COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CULTURAL HERITAGE ISSUES CONSERVATION AND DOCUMENTATION I

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

Museology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ESTER ETI AKYÜZ LEVI

Offered to

Museology

Course Objective

To bring the skills of being able to establish the issues of historical environment conservation and being able to document the historical assets of various characteristics, with different methods.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to explain the concepts of environment, historical environment, conservation.
2   Ability to discuss the issues encountered in historical environment conservation.
3   Ability to present the documentation methods.
4   Ability to establish conservation issues on the basis of the selected sample.
5   Ability to make visual, written, oral documentation within the context of the selected sample.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction, acquaintance, explanation of the teaching method of the course.
2 Concepts of environment and historical environment.
3 Concept of conservation and reasons why to conserve the historical environment.
4 Methods of conservation. Organizations for the protection of the historical environment.
5 Issues encountered in conserving the historical environment. - Problems arising from environmental conditions.
6 Issues encountered in conserving the historical environment. - Human related problems.
7 Issues encountered in conserving the historical environment. - Problems related to technical, social, economic, planning.
8 Issues encountered in conserving the historical environment. - functional problems, implementation problems and other problems.
9 UNESCO World Heritage List and our cultural heritage.
10 The concept of documentation as a first step in conservation and reasons of documentation, documentation methods.
11 Case study - Determination of conservation issues and documentation work in the context of the selected sample.
12 Case study - Determination of conservation issues and documentation work in the context of the selected sample.
13 Case study - Documentation work in the context of the selected sample.
14 Discussion related to the case study.
15 General evaluation.

Recomended or Required Reading

* AHUNBAY, Zeynep, Tarihi Çevre Koruma ve Restorasyon, Istanbul, 1996.

* AHUNBAY, Zeynep, Kültür Mirasını Koruma Ilke ve Teknikleri, Istanbul, YEM Yayınevi, 2019.

* FEILDEN, Bernard M., Conservation of Historic Buildings, Londra, 1982.

* Various articles from journals entitled TAÇ, Mimarlık, Yapı, Vakıflar.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course is taught in a lecture, class presentation and discussion format.
- Literature research and archive study.
- Fieldwork.
- In class discussion.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.30 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.30 + RST * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Assignment 1: %20 (LO1, LO2, LO3)
Assignment 2: %30 (LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5)
Final: %50 (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5)

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Eti Akyüz Levi
e-mail:
eti.akyuz@gmail.com
eti.levi@deu.edu.tr
tel: 0232-3018460

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Case study 3 3 9
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparation for midterm exam 0 0 0
Reading 6 1 6
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparing assignments 2 8 16
Field study 3 3 9
Web Search and Library Research 5 2 10
Midterm 0 0 0
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.13
LO.24
LO.33
LO.44
LO.53

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