| Course Unit Title | Course Unit Code | Type of Course Unit | Level of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | ECTS Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art, City Politics | PSR151 | Elective | Doctorate degree | 1 | Fall | 7 |
Name of Lecturer(s)
Associate Prof. Dr. Hazal AKSOY
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
1) Discusses the relationship between art and politics from modernism to the present in the context of the city
2) Associates the structural changes that art experienced after the Historical Avant- Garde with the political, sociological and cultural developments that were effective in the formation of these changes.
3) Recognize the concepts of public space, public art, action art, performance art, ecological art, and political art.
4) Discusses the crossing areas between aesthetics and politics.
Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation
| Program Competencies | ||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Learning Outcomes | ||||||
| 1 | High | High | High | High | High | |
| 2 | High | High | High | Middle | High | |
| 3 | High | High | High | High | High | |
| 4 | High | High | High | High | High | |
Mode of Delivery
Face to Face
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Not Required
Course Contents
Art, an urban practice, has since the Industrial Revolution, the change it has gone through with the city, the attitudes and approaches it has taken against changing policies and urban practices.
Weekly Schedule
1) A historical outline for the concepts of City, Art and Politics2) City and Art: A Historical Perspective Before the Industrial Revolution
3) Age of Revolution: The Capital City of Modernity
4) Baudelaire’s Paris and Characters of Modern City
5) The Rise of the Modern Art: “Art” as an Institution
6) Between two World War : Historical Avant-garde.
7) The Exporting of Modern Art, Paris to New York.
8) Midterm
9) Pop Art: The Dominion of the Ordinary.
10) 60’s Civil Right Movements
11) Situationist International, May ‘68 and Student Movements
12) Fluxus and Performance Art: From the Street to “ART”
13) The Seeking out of the City’s : Land Art.
14) Ecological Art as a Critique of Urbanization: Early Approaches.
15) 90’s: Body, Identity and Street
16) Final exam
Recommended or Required Reading
1- Modernitenin Başkenti Paris, David Harvey, Sel Yayınları,2018.
2- Kamusal Alan, Ö. Meral., Hil Yayınları,2004
3- DISSENSUS Politika ve Estetik Üzerine, J. Ranciere, ayrıntı Yayınları,2020. Avrupa Tarihinde Kentler, L. Benevolo, Literatür Yayınları,
4- Özgürleşen Seyirci, j. Ranciere, Metis Yayınları, 2010.
5- Avangard Kuramı, P. Bürger, İletişim Yayınları, 2007.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Discussion
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