THB653 - OLD TURKIC WORLDVIEW and SHAMANISM
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OLD TURKIC WORLDVIEW and SHAMANISM | THB653 | Fall | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| Prequisites | ||||||
| Course language | English | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture Discussion Field Trip Preparing and/or Presenting Reports Case Study | |||||
| Instructor (s) | ||||||
| Course objective | This course aims to provide basic knowledge about the general outlook of Shamanism in the Turkic World and to give insight about the influence of shamanism on Turkic People?s cultural life and an eclectical point of view in terms analysing these influences . | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | This lecture deals with the phenomenon of Shamanism and its effects on Turkish worldview?s appearance and development, a special attention will be given cultural continuities and changes. | |||||
| References | ? Czaplicka, M. A. (2007), Shamanism in Siberia: Aboriginal Siberia, A Study in Social Anthropology, England: Forgotten Books. ? Diószegi V. (1998), Shamanism - Selected Writings of Vilmos Dioszegi, Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó. ? Eliade, M. (2004), Shamanism: Archaic Technics of Ecstasy, USA: Princeton University Press. ? İnan, A. (2006), Tarihte ve Bugün Şamanizm Materyaller ve Araştırmalar, İstanbul: Türk Tarih Kurumu. | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Terms of Culture and Oral Culture |
| Week 2 | Oral Culture and Folklore |
| Week 3 | Folk beliefs and folk religion |
| Week 4 | Terms of Shaman and Kam, Selecting process of Shaman |
| Week 5 | Usage and preparance of costumes, drum and mirror of shaman |
| Week 6 | Midterm exam |
| Week 7 | Regular shamanic ceremonies |
| Week 8 | Irregular shamanic ceremonies |
| Week 9 | Functions of Shamanic tradition |
| Week 10 | Shamanic ceremonies related calendar and unrelated with calendar |
| Week 11 | Midterm exam |
| Week 12 | Structure of Shamanic ceremonies |
| Week 13 | Relation between Shamanism and History |
| Week 14 | Folk beliefs and Shamanism in Turkey Turks |
| Week 15 | Folk beliefs and Shamanism in Turkic World |
| Week 16 | Final exam |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 14 | 5 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 1 | 15 |
| Presentation | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 1 | 20 |
| Final exam | 1 | 60 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 1 | 40 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 1 | 60 |
| 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 | 2 | 20 | 40 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework assignment | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 1 | 26 | 26 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| Total Workload | 33 | 112 | 210 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1. Can apply the advanced cultural analysis skills which they acquired in their research; develops and deepens expert knowledge in different fields of Social Sciences and Fine Arts. | X | ||||
| 2. Can develop the advanced knowledge which they acquired eclectically with information obtained from different disciplines of Social Sciences and Fine Arts. | X | ||||
| 3. Deepen their knowledge about the Folklore studies carried out in the world. | X | ||||
| 4. By using their expert theorical and practical knowledge, students can create presentations, articles and thesis outputs on the solution of cultural and intercultural problems. | X | ||||
| 5. Can use their expert theorical and practical knowledge in solving cultural,economic,ethnic,historical and social problems in the fields of education,culture and arts. | X | ||||
| 6. Can use their expertise in the field of cultural science to raise the level of education, culture and art of the society;cultural preservation and survival,cultural economy, etc. uses in interactive areas. | X | ||||
| 7. Can collaborate in cultural studies by leading or working as a member of a team. | X | ||||
| 8. By Using level a foreign language in the level of European Language Portfolio B2,students can communicate orally or in writing. | X | ||||
| 9. Can use information and communication technologies which are required by social sciences, in an advanced level. | X | ||||
| 10. Students work for social awareness in cultural fields and can work as consultants in media literacy etc. related issues. | X | ||||
| 11. Can discuss universal culture policies in the light of scientific,social and cultural ethic values and they can also play an active role as being a consultant within the limits of universal rights. | X | ||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest