groups in Anatolia, and its nutrition, housing, settlement and cultural practices.
Students have knowledge about transhumance and its traditions.
Students understand the relationship between nomads and traditional life in Anatolia.
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face.
 -- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES
  There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
 -- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS
  There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
 --COURSE CONTENT
1. Week  Nomadism and types of nomadism.
2. Week  Patoral nomadism as adaptive and dietary strategies.
3. Week  Traditional ways of life linked with nomadism in Anatolia.
4. Week  The Roots: Historical foundations of nomadism in Anatolia.
5. Week  Enviroment: Adaptation and ecological foundations
6. Week  Continuity: Cultural bases, tradition and cultural continuity
7. Week  Types of social organization in nomads
8. Week  Nomadic culture in Anatolian ethonography
9. Week  Settlement: Summer quarters, winter quarters and migration
10. Week  Shelter: Spatial organization, from nomadic to sedantary
11. Week  Nutrition: Culinary culture, nomadic cousine
12. Week  Traditional Practice: Mores and ritual life (nomad celabrations)
13. Week  Oral culture and nomadism
14. Week  Nomadic identity (does it exist?) living traces in our culture
15. Week  Overview.
16. Week  Overview.
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
   Andrews, P. A., (1997), Nomad Tent Types in the Middle East, Part I: vol.1, Framed Tents (543 pp.);vol.2. Illustrations. Beiheft Nr. B 74, Tübinger Atlas des Vorderen Orients. Wiesbaden (L.Reichert). Bates, D. G., (1971), Güney-Doğu Anadolu’da Göçebe Yörük Yerleşmeleri Üzerine Bir Çalışma, İstanbul: Türkiye Coğrafi ve Sosyal Araştırmalar. ___________ (1973), Nomads and Farmers: a Study of the Yoruk of Southeastern Turkey, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan. Beşikçi, İ., (1992), Doğu’da Değişim ve Yapısal Sorunlar (Göçebe Alikan Aşireti), Ankara: Yurt Yayınları, Beşirli, H. ve İbrahim Erdal (Ed.), (2007), Anadolu'da Yörükler: Tarihi ve Sosyolojik İncelemeler, Ankara: Phoenix Yayınları. __________ (2008), Osmanlıdan Cumhuriyete Yörükler ve Türkmenler, Ankara: Phoenix Yayınları. Braudel, F., (1990), Akdeniz: Mekân ve Tarih, (Çev.: N. Erkut), İstanbul: Metis Yayınları. __________ (1990), Akdeniz ve Akdeniz Dünyası, (Çev.: M. A. Kılıçbay), İstanbul: Eren Yayıncılık. Bl
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer, Demonstration.
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  Not Applicable
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
40
 Assignment
0
0
 Exercises
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade  
40
 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade  
60
 -- WORKLOAD
 Efficiency  Total Week Count  Weekly Duration (in hour)  Total Workload in Semester
 Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week
14
3
42
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
0
0
0
 Reading
14
3
42
 Searching in Internet and Library
14
2
28
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
0
0
 Preparing Reports
4
3
12
 Preparing Presentation
10
3
30
 Presentation
2
1
2
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
6
3
18
 Final and Studying for Final
3
3
9
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
183
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.32
 ECTS: 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1To attain basic concepts and theories of folklore.X
2To learn folklore research methods and techniques and use them efficiently.X
3To get knowledge on historical development of folkloristic and the role of Turkish folklore studies in world folklore studies.X
4To learn written and oral Turkish cultural sources and use them.
5To perform interdisciplinary research by using data derived from different social science disciplines in order to embrace holistic approach to cultural process.X
6To have knowledge on Turkish literary periods and texts and analyze Turkish culture through the analysis of literary texts.
7To use practical and theoretical knowledge of the performance arts such as Turkish folk theatre, folk music and folk dance.
8To analyze social practices based on custom and usages and folk beliefs, discuss them and develop new models in applied folklore.X
9To recognize relations among world cultures and their mythologies and carry out comparative studies.X
10To collect, organize and share data through information and internet technologies.X
11To apply theoretical knowledge of media, tourism, animation fields to applied folklore studies.
12To display cultural heritage by means of museology within the context of identification, archiving, visualizing, protection of cultural heritage.