SOS628 - SOCIOLOGY of ART
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SOCIOLOGY of ART | SOS628 | 2nd Semester | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| Prequisites | NONE | |||||
| Course language | Turkish | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture Discussion Preparing and/or Presenting Reports Demonstration | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Prof. Dr. M Demet Ulusoy | |||||
| Course objective | to examine in detail the social boundaries of art, ensure that students understand the relationship between the arts and other social institutions to carry out a sociological analysis of the process of attaining the status of art and the artist ( in the context of the interaction between the arts and other social institutions ) | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | Social system models, and the basic methodological approaches and their major representatives The interaction of art and other social institutions (religion, economics, politics and technology, etc.), social boundaries, functions, paradoxical results The axis of the arts and social conditions in the process of social evolution (primitive folk arts, classical and romantic eras, modern art, and postmodern art) characterization of art and artists, art concept and function, aesthetic criteria | |||||
| References | Jeremy Tenner, (2003), Sociology of art,Routledge Sigmund Freud (2012), Sanat Ve Sanatçılar Üzerine, İstanbul,Yapıkredi yay. Jean Baudrillard (2010), Sanat Komplosu,İsanbul,İletişim Yay. Norbert Ellias(2000),Mozart,Bir Dahinin Sosyolojisi Üzerine, İstanbul Kabalcı yay. Arnould, Houser (1984) Sanatın Toplumsal Tarihi, İstanbul: Remzi Kitabevi. Other sources in the detailed reading list | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Sociology of art: subjects, method, different perspectives |
| Week 2 | Classical Sociological Theory and sociology of art Marxism ve sanat tarihi |
| Week 3 | Art and cultural rationalization |
| Week 4 | George Simmel |
| Week 5 | Social Structure,m aterial Culture ve symbolic communication |
| Week 6 | The social production of art: Raymond Williams, Howard S.Becker ,Pierre Bourdieu |
| Week 7 | The sociology of the artists: Arnold Hauser |
| Week 8 | Natalie Heinich |
| Week 9 | Norbert Elias |
| Week 10 | David Brain |
| Week 11 | Midterm |
| Week 12 | Social construction of high culture: Jürgen Habermas |
| Week 13 | Pierre Bourdieu |
| Week 14 | Art Robert Witkin as expressive symbolism:Talcott Parsons |
| Week 15 | Final Exam |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 0 | 0 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 0 | 0 |
| Presentation | 4 | 30 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 1 | 20 |
| Final exam | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 5 | 50 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
| Activities | Number | Duration (hour) | Total Work Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (x14) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 13 | 4 | 52 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 5 | 10 | 50 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework assignment | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Total Workload | 34 | 47 | 174 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1. Have a good command of the basic concepts related to sociology, the relationships between concepts, basic theories and the ways and methods of constructing theories. | X | ||||
| 2. HHas knowledge of basic methodological approaches, methods and research techniques related to social sciences and their application and evaluation. | |||||
| 3. Designs a social research, implements it, reports it and compiles it into works in accordance with academic rules. | X | ||||
| 4. Understands, interprets and evaluates the functioning of relationships between individuals, groups and societies. | |||||
| 5. Processes and analyzes the data collected in her/his research area. | X | ||||
| 6. Uses her knowledge of the field with a sense of social responsibility. | |||||
| 7. Narrates her knowledge of the field in an effectively and systematic way both in oral and written. | X | ||||
| 8. Thinks, interprets, analyzes and criticizes in a multi-disciplinary manner. | X | ||||
| 9. . Follows the current knowledge and approaches produced in social sciences and evaluates them from a critical and sceptical perspective. | X | ||||
| 10. Participates in teamwork and shares her knowledge with others in detecting and solving problems in her area of study. | |||||
| 11. . Formulates alternative solutions for social problems. | |||||
| 12. Knows and follows social, cultural, scientific and professional ethical codes. | |||||
| 13. Gains awareness of cultural differences and respects these differences in daily life. | |||||
| 14. Uses her knowledge of the field in her professional and daily life. | |||||
| 15. Could carry her education a step forward. | |||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest