Cultural Formation, Development and Change Processes
Archaeology
Institute of Social Sciences
Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree)
| Course Unit Title | Course Unit Code | Type of Course Unit | Level of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | ECTS Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cultural Formation, Development and Change Processes | ARK134 | Elective | Doctorate degree | 1 | Spring | 7 |
Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Dr. Şengül AYDINGÜN
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
1) Analysis and synthesis of cultural properties
2) Defining evolution and change of cultural properties
3) Analyzing the change and transformation of cultural propeties
4) Analyzing the influences of several components on social and cultural collapse
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| 1 | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | Middle | No relation | Low | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | Middle | No relation | No relation | No relation | |
| 2 | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | Middle | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | |
| 3 | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | Middle | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | |
| 4 | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | High | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | |
Mode of Delivery
Face to Face
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Not Required
Course Contents
The reflections of these processes vary parallel to the form and level of social organization, and in this context each community needs to be examined in its own way. Topics such as the process of dissolution of different societies in different periods, internal and external dynamics that create this process, the level of societal complication and the relation of collapse or transformation processes will be discussed and analyzed through archaeological data. This course aims criticism and theoretical projecting.
Weekly Schedule
1) Defining culture and reflections2) Formation and evolution
3) Interaction and change
4) Collapse and transformation
5) Approaches on cultural diffusion
6) New Archaeology Approaches
7) Post-modern Archaeology Approaches
8) Chosen topics-student presentations
9) Chosen topics-student presentations
10) Chosen topics-student presentations
11) Chosen topics-student presentations
12) Chosen topics-student presentations
13) Chosen topics-student presentations
14) Chosen topics-student presentations
15) Chosen topics-student presentations
Recommended or Required Reading
- Adams, R. M. 1960. The Evolutionary Process in Early Civilizations. The Evolution of Man: Mind, Culture and Society (Ed. Sol Tx. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 153-168.
- Childe, Vere Gordon 1939. Dawn of European Civilization. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & co.
- Hodder, Ian 1982. Symbols in action. Ethnoarchaeological studies of material culture. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
- Maspero, G. 2010. The Dawn of Civilization, Kessinger’s Legacy Reprints.
- Hart-Davis, A. 2015. History - From The Dawn Of Civilization to the Present Day, London.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Discussion
4) Group Study
5) Brain Storming
6) Self Study
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Contribution of Presentation/Seminar to Course Grade |
70% |
|---|---|
Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade |
30% |
Total |
100% |
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
Not Required