Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
VISUAL ETHNOGRAPHY HLK402 8. Semester 4 + 0 4.0 6.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Bachelor's Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery Lecture, discussion and films (photography and documentary)
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Goals The course aims to introduce the techniques of visual-ethnographic documenting, and improve certain cultural analyses on photography and film.
Course Content The course includes the discussion of the theoretical and ethical problems related to ethnographic photograph and film, and also the illumination of importance of documenting the ethnographic material by visual methods.
Learning Outcomes 1) Students learn what the visual anthropology is and its relationship between folklore.
2) Students learn information about visual ethnography and folklore.
3) Students gain historical knowledge on photography and folklore.
4) Students learn about the usage of photographs in the folkloric researches.

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Introduction: What is visual anthropology? What does it include? Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

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2. Week Visual ethnography is an important part of anthropological method Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

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3. Week Early history of photograpy and film in anthropological studies Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

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4. Week Multi-dimensional usage of photography in ethnographical research Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

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5. Week On Photography: Photographic representation and documentary Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

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6. Week Photographic studies, reading and discussing photography Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

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7. Week Readings and discussions on the basis of photography Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

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8. Week On Film: Evolution of documentary cinema and types of documentary Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

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9. Week History of Ethnographic Film/important methods and films Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

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10. Week Assessment of ethnographic films made by R. Flaherty & J. Rouch Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

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11. Week Documentary Film: Watching and discussion Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

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12. Week Documentary Film: Watching and discussion Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

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13. Week Rules followed at taking photograph and recording film; and the ethical problems Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

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14. Week Overview and submission of term papers Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

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Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Anna Grimshaw. The Ethnographer’s Eye: Ways of Seeing in Anthropology, Cambridge, UK, 2001.
Elizabeth Edwards (ed.). Anthropology and Photography (1860-1920), Yale University Press, London,1992.
Marcus Banks and Howard Morphy (ed.). Rethinking Visual Anthropology, Yale University Press, New Haven, 1999.
Paul Hockings (ed.). Principles of Visual Anthropolopy (2. ed), Mouton, The Hague, 1995.
Paul Rotha. Belgesel Sinema, (Çev.: İbrahim Şener), İzdüşüm Yayınları, İstanbul, 2000.
Roland Barthes, Camera Lucida. Fotoğraf Üzerine Düşünceler, (Çev: Reha Akçakaya), Altıkırkbeş Yayınları, İstanbul, 2000.
Susan Sontag. Fotoğraf Üzerine, (Çev.: Reha Akçakaya), Altıkırkbeş Yayınları, İstanbul, 1999.

Assessment
Measurement and Evaluation Methods and Techniques
%40 Midterm, %60 Final Examination
Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program RequirementsContribution LevelDK1DK2DK3DK4
PY150000
PY250000
PY350000
PY450000

*DK = Course's Contrubution.
0 1 2 3 4 5
Level of contribution None Very Low Low Fair High Very High
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ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
. 14 5
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 4
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 5 4
Homework 1 3
Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) 1 10
Midterm Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 1 10
Final Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Final Exam 1 10
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
ECTS Credit of the Course
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Course Information
  • Course Information
  • Weekly Topics (Content)
  • Sources Used in This Course
  • Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
  • ECTS credits and course workload