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COURSE UNIT TITLECOURSE UNIT CODESEMESTERTHEORY + PRACTICE (Hour)ECTS
VISUAL DOCUMENTATION TECHNIQUES AND APPLICATIONS GİT535 - 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)-
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT At the end of this course, the students;
1) Understand the importance of visual documentation in the field of museology and specialize in information-document management and methodology,
2) Can make analyzes on museum studies,
3) Develop correct vision to relate to the work,
4) Gain the awareness and ability to work interdisciplinary,
5) Can make photo image analysis with contemporary museum visits.
MODE OF DELIVERYFace to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSENo
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
COURSE DEFINITIONThe aim of the course is to develop knowledge and skills on works of art and documentation techniques. In the course, the inventory systems used in the documentation of the works in the museum (archaeological, ethnographic, audio-visual, contemporary works of art, etc.) are explained. Documentation methods and criteria are examined.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEKTOPICS
1st Week Meeting and general information about course content/operation
2nd Week What is "Indoor Visual documentation"? General information and discussion
3rd Week Artwork and documentation
4th Week Visual documentation criteria in museum, art gallery
5th Week Efficient museum visit and inventory work in the museum
6th Week Storage and archive of imprint information in contemporary museums
7th Week Artifact identity design in museums
8th Week Methods of reading the tag of the work, doing the necessary research about the work
9th Week Museum visit
10th Week Visual documentation case study selection of research topics
11th Week Research outputs presentation and discussion
12th Week Research paper submission
13th Week Project presentations
14th Week Project presentations
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READINGTextbooks:

-John Berger, Görme Biçimleri, Ways of seeing ( çev. Yurdanur Salman) İstanbul: Metis Yay.(1988).
-John Berger, Görme Duyusu, Sense of Sight (çev.Osman Akınhay)İstanbul: Agora Kitaplığı (2008).
-M.Merleau Ponty Göz ve Tin, (çev. A.Soysal)İstanbuL. Metis Yayıncılık (1996)
-M.Merleau Ponty Algının Önceliği Metis Yayıncılık
-Catherine Weir, Interpreting Visual Art : A Survey of Cognitive Research About Pictures, New York:Tyler &Francis (2017).
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODSLecture,Practice,Presentation,Project,Other,Report Preparation
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 QuantityPercentage(%)
Project190
Attendance110
Total(%)100
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)100
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)0
Total(%)100
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTIONTurkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)No
  

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