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COURSE UNIT TITLECOURSE UNIT CODESEMESTERTHEORY + PRACTICE (Hour)ECTS
CULTURAL ANTROPOLOGY AND VISUAL COMMUNICATION GİT532 - 3 + 0 10

TYPE OF COURSE UNITElective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNITMaster's Degree With Thesis
YEAR OF STUDY-
SEMESTER-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED10
NAME OF LECTURER(S)Professor Emir Hasan Ülger
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT At the end of this course, the students;
1) Deal with visual culture and communication aspects of structural anthropology and cultural anthropology,
2) Examine related theories of anthropology and visual culture,
3) Understand cultural indicators, symbols and logos theoretically better in an anthropological context,
4) The work of the field of visual communication, which exists today in a wide range from commercial products to political campaigns, understand in an anthropological context.
MODE OF DELIVERYFace to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSENo
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT-
COURSE DEFINITIONCultural anthropology, which is an important specialization of anthropology that deals with human in its broadest aspects, develops various theories and practices in the context of structural linguistics and cultural semiology. In this context, the universal background codes of the productions in the field of visual communication in the context of cultural anthropology and semiology, the principles of the universal functioning of the human mind, the idea of universal binary opposites in the field of design and visual communication; From totemism to "1-0" logic and cybernetic applications, its analysis, development and effects on a wide scale are discussed. In addition, the effect of cultural and anthropological codes on design and its visual communication dimension are also discussed.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEKTOPICS
1st Week Introduction to Cultural Anthropology. Types of anthropology: physics and social anthropology
2nd Week Diffusionist theory, Cultural theories
3rd Week "Theory - Method - Practice"
4th Week Totem and Taboo: Social law-The origin of morality-The birth of modern man. C.G.Jung, Man and his symbols - Archetypes: Visual communication and language codes
5th Week Theories C.L.Strauss, "Wild Thought" Chapter 1: The science of the concrete 2. The Logic of Totemic classification 3. Transformation systems 4. Totem and caste 5. Re-found time 6. History and dialectics
6th Week Race - History - Culture, Structural Anthropology, Anthropology Against the Problems of the Modern World. Chapter 1: Language and Kinship relations 2. Social organization
7th Week Cultural indicators, semiology and visual arts influence
8th Week Midterm
9th Week Semiology-Barthes: Empire of Signs, mythology
10th Week Anthropology and semiological analysis in cinema, propaganda and mass media
11th Week Form structure of fairy tales, hero myth and modern cinema editing
12th Week Trademarks, advertising, banners, logos and design in the context of cultural indicators
13th Week Examples and applications of anthropological codes of visual communication in the field of commercial, industrial and design in Turkey
14th Week General evaluation
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READINGAntropolojiyle ilgili bütün kitaplar, alanı besleyen bütün filmler, reklamlar, afişler, yapılmış araştırma ve anketler ve bilimsel yayınlar dersin kaynağı olarak önem taşımaktadır.

Adorno, The Culture Industry, (ed.J.M.Bernstein) Routladge, London 1991
Yaban Düşünce (çev.Tahsin Yücel) Doğan yay. 1984
Strauss, C. L. (2012). "Yapısal Antropoloji" (çev. Adnan Kahiloğulları) Ankara. İmge Yayınları.
Strauss C.L. (2013). "Mit ve Anlam" (çev. Gökhan Y.Demir)İstanbul. İtaki Yayınları.
Strauss C.L. (1983). "Yaban Düşünce" (çev. Tahsin Yücel) Hürriyet Vakfı Yayınları, İstanbul
Strauss C.L.(2018). "Uzaktan Yakından" (çev. Haldun Bayrı) İstanbul. Metis Yayınları.
Strauss C.L. (2016). "Hüzünlü Dönenceler" (çev. Ömer Bozkurt). İstanbul. Cogito.
Strauss C.L. (2013). "Hepimizi Yamyamız" (çev. Haldun Bayrı) İstanbul. Metis Yayınları.
Strauss C.L (2007). "Irk, Tarih, Kültür" (çev. Haldun Bayrı) İstanbul. Metis Yayınları.
Soykan Ö.N. (2000) Felsefe ve Dil, Witgenstein Üzerine Bir Araştırma? İstanbul. Kabalcı Yayınları.
Schullian D. M. & Max S. (1948) (Edited) Music and Medicine, New York, Henry Scuman Press..
Wagner R.(1994) Pilgrimage to Beethoven, (Tranleted by, W.A.Ellis) Lincoln and London. University of Nebraska Press.
Wittgenstein L.(2009). ?Kesinlik Üstüne & Kültür ve Değer.? (çev.Doğan Şahiner) İstanbul. Metis.
Wittgenstein L.(1986). "Philosophical Invesitigations." (Translated by G.E.M. Anscombe) UK. Basil Black Well.
Irk, Tarih, Kültür (Çev. Haldun Bayrı) Metis Yay. İstanbul, 2007
___________Modern dünyanın Sorunları Karşısında Antropoloji (Akın Terzi) Metis, 2011
S.Freud, Totem ve Tabu (Çev.Kamuran Şipal) Say yay. 2011, İstanbul
C.G.Jung, İnsan ve Sembolleri,
__________Dört Arketip (çev.Zehra Yılmazer)Metis yay, 2010, İst.
Davıs F., Moda Kültür ve Kimlik, (Çev. Özden Arıkan) Yapı Kredi Yay. 1997, İstanbul
Fischer J. Sosyoloji Nedir ? (Çev. Nilgün Çelebi) Atilla kitabevi, 1996, Ankara
Gür, Ş. Ö.; Mekan Örgütlenmesi, Gür Yayıncılık, Trabzon, 1996.
Haug W.F. Meta Estetiğinin Kritiği, (Çev. Metin Toprak) Felsefe Logos, 2008, İstanbul.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODSLecture,Presentation,Discussion,Practice,Other
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 QuantityPercentage(%)
Mid-term140
Attendance110
Total(%)50
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)50
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)50
Total(%)100
ECTS WORKLOAD
Activities Number Hours Workload
Midterm exam
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work
Preparation for Final exam
Course hours
Preparation for Midterm exam
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam
Homework
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30
ECTS Credits of the Course10
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTIONTurkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)No
  

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