COURSE DESCRIPTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION
| Course Name | Code | Semester | T+A+L (hour/week) | Type (C / O) | Local Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Istanbul on the Move: Exploring the City through Art and Design | KHAS 1454 | Spring | 03+00+00 | Compulsory | 3 | 5 |
| Academic Unit: | Department of Core Academics – Core Program |
| Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
| Prerequisites: | None |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Course Unit: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | - - |
| Course Objectives: | This course aims to delve into Istanbul as a multifaceted and dynamic node where various flows (of people, things, capital, and information), practices, and narratives intersect. It focuses on the interconnectedness of everyday life, design, and art in the urban context, and how we can reframe our lenses through which we understand cities. We will learn from the city by walking, listening, recording, mapping, and sketching it, and examine the roles of design, art, and cultural institutions in shaping the urban environment at different scales. Students will be able to develop both the fundamental theoretical and practical aspects of creative research with a wide range of expressions, including but not limited to objects, installations, texts, performances, video, audio, and new media. |
| Course Contents: | Throughout the semester, there will be field trips to exhibitions, museums, studios, and various sites in Istanbul, followed by workshops and discussion sessions. Our methods of learning will include walking, listening, recording, storytelling, mapping, sketching, and performance. We will have workshops for hands-on learning and sharing ideas. Additionally, there will be seminars that present contemporary debates and creative research related to Istanbul. |
| Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit (LO): |
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| Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods: | Site trips, seminars, studio workshops |
WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATIONS
| Week | Subjects | Related Preperation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orientation, syllabus overview and introduction | |
| 2 | Site trip 1 | Preparing for the in-class site trip |
| 3 | Preparing for the in-class site trip | Evaluating the site trip findings, preparing for the studio workshop and discussions |
| 4 | Seminar 1 | Preparing for the in-class seminar |
| 5 | Site trip 2 | Preparing for the in-class site trip |
| 6 | Discussion and studio workshop | Evaluating the site trip findings, preparing for the studio workshop and discussions |
| 7 | Assignment/exercise | Preparing for the assignment/exercise |
| 8 | Assignment-related studio workshop | Preparing for the studio workshop |
| 9 | Seminar 2 | for the in-class seminar |
| 10 | Site trip 3 | Preparing for the in-class site trip |
| 11 | Discussion and studio workshop | Evaluating the site trip findings, preparing for the studio workshop and discussions |
| 12 | Site trip 4 | Preparing for the in-class site trip |
| 13 | Discussion and studio workshop | Evaluating the site trip findings, preparing for the studio workshop and discussions |
| 14 | Overview | Preparing for the final presentations |
At Kadir Has University, a Semester is 14 weeks; The weeks 15 and 16 are reserved for final exams.
REQUIRED AND RECOMMENDED READING
| Recommended Readings ● Abasıyanık, Sait Faik. A Useless Man: Selected Stories. Archipelago, 2014. ● Aytar, Volkan and Kübra Parmaksızoğlu. İstanbul'da Eğlence, İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi, 2011. ● Bartu, Ayfer, Tanıl Bora, Sema Erder, Ayse Öncu, Martin Stokes, Jenny White, and Yael Navaro-Yasin. Istanbul: between the global and the local. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1999. ● Batur, Afife. İstanbul Mimarlık Rehberi. TMMOB Mimarlar Odası İstanbul Büyükkent Şubesi, 2015. ● Bayrak, Sevince. Bir Meydan Öyküsü: Beyazıt 1914-1964. İş Bankası, 2019. ● Belge, Murat and Tanyeli Erkman. Bu Şehr-i İstanbul ki. Açık Radyo Kitaplığı, Encore, 2017. ● Birsel, Salâh. Sergüzeşt-i Nono Bey ve Elmas Boğaziçi. Sel, 2004. ● Birsel, Salâh. Boğaziçi Şıngır Mıngır. Sel, 2005. ● Birsel, Salâh. Ah Beyoğlu Vah Beyoğlu, Sel, 2009. ● Byzantios, Dionysios. Boğaziçi’nde Bir Gezinti (Anaplous Bosporou). Yapı Kredi, 2010. ● Derviş, Pelin, Bülent Tanju, and Uğur Tanyeli. İstanbullaşmak: Olgular, Sorunsallar, Metaforlar. SALT/Garanti Kültür AŞ, 2014. https://saltonline.org/media/files/istanbullasmak_scrd.pdf ● Freely, John. Stamboul Ghosts : A Stroll Through Bohemian Istanbul. Cornucopia, 2018. ● Freely, Brendan and John Freely. Galata, Pera, Beyoğlu: Bir Biyografi. Yapı Kredi, 2015. ● Hisar, Abdülhak Şinasi. Boğaziçi Mehtapları. Yapı Kredi, 2013. ● Işın, Ekrem. Everyday Life in Istanbul. Yapı Kredi, 2001. ● Koçu, Reşad Ekrem. İstanbul Ansiklopedisi. Koçu Yayınları, 1958. ● Koçu, Reşad Ekrem. İstanbul Tulumbacıları. Doğan Kitap, 2016. ● Koçu, Reşad Ekrem. Tarihte İstanbul Esnafı. Doğan Kitap, 2016. ● Kuntay, Mithat Cemal. Üç İstanbul. Oğlak, 2012. ● Muammer, Asaf. İstanbul Balık Kültürü. Küre, 2016. ● Ocakaçan, Levent Kaya. İstanbul Eğleniyor. İBB, 2023. ● Pamuk, Orhan. Istanbul: Memories and the City. Faber & Faber, 2011. ● Pamuk, Orhan. İstanbul: Hatıralar ve Şehir. Yapı Kredi, 2016. ● Rasim, Ahmet. Şehir Mektupları. Say, 2006. ● Tanpınar, Ahmet Hamdi. A Mind at Peace. Archipelago, 2011. ● Yerasimos, Stefanos. İstanbul 1914-1923. İletişim, 1996. ● Yücel, Atilla. Duran Her Şey Hareket Ediyor: İstanbul Yazıları. Arketon, 2019. |
OTHER COURSE RESOURCES
| Recommended Movies and Documentaries ● Metropolis, Fritz Lang, 1927 ● Berlin: Symphony of a Great City, Walter Ruttmann, 1927 ● Man with a Movie Camera, Dziga Vertov, 1929 ● Rome, Open City, Roberto Rossellini, 1945 ● Bicycle Thieves, Vittorio De Sica, 1948 ● The Third Man, Carol Reed, 1949 ● Roman Holiday, William Wyler, 1953 ● Üç Arkadaş, Memduh Ün, 1958 & 1971 ● Kırık Çanaklar, Memduh Ün, 1960 ● Cléo from 5 to 7, Agnès Varda, 1962 ● Gurbet Kuşları, Halit Refiğ, 1964 ● Son Kuşlar, Erdoğan Tokatlı, 1965 ● Sevmek Zamanı, Metin Erksan, 1965 ● Ah Güzel İstanbul, Atıf Yılmaz, 1966 ● Blow-up, Michelangelo Antonioni, 1966 ● Kader Böyle İstedi, Lütfi Akad, 1968 ● Death in Venice, Luchino Visconti, 1971 ● Don’t Look Now, Nicolas Roeg, 1973 ● Taxi Driver, Martin Scorsese, 1976 ● Blade Runner, Ridley Scott, 1982 ● Koyaanisqatsi, Godfrey Reggio, 1982 ● What Have I Done To Deserve This?, Pedro Almodóvar, 1984 ● Brazil, Terry Gilliam, 1985 ● After Hours, Martin Scorsese, 1985 ● The Belly of an Architect, Peter Greenaway, 1987 ● Anayurt Oteli, Ömer Kavur, 1987 ● Hayallerim Aşkım ve Sen, Atıf Yılmaz, 1987 ● Wings of Desire, Wim Wenders, 1987 ● Smoke, Wayne Wang, 1995 ● Tabutta Rövaşata, Derviş Zaim, 1996 ● Uzak, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 2002 ● City of God, Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund, 2002 ● Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul, Fatih Akın, 2005 ● Anlat İstanbul, Ümit Ünal, Ömür Atay, Kudret Sabancı, Yücel Yolcu, Selim Demirdelen, 2005 ● Takva, Özer Kızıltan, 2006 ● Fireworks Wednesday, Asghar Farhadi, 2006 ● Of Time and the City, Terence Davies, 2008 ● Kosmos, Reha Erdem, 2010 ● Anthony Bourdain No Reservations S06E02: Istanbul, 2010 ● The Pruitt-Igoe Myth, Chad Freidrichs, 2011 ● Urbanized, Gary Hustwit, 2011 ● Ekümenopolis: Ucu Olmayan Şehir, İmre Azem, 2012 ● The Great Beauty, Paolo Sorrentino, 2013 ● Hayatboyu, Aslı Özge, 2013 ● Tangerine, Sean Baker, 2015 ● Innocence of Memories, Grant Gee, 2015 ● İstanbul'un Gözü, Binnur Karaevli, Fatih Kaymak, 2016 ● Kedi, Ceyda Torun, 2017 ● Roma, Alfonso Cuarón, 2018 ● Ah Gözel İstanbul, Zeynep Dadak, 2020 ● Yaşayan, Üreten, Dönüşen Haliç, Haliç Dayanışması, 2023 |
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
| Semester Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance / Participation | 1 | 20 |
| Field Work | 1 | 10 |
| Project | 1 | 40 |
| Homework Assignments | 2 | 30 |
| Total: | 5 | 100 |
WORKLOAD
| Events | Count | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload (hour) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Field Work | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Project | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| Homework Assigments | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| Other Practices (seminar,studio critics,workshop, etc.) | 10 | 3 | 30 |
| Extra-Class Activities (reading,individiual work, etc.) | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| Total Workload (hour): | 125 | ||
1 ECTS = 25 Hours Workload
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO) AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS (PQ)
| # | PQ1 | PQ2 | PQ3 | PQ4 | PQ5 | PQ6 | PQ7 | PQ8 | PQ9 |
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| LO5 |
Contribution: 1 Low, 2 Average, 3 High