Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
GLOBALIZATION AND URBAN CULTURES 14006032 3 + 0 3.0 10.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Graduate Degree
Course Type Elective
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
Instructors Erol DEMİR
Assistants
Goals The main objective of this course is to understand how globalisation effects urban life and cultures. In this context, it is aimed to examine how socio-economic and socio-cultural transformations are interrelated with spatial dynamics.
Course Content This course involves the intricate relations between globalization, urbanism and culture. The main fields of interests are gentrification, urban politics, social movements, gender inequality and urban representation.
Learning Outcomes 1) Examining relations between globalization and urbanism
2) learning spatial dynamics of globalization
3) Examining transformations of urban life in Turkey

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Introduction Lecture
Brainstorming
 Seminar
2. Week Gentrification Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion; Case Study
Brainstorming
 Seminar
3. Week Urban politics Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming
 Seminar
4. Week Urban social movements Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming
 Seminar
5. Week Gender inequality Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion; Case Study
Brainstorming
 Seminar
6. Week Urbanism and consumption Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion; Case Study
Brainstorming
 Seminar
7. Week Urban subcultures Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion; Case Study
Brainstorming
 Seminar
8. Week Urban representation Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion; Case Study
Brainstorming
 Seminar
9. Week Everyday life and city Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion; Case Study
Brainstorming
 Seminar
10. Week Cinema and the city Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion; Case Study
Brainstorming
 Seminar
11. Week City and popular culture Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion; Case Study
Brainstorming
 Seminar
12. Week City and the media Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion; Case Study
Brainstorming
 Seminar
13. Week City and social identity Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Speech Loop
 Seminar
14. Week General overview Question Answer; Discussion
Opinion Pool; Speech Loop
 Seminar

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Ayşe Saktanber, Deniz Kandiyoti - Kültür Fragmanları, İstanbul: Metis

Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program RequirementsContribution LevelDK1DK2DK3
PY15000
PY35000
PY45000

*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)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 3
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 14 10
Homework 2 25
Presentation (Including Preparation Time) 3 25
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