GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
VISUAL FOLKLORE/4050043
Course Title: VISUAL FOLKLORE
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 learn what the visual anthropology is and its relationship between folklore.
Students learn information about visual ethnography and folklore.
Students gain historical knowledge on photography and film.
Students learn about the usage of photographs in the folkloric researches.
Students learn about specialty in documentary photography.
Students learn how to read photography.
Students learn about documentary movies and its types.
 -- 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  Introduction: What is visual anthropology? The relation between folklore and visual anthropology.
2. Week  Visual ethnography is an important part of folkloric methodology.
3. Week  Early history of photograpy and film in folklore studies
4. Week  Multi-dimensional usage of photography in folklore research
5. Week  On Photography: Photographic representation and documentary
6. Week  Photographic studies, reading and discussing photography
7. Week  Readings and discussions on the basis of photography
8. Week  On Film: Evolution of documentary cinema and types of documentary
9. Week  History of Ethnographic Film/important methods and films
10. Week  Assessment of ethnographic films made by R. Flaherty & J. Rouch
11. Week  Documentary Film: Watching and discussion
12. Week  Documentary Film: Watching and discussion
13. Week  Rules followed at taking photograph and recording film; and the ethical problems
14. Week  Overview
15. Week  Overview
16. Week  Overview
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
   Banks, M., Morphy, H., (1997), Rethinking Visual Anthropology, London: Yale Unv. Press. Barthes, R., (2000)), Camera Lucida, Çev.: Reha Akçakaya, İstanbul: Altıkırkbeş Yayın Berger, J., (2004), Görme Biçimleri, Çev.:Yurdanur Salman, İstanbul: Metis Yayınları. Berger, J. ve Jean Moir, (2007), Anlatmanın Başka Bir Biçimi, İstanbul: Agora Kitaplığı. Cereci, S., (1997), Belgesel Film, İstanbul: Şule Yayınları. Edwards, E.(ed), (1992), Anthropology and Photography, New Haven and London: Yale University Press. Freund, G., (2007), Fotoğraf ve Toplum, İstanbul: Sel Yayıncılık. Hockings, P.(ed), (1995), Principles of Visual Anthropology, Berlin ve New York: Mouton. Pink, S., (2001), Doing Visual Ethnography, London: Sage Publications. Rotha, P., (2000), Belgesel Sinema, İstanbul: İzdüşüm Yayınları. Sontag, S., (1999), Fotoğraf Üzerine, Çev.: Reha Akçakaya, İstanbul: Altıkırkbeş Yayın. Toplumbilim Dergisi, Fotoğraf Özel Sayısı, Sayı:19, Mart 2006.
 -- 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
 Reading
14
3
42
 Searching in Internet and Library
14
2
28
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
 Preparing Reports
10
3
30
 Preparing Presentation
4
3
12
 Presentation
2
1
2
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
2
3
6
 Final and Studying for Final
3
3
9
 Other
6
2
12
 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
1X
2X
3X
4X
5X
6X
7X
8X
9X
10X