COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CULTURAL HERITAGE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MZC 4112 CULTURAL HERITAGE ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Museology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR ELIF KESER KAYAALP

Offered to

Museology

Course Objective

This course will discuss the changing approaches and contemporary theories in cultural heritage studies. Visiting of cultural heritage sites will be explored within the relation of popular terms such as experience and cultural performance . Students shall learn about the management, sustainability of heritage, heritage law, international institutions and conventions

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Contextualise Museum Studies together with other disciplines
2   Connect museum studies and other cultural processes
3   Develop a critical eye towards museum and cultural heritage studies
4   Gain information on cultural heritage management and how it can be sustainable
5   Gain information on cultural heritage management and how it can be sustainabl

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definition and content of Cultural Heritage
2 International organisations and conventions on Cultural Heritage I
3 International organisations and conventions on Cultural Heritage II
4 Approaches to cultural heritage in Turkey
5 Student Presentations
6 Approaches to cultural heritage in the world
7 Student Presentations
8 midterm exam
9 Cultural heritage as experience and cultural performance .
10 Cultural Heritage Law
11 Theories of Cultural Heritage I
12 Theories ofCultural Heritage II
13 Intangible Cultural Heritage
14 Sustainability of Cultural Heritage
15 Cultural Heritage Management
16 final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Atagök, Tomur (der.) (1999) Yeniden Müzeciliği Düşünmek. Yıldız Teknik Basım-Yayın Merkezi: Istanbul.

Atakuman, Ç. (2010) "Value of Heritage in Turkey: History and Politics of Turkey's World Heritage Nominations", Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology 23:1, pp. 107-131.

Avrupa Konseyi Toplum Için Kültürel Mirasın Değeri Çerçeve Sözleşmesi

http://archanth.anu.edu.au/heritage-museum-studies/association-critical-heritage-studies

Müzecilikte Yeni Yaklaşımlar Küreselleşme ve Yerelleşme. (2000) Tarih Vakfı: Istanbul.

Smith, L., Theorising museum and heritage visiting, forthcoming 2014, In K. Message and A. Witcomb (eds) Museum Theory: An Expanded Field, Oxford: Blackwell Wiley.

Winter, T. Heritage studies and the privileging of theory. International Journal of Heritage Studies, 2013, 20: 1 17.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing, presentations and homeworks.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

If needed, other assessment methods can be added to the table given below

Assessment Criteria

Optional, if the instructor needs to add some explanation or further note, this column can be selected from the DEBIS menu.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance to at least 70% for the lectures is an essential requirement of this course and is the responsibility of the student. It is necessary that attendance to the lecture and homework delivery must be on time. Any unethical behavior that occurs either in presentations or in exams will be dealt with as outlined in school policy. You can find the undergraduate policy at http://web.deu.edu.tr/edebiyat

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

elif.kayaalp@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 15 2 30
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 1 3 3
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 75

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.1545
LO.2
LO.3555
LO.455
LO.555555555555555

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