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Course Unit Title Course Unit Code Type of Course Unit Level of Course Unit Year of Study Semester ECTS Credits
Theories of Photography 2 FGB328 Compulsory Bachelor's degree 3 Spring 4

Name of Lecturer(s)

Associate Prof. Dr. Mustafa Çağatay GÖKTAN

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1) Get to know about the classical texts of the theory of photography
2) To analysis the relations between the theory of photography and the history of photography
3) Evaluate the information he/she gathered with regards to the theory of photography in a critical way
4) Analyze the dynamics affecting photography interpretation of the audience.
5) Describe the approaches used in the photography analysis.

Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation

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1 No relation No relation High No relation High No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation
2 No relation No relation High High High No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation
3 No relation No relation High No relation High No relation No relation No relation High No relation No relation No relation No relation
4 No relation No relation High No relation High No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation
5 No relation No relation High No relation High No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation

Mode of Delivery

e-course

Prerequisites and Co-Requisites

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

History of Photography 1-2, Contemporary Photography Practices 1-2

Course Contents

Sections are read from the basic texts, which are directly or indirectly related to the photograph. The definitions made regarding the ontological structure of photography and the differences between these definitions are tried to be revealed historically and theoretically.

Weekly Schedule

1) Susan Sontag’ın hayatı ve yapıtları Susan Sontag’s life and works
2) Sontag’ın “Fotoğraf Üzerine” adlı yapıtının fotoğraf kuramları için anlam ve önemi The sense and importance of Sontag’s “Fotoğraf Üzerine” for the theories of photography
3) Sontag’ın “Fotoğraf Üzerine” adlı yapıtının fotoğraf kuramları için anlam ve önemi The sense and importance of Sontag’s “Fotoğraf Üzerine” for the theories of photography
4) Michel Foucault’nun hayatı ve yapıtları Michel Foucault’s life and works
5) Michel Foucault’nun yapıtlarının fotoğraf kuramları için anlam ve önemi The sense and importance of Michel Foucault’s works for the theories of photography
6) Rosalind Krauss’un hayatı ve yapıtları Rosalind Krauss’s life and works
7) Rosalind Krauss’un yapıtlarının fotoğraf kuramları için anlam ve önemi The sense and importance of Rosalind Krauss’s works for the theories of photography
8) Ara Sınav Midterm
9) Geoffrey Batchen’in hayatı ve yapıtları Geoffrey Batchen’s life and works
10) Geoffrey Batchen’in yapıtlarının fotoğraf kuramları için anlam ve önemi The sense and importance of Geoffrey Batchen’s works for the theories of photography
11) Geoffrey Batchen’in yapıtlarının fotoğraf kuramları için anlam ve önemi The sense and importance of Geoffrey Batchen’s works for the theories of photography
12) W.J.T.Mitchell’in hayatı ve yapıtları W.J.T.Mitchell’s life and works
13) W.J.T.Mitchell’in hayatı ve yapıtları W.J.T.Mitchell’s life and works
14) Bellek Araştırmaları ve Fotoğraf Sanatı Memory Studies and the art of photography
15) İlgili örneklerin çözümlenmesi Analyzing the relevant examples
16) Dönem Sonu Sınavı Final Exam

Recommended or Required Reading

1- A New History of Photography, Derleyen: Michel. A Frizot, Köneman, Paris, 1998 Roland Barthes, “Camera Lucida”, Altıkırkbeş, 1992 Geoffrey Batchen (edit.), “Photography Degree Zero”, MIT, 2011 Walter Benjamin, “Pasajlar”, YKY, 2008 Walter Benjamin, “Fotoğrafın Kısa Tarihçesi”, YGS, 2002 Gisele Freund, “Fotoğraf ve Toplum”, Sel Yayıncılık, 2007 Michel Frizot, “A New History of Photography”, Könemann, 1998 Susan Sontag “Fotoğraf Üzerine”, Altıkırkbeş, 1993 Michel Foucault, “Bilginin Arkeolojisi”, Ayrıntı, 2011 Michel Foucault, “Kelimeler ve Şeyler”, İmge, 1994 Michel Frizot, “A New History of Photography”, Könemann, 1998 W.J.T.Mitchell, “Picture Theory”, The University of Chicago Press, 1994 Rosalind Krauss, “The Optical Unconscious”, October, 1994 Alan Trachtenberg (edit.), “Classic Essays on Photography”, Leete’s Island Books, 1980 Memory Studies http://mss.sagepub.com Marcel Proust “Kayıp Zamanın İzinde”, (seri) YKY, 2010 Memory Studies http://mss.sagepub.com Marcel Proust “Kayıp Zamanın İzinde”, (seri) YKY, 2010 Göktan, M. Çağatay (2014). Kavramsal Fotoğraf. Doktora (Sanatta Yeterlik) Tezi, Kocaeli Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü (Danışman: Prof.Dr. Simber ATAY-ESKİER). Sturken, Marita ve Cartwright, Lisa (2009) Practices of Looking: An Tim N. Gidel, Modern Photojournalism: Origin and Evolution, 1910 – 1933, Macmillan Publishing Co.,Inc., New York, 1973 Peter Burke, Afişten Heykele, Minyatürden Fotoğrafa Tarihin Görgü Tanıkları, Çev: Zeynep Yelçe, Kitap Yayınevi, İstanbul, 2003 Merleau-Pony, Maurice (2006) Göz ve Tin. İstanbul: Metis. Crary, Jonathan (2010) Gözlemcinin Teknikleri: On Dokuzuncu Yüzyılda Görme ve Modernite. İstanbul: Metis, 2001. Benjamin, Walter (2002) “Tekniğin Olanaklarıyla Yeniden Üretilebildiği Çağda Sanat Yapıtı.” Pasajlar. İstanbul: YKY (50-86). Berger, John (2012) Görme Biçimleri. İstanbul: Metis Kevin Robins, İmaj-Görme Kültürünün Politikası, Çev: Nurçay Türkoğlu, Ayrıntı Yayınları, Birinci Basım, İstanbul, 1999 Simber Atay, “Zaman Beni Sürükleyen Bir Nehir, Ama Nehir Benim !...”, Anadolu Üniveritesi, İletişim Bilimleri Fakültesi Yayını, Eskilehir, Şubat 1997 Simber Atay, “Fotoğraf ve Sabit Fikirler”, Sinemasal, Ortak Kitap 5, İzmir, Yaz 2000

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Discussion
4) Brain Storming
5) Case Study
6) Problem Solving


Assessment Methods and Criteria

Contribution of Midterm Examination to Course Grade

40%

Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade

60%

Total

100%

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Not Required