| Teaching Staff
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Dr.Öğrt.Üyesi Muhittin ŞAHİN |
| Language of Instruction |
Türkçe (Turkish) |
| Type Of Course |
Elective |
| Prerequisites |
- |
| Recommended Optional Programme Component |
- |
| Course Objectives |
The main goal of this course is to discuss the different cultural values and practices; so that the students will acquire the insight of their own socio-cultural environment. |
| Course Content |
In this course general studying areas of cultural anthropology are studied. By doing this the interaction between human and culture is analysed. |
| Learning Outcomes (LO) |
The students who attend the course and were successful at the end of semester will acquire the followings:
1. gains the ability of analytical thinking.
2. Be aware of different cultures and gains intellectual insight.
3. Be able to identify different cultures in an integrated world and contributes social peace as he/she is aware of other cultures.
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| Mode of Delivery |
Face to face |
| Course Outline |
| Week |
Topics |
| 1. Week |
Introduction to the course
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| 2. Week |
Basic terms of anthropology and culture
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| 3. Week |
Cultural anthropology in history and the beginnings of human culture
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| 4. Week |
Cultural change and values
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| 5. Week |
The relationship between culture and subculture (language, ecology, production and economy)
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| 6. Week |
Groups: sexualities and marriages
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| 7. Week |
Groups: family and family members
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| 8. Week |
Midterm
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| 9. Week |
Groups: Kinship and blood
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| 10. Week |
Social organizations and symbolic meanings of rituals
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| 11. Week |
The relationship between culture and superstructure (the anthropologies of faith and education)
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| 12. Week |
The relationship between culture and superstructure (communication, literature, law, politics, sociology)
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| 13. Week |
Change and the future of sapiens: processes to change (the role of the mass media)
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| 14. Week |
Change and the future of sapiens: global issues, local reactions and the role of anthropology
Questions and Answers
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| Assessment |
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Percentage(%) |
| Mid-term (%) |
40 |
| Quizes (%) |
- |
| Homeworks/Term papers (%) |
- |
| Practice (%) |
- |
| Labs (%) |
- |
| Projects/Field Work (%) |
- |
| Seminars/Workshops (%) |
- |
| Final (%) |
60 |
| Other (%) |
- |
| Total(%) |
100 |
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| Course Book (s) and/or References |
Harari, Yuval Noah. (2015). Hayvanlardan Tanrılara: Sapiens. Kolektif Kitap.
Harari, Yuval Noah. (2016). Homo Deus: Yarının Kısa Bir Tarihi. Kolektif Kitap.
Haviland, William A; Prins, Harald E.L; Walrath, Dana; McBride, Bunny. “Kültürel Antropoloji”. Kaknüs Yayınları.
Lavenda, Robert H.; Schultz, Emily A. (2017). Kültürel Antropoloji: Temel Kavramlar. (Çev. D. İşler, O. Hayırlı). DoğuBatı Yayınları.
Malinowsky, Bronislaw. (2016). Bilimsel bir kültür teorisi. Ankara: Doğu-Batı Yayınları.
Other resources mentioned in the class.
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| Work Placement(s) |
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| The Relationship between Program Qualifications (PQ) and Course Learning Outcomes (LO) |
Course Learning Outcomes | Program Qualifications | PQ1 | PQ2 | PQ3 | PQ4 | PQ5 | PQ6 | PQ7 | PQ8 | PQ9 | PQ10 | PQ11 | PQ12 | PQ13 | PQ14 | PQ15 | LO1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | LO2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | LO3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
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