Kocaeli University / European Credit Transfer System (ECTS)

Name of Lecturer(s)

Associate Prof. Dr. Mustafa Çağatay GÖKTAN

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1) Gains the ability to analyze the photograph both technically and as content.
2) Gains knowledge of the historical development process of photography.
3) Examines the relationship between photography theory and the history of photography.
4) Analyze the dynamics that affect the audience's interpretation of the photograph.
5) Analyze the relationship between photograph and text.

Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation

		Program Competencies
		1	2	3	4	5
Learning Outcomes
	1	No relation	High	No relation	No relation	No relation
	2	High	High	High	No relation	No relation
	3	High	High	No relation	No relation	No relation
	4	High	High	No relation	No relation	No relation
	5	High	High	No relation	No relation	No relation

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Prerequisites and Co-Requisites

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

none

Course Contents

1: weeks What is Photography? 2: weeks Photo date overview 3: weeks What is the photo to read? 4: weeks The place and importance in the history of art photography 5: weeks What are the trends in photography? 7: weeks Which means only one photo? 8: weeks Example of a photo to read a 9: The week A sample reading of 2 photos Week 10 Example of a photo to read 3 Week 11 Read a sample photo 4 Week 12 Read a sample photo 5 Week 13 Photo taken by the students read their homework Week 14 Examination and assessment

Weekly Schedule

1) What is the theory? What is the theory of photography?
2) What is the scope of the theory of photography?
3) Essential texts of the theory of photography 1
4) Essential texts of the theory of photography 2
5) The meaning and importance of the history of photography for the theory of photography 1
6) The meaning and importance of the history of photography for the theory of photography 2
7) Walter Benjamin’s life and works
8) Midterm
9) Benjamin’s, “Short History of Photography” 1
10) Benjamin’s, “Short History of Photography” 2
11) Benjamin’s “Passages” 1
12) Benjamin’s “Passages” 2
13) Roland Barthes’s life and works
14) The sense and importance of Barthes’s “Camera Lucida” for the theories of photography
15) Geoffrey Batchen’s studies on Camera Lucida
16) Final Exam

Recommended or Required Reading

1- Levend Kılıç, Fotoğraf Tarihi, Anadolu Üniversitesi Yayınları, Eskişehir, 2011 Alberto Modiano, Fotoğraf Tarihine Giriş, Art Studio Yayıncılık, Antalya, 2007 Quentin Bajac, Karanlık Odanın Sırları Fotoğrafın İcadı, Çev: Ali Berktay, YKY, 2004 Andre Bazin, Çağdaş Sinemanın Sorunları, “Fotoğraf Görüntüsünün Varlıkbilimi”, Çev: Nijat Özön, Bilgi Yayınevi, Birinci Basım, Ankara, 1966 Walter Benjamin, Pasajlar, Çev: Ahmet Cemal, YKY, İstanbul, 1993 Açık Kapı Fotoğraf Belgeseli, İspanyol Televizyonu Yapımı (1990), Çev: Simber Atay, 1992 Susan Sontag, Fotoğraf Üzerine, Çev: Reha Akçakaya, Altıkırkbeş Yay., İstanbul, 1993 The Photography Book, Phaidon, London, 1997 M. Çağatay Göktan, Din Olgusu ve Fotoğrafik Yaklaşımlar, Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Güzel Sanatlar Enstitüsü Fotoğraf Anasanat Dalı, Yayınlaşmamış Yüksek Lisans Tezi, 2006

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Discussion
4) Drill and Practice
5) Brain Storming
6) Six Hat Methods
7) Case Study
8) Lab / Workshop
9) Self Study
10) Problem Solving
11) Project Based Learning

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

Course Unit Title	Course Unit Code	Type of Course Unit	Level of Course Unit	Year of Study	Semester	ECTS Credits
Photograph Readings-ii	PSR106	Elective	Doctorate degree	1	Spring	7