ISTINYE UNIVERSITY BİLGİ PAKETİ / DERS KATALOĞU
| Architecture (DR) | |||||
| PhD | TR-NQF-HE: Level 8 | QF-EHEA: Third Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 8 | ||
Course Introduction and Application Information
| Course Code: | MIM6004 | ||||
| Course Name: | Architecture and Decolonial Thinking | ||||
| Semester: |
Fall Spring |
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| Course Credits: |
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| Language of instruction: | Turkish | ||||
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| Does the Course Require Work Experience?: | No | ||||
| Type of course: | Departmental Elective | ||||
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| Mode of Delivery: | Face to face | ||||
| Course Coordinator: | Dr. Öğr. Üy. ZEHRA TONBUL | ||||
| Course Lecturer(s): | ZEHRA TONBUL | ||||
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Course Objective and Content
| Course Objectives: | To evaluate and research architectural thought independently of Western-centered perspectives; to incorporate architectural approaches from different cultures and geographies into the practice of historical and contemporary architectural thought. |
| Course Content: | Readings of postcolonial and decolonial theory; evaluating them in relation to architectural thought; researching architectural approaches from different cultures and geographies. |
Learning Outcomes
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The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) To produce architectural thought with the use of interdisciplinary approaches 2) To produce global and decolonial architectural approaches 3) To be able to produce academic research through use of appropriate vocabulary. |
Course Flow Plan
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | Introduction | |
| 2) | Western centered perspectives in Architectural Historiography | |
| 3) | From Colonial Cabinets to Museums | |
| 4) | Theories on Colonialism, Postcolonialism | |
| 5) | Decolonial Thinking in Architecture | |
| 6) | Non-Western Architecture in Architectural Theory | |
| 7) | Architectural Criticism and Decolonialism | |
| 8) | Architecture in Non-Western Contexts | |
| 9) | Architecture in Non-Western Contexts | |
| 10) | Selection of Research Topic | |
| 11) | Literature Research | |
| 12) | Work on Articles and Bibliography | |
| 13) | Seminer 1 | |
| 14) | Seminer 2 |
Sources
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | Alessandro Petti, Sandi Hilal, Eyal Weizman, Architecture After Revolution, Decolonizing Architecture Art Residency (Program), MIT Press, 2013. Aníbal Arregui, Gesa Mackenthun, Stephanie Wodianka, DEcolonial Heritage: Natures, Cultures, and the Asymmetries of Memory, Waxmann Verlag, 2018. |
| References: | Pauline Bachmann, Melanie Klein, Tomoko Mamine, Georg Vasold, Art/histories in Transcultural Dynamics: Narratives, Concepts, and Practices at Work, 20th and 21st Centuries,Wilhelm Fink, Brill Deutschland, 2017 Zehra Tonbul, “Museum as Textum: Orhan Pamuk's Museum of Innocence,” with Van Synghel, Koen, in E. Troelenberg, M. Savonia (eds.) Images of the Art Museum: Connecting Gaze and Discourse in the History of Museology, Berlin, Boston. Walter de Gruyter, Series: Contact Zones (Book 3), 2017. Zehra Tonbul, “From Strzygowski’s ‘Orient oder Rom’ to Hans Sedlmayr’s ‘Closest Orient’,” Journal of Art Historiography, December 2020. |
Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship
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| Program Outcomes | |||||
| 1) To be able to comprehend and critically analyse contemporary changes in architectural practice | |||||
| 2) To gain the ability to comprehend and interpret the integration of architecture and engineering | |||||
| 3) To understand the dialogue between architecture and social sciences and conduct studies utilizing the potentials of this dialogue | |||||
| 4) To acknowledge the theoretical dimension of architecture as an inherent component of the practice | |||||
| 5) To develop an ability to accommodate architectural knowledge based on personal academic interests | |||||
Course - Learning Outcome Relationship
| No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Average | 3 Highest |
| Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
| 1) | To be able to comprehend and critically analyse contemporary changes in architectural practice | |
| 2) | To gain the ability to comprehend and interpret the integration of architecture and engineering | |
| 3) | To understand the dialogue between architecture and social sciences and conduct studies utilizing the potentials of this dialogue | |
| 4) | To acknowledge the theoretical dimension of architecture as an inherent component of the practice | |
| 5) | To develop an ability to accommodate architectural knowledge based on personal academic interests |
Assessment & Grading
| Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
| Homework Assignments | 1 | % 30 |
| Final | 1 | % 70 |
| total | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 30 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 70 | |
| total | % 100 | |
Workload and ECTS Credit Calculation
| Activities | Number of Activities | Workload |
| Course Hours | 14 | 42 |
| Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 126 |
| Presentations / Seminar | 3 | 12 |
| Final | 3 | 24 |
| Total Workload | 204 | |