COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TECHN.OF CONS.OF HIST.URBAN ENVIRONMENT

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PLN 5060 TECHN.OF CONS.OF HIST.URBAN ENVIRONMENT ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR SIBEL ECEMIŞ KILIÇ

Offered to

M.Sc. City and Regional Planning
City and Regional Planning
City and Regional Planning (Non-Thesis)

Course Objective

It is possible to think about city and urban space through its past. This means that
it is necessary to write down its spatial history depending on economic and social
relations in city. Thus it will be possible to understand the ways of delivering the
possibilities and techniques of either the city or the historical areas in the
future. In this course, alternative historical writings of city and urban space and
possible conservation techniques will be discussed.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   will be able to recall a significance of history of city and space, (Knowledge),
2   will be able to explain as an alternative way to urban history based on spatial codes and phantasmagorias of space (Comprehension).
3   will be able to interpret to the relation between time and space (Application),
4   will be able to question causes of spatial formation (Analysis),
5   will be able to judge inability of conventional data sources about city and urban spaces that are used to understanding their history (Evaluation).

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Space and Philosophy of History
2 The Forms of Interpretation and Meaning of History
3 The Traces of the Past in Interpreting of City/Space
4 Time and Space Relationships
5 Discourses Through Space
6 The Types of Spatial Representation
7 Phantasmagorias on Spaces
8 Possibilities hidden in Space
9 Decoding City and Urban Spaces
10 The Problem of Identity
11 The Determination of Time and Representation on Space
12 Discussion
13 General evaluation
14 Homework presentation

Recomended or Required Reading

Arendt, Hannah (1994): Insanlık Durumu, (Çev.B.S.Şener), Iletişim Yayınları, Istanbul.
Arendt, Hannah (1996): Geçmişle Gelecek Arasında, (Çev.B.S.Şener), Iletişim Yay.,
Istanbul.
Benjamin, Walter (1995): Pasajlar, (Çev.A.Cemal), Yapı Kredi Yayınları, Istanbul.
Caunce, Stephen (2001): Sözlü Tarih ve Yerel Tarihçilik, Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları
115, Istanbul.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

This course will be given through lectures, discussions over reading list.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 PRS PRESENTATION
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.50 + PRS * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Preparing assignments 1 50 50
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 144

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51