COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Non-Thesis Master of Museology

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ELIF KESER KAYAALP

Offered to

Non-Thesis Master of Museology

Course Objective

This course will discuss the role of museums and cultural heritage in creating a community identity, awareness and memory. It will explore the importance of religious and ethnic heritage and their social role. It will address the potential of museums and cultural heritage sites to achieve peace, overcome poverty and advance in human rights.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Atagök, Tomur (der.) (1999) Yeniden Müzeciliği Düşünmek. Yıldız Teknik Basım-Yayın Merkezi: Istanbul.
Atagök, Tomur (1999), Yaşayan Müze ve Eğitim , Sanat Dünyamız, sayı 71.
Atakuman "Heritage as a Matter of Prestige: A History of the State Heritage Discourse and Practice in Turkey", 7th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East- ICAANE, 12-16 April 2010, London-UK
Gür, A. Üç boyutlu öyküler: Türkiyeli ziyaretçilerin gözünden Anadolu medeniyetleri
müzesi ve temsil ettiği ulusal kimlik: Özyürek (ed.), Hatırladıklarıyla ve Unuttuklarıyla Türkiye nin Toplumsal Hafızası, Istanbul, 2001, 215-47.
Hamilakis, Y. (1996) `Through the Looking Glass: Nationalism, Archaeology and the Politics of Identity , Antiquity 70: 975 8.
Karp, Ivan, Christine Mullen Kreamer, and Steven D. Lavine, eds. Museums and Communities: The Politics of Public Culture. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1992.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1.Lecture
2.Presentation
3. Discussion
4.Research

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Learning outcomes 1-5 will be evaluated via the question asked in the mid-term and final exams and the presentation and the homework that the student will prepare.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Asst. Prof. Elif Keser KAYALP

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes