GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
METHODOLOGY OF FOLKLORE/5050042
Course Title: METHODOLOGY OF FOLKLORE
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Semester 2 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 about folkloric research history.
Students will learn about examples of early ethnography period.
Students learn planning, compilation and reporting techniques.
Students learn about ethical issues in folkloric researches.
They learn about tecniques of the folkloric researches.
They learn about emic and ethical approaches.
They learn about compilation and fieldwork.
 -- 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  What is ethnography?
2. Week  The short history of ethnographic research?
3. Week  Ethnographic Paradigms: samples of early ethnographies.
4. Week  Ethnographic Paradigms: samples of new ethnographies.
5. Week  Ethnographic Paradigms: establishment of ethnographic fieldwork.
6. Week  Doing fieldwork: planning, collecting, points of view and points of departure.
7. Week  Participant Observation
8. Week  Interview
9. Week  Being “Native” and “Foreigner”
10. Week  Emic and ethic approaches, practice of ethnologist/folklorist, the problem of representation of community, relationship of subject (researcher) and ob
11. Week  Producing of data: how do we collect folkloric/ethnographic data? Recording the data: fieldwork notes (How and how long do we note?)
12. Week  Ethical problems: how does the researcher introduce himself/herself to the community? How does the researcher participate to the community?
13. Week  Experience of having the knowledge: position of the researcher, experience of fieldwork, “Self” and “Other”.
14. Week  Samples of ethnographies: discussion and evaluation.
15. Week  Overview.
16. Week  Overview.
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  Bruce Jackson (1987) Fieldwork, Urbana: University of Illinois Press. Belkıs Kümbetoğlu (2005) Sosyoloji ve Antropolojide Niteliksel Yöntem ve Araştırma, Bağlam Yayınları, İstanbul. Doğan Özlem (1998) “Doğa Bilimleri ve ‘Sosyal Bilimler’ ayrımının dünü ve bugünü üzerine”. Toplum ve Bilim, Bahar (1998), no: 76, s. 7-40. Martin Hammersley-Paul Atkinson (1995) Ethnography: Principles in Practice (second edition), Routledge: London and New York, 1995. Tayfun Atay (1996) “Sosyal Antropoloji’de Yöntem ve Etik Sorunu: ‘Klasik Etnografi’den Diyalojik Etnografi’ye Doğru’ ”. İnsan, Toplum, Bilim (der. Kuvvet Lordoğlu) 4. Ulusal Sosyal Bilimler Kongresi Bildirileri. 1995 (içinde) 1996 s. 221-240. N. Serpil Altuntek (2009) ‘Yerli’nin Bakışı Etnografya: Kuram ve Yöntem. Ütopya Yayınları, Ankara. R.M. Emerson, R.I.Fretz, L.L. Shaw (2008) Bütün Yönleriyle Alan Çalışması, Etnografik Alan Notları Yazımı, Birleşik
 -- 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
3
2
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
2
3
4X
5X
6X
7
8X
9
10