GRADUATE SCHOOL
Design Studies (With Thesis)
FFD 563 | Course Introduction and Application Information
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Art, Design and City
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Code
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Semester
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Theory
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Application/Lab
(hour/week) |
Local Credits
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ECTS
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FFD 563
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Fall/Spring
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3
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0
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3
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7.5
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| Prerequisites |
None
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| Course Language |
English
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| Course Type |
Elective
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| Course Level |
Second Cycle
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| Course Objectives | This objective of this course is to understand and question the relationship between art, design and the city by taking the city as a social and physical entity. |
| Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | To understand the discourses on the relationship between art, design and the city since modernism and to analyze a given urban space based on these. |
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Core Courses | |
| Major Area Courses |
X
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| Supportive Courses | ||
| Media and Management Skills Courses | ||
| Transferable Skill Courses |
WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES
| Week | Subjects | Related Preparation |
| 1 | Introduction to the course | |
| 2 | Modernity and the City | Readings, Quiz 1 |
| 3 | Avant Garde Movements in Art and Architecture in the 20th and 21st century | Clement Greenberg (1989) “Avant-Garde and Kitsch” in Art and Culture Critical Essays, Beacon Press London / Quiz 2 |
| 4 | Public Art: Theories and Practice | Sharp, J., Pollock, V. and Paddison, R. (2005) ‘Just art for a just city: public art and social inclusion in urban regeneration’, Urban Studies 42(5/6), pp. 1001–1023. / Quiz 3 |
| 5 | Art, Culture and Urban Space in the Global Era | Malcolm Miles (2013) “Art and Culture: The Global Turn” in Re-imagining the City- ART, GLOBALIZATION AND URBAN SPACES eds. Elizabeth Grierson and Kristen Sharp/ Quiz 4 |
| 6 | Arts for Urban Regeneration and/or Gentrification? | Carl Grodach, Nicole Foster, James Murdoch (2015) “Arts industries do not cause gentrification- they tend to chase it.” blogs.lse.ac.uk/ / Quiz 5 |
| 7 | Art in the Making in the City: Art incubators, culture industry clusters in the city | Grodach, C. (2011). “Art spaces in community and economic development: Connections to neighborhoods, artists, and the cultural economy.” Journal of Planning Education and Research, 31, 74–85./ Quiz 6 |
| 8 | Urban Redevelopment through Arts: Miami Design District and Wynwood | Oner, A.C., Grant, R.J. and Tekel, A. (2016) “Global Arts Worlds and the Worlding of Wynwood, Florida” Presented at the 2016 American Association of Geographers (AAG) Conference. March 29-April 1st, 2016. San Francisco, CA. / Quiz 7 |
| 9 | City Case Studies: London Southbank and Shoreditch Representing the City through Art and Architectural Design: Art and culture venues, public art, street art | Report and Presentation |
| 10 | City Case Studies: Istanbul Cihangir, Karakoy, Galata, Beyoglu Representing the City through Art and Architectural Design: Art and culture venues, public art, street art | Report and Presentation |
| 11 | City Case Studies: Portland Pearl District and Alberta Arts District Representing the City through Art and Architectural Design: Art and culture venues, public art, street art | Report and Presentation |
| 12 | City Case Studies: Buenos Aires Palermo Soho and Palermo Hollywood Representing the City through Art and Architectural Design: Art and culture venues, public art, street art | Report and Presentation |
| 13 | City Case Studies: Sao Paulo Vila Madalena (Pinheiros District) and Jardins District Representing the City through Art and Architectural Design: Art and culture venues, public art, street art | Report and Presentation |
| 14 | Art and Design in Izmir: Getting Ready for the Final Project • How has Izmir been represented through art and design historically and in the recent times in different artictic mediums? • What are the important public art and venues in Izmir? • Where is art exhibitied in Izmir? • Where is art produced in Izmir? • Is there a cluster for art and culture industry in Izmir? • How is the built environment appropriated to the art, design and cultural production in Izmir? | Final Report and Presentation |
| 15 | Review of the Semester | |
| 16 | Review of the Semester |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | Clement Greenberg (1989) “Avant-Garde and Kitsch” in Art and Culture Critical Essays, Beacon Press London - - - Sharp, J., Pollock, V. and Paddison, R. (2005) ‘Just art for a just city: public art and social inclusion in urban regeneration’, Urban Studies 42(5/6), pp. 1001–1023. - - - Malcolm Miles (2013) “Art and Culture: The Global Turn” in Re-imagining the City- ART, GLOBALIZATION AND URBAN SPACES eds. Elizabeth Grierson and Kristen Sharp - - - Carl Grodach, Nicole Foster, James Murdoch (2015) “Arts industries do not cause gentrification- they tend to chase it.” blogs.lse.ac.uk/ - - - Grodach, C. (2011). “Art spaces in community and economic development: Connections to neighborhoods, artists, and the cultural economy.” Journal of Planning Education and Research, 31, 74–85. - - - Oner, A.C., Grant, R.J. and Tekel, A. (2016) “Global Arts Worlds and the Worlding of Wynwood, Florida” Presented at the 2016 American Association of Geographers (AAG) Conference. March 29-April 1st, 2016. San Francisco, CA. |
| Suggested Readings/Materials | Georg Simmel (1903), “The Metropolis and Mental Life,” Kurt Wolff (trans.) The Sociology of Georg Simmel (New York: Free Press, 1950), 409424; Christopher Crouch, Modernism in Art, Design and Architecture (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1999), “The Cultural Background to the Machine Age”, 1028; Hide Heynen, “New Babylon: The Antinomies of Utopia,” Assemblage, No. 29 (Apr., 1996): 2439; Rosalyn Deutsche, “Uneven Development: Public Art in New York City,” October 47 (Winter, 1988): 352; Anthony Vidler, Warped Space: Art, Architecture, and Anxiety in Modern Culture (Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 2001), “Agoraphobia”, 2550; Beatriz Colomina, “The Split Wall: Domestic Voyeurism,” in B. Colomina (ed.), Sexuality & Space (Princeton Architectural Press, 1992), 7398; Kristine Nielsen, “What Ever Happened to Ernst Barlach? East German Political Monuments and the Art of Resistance,” in Totalitarian Art and Modernity, eds. Mikkel Bolt Rasmussen and Jacob Wamberg (Aarhus: Aarhus Univ. Press, 2010), 147169; Leo OuFan Lee, “Shanghai Modern: Reflections on Urban Culture in China in the 1930s,” Public Culture 11, No. 1 (1999): 75107.; Ronald Lee Fleming “The Art of Placemaking: Interpreting Community Through Public Art and Urban Design” (Merrell Publishers, 2007); Harriet Senie “Critical Issues in Public Art: Content, Context, and Controversy” (Smithsonian Books, 1998); Cher Krause Knight “Public Art: Theory, Practice and Populism” (Wiley-Blackwell, 2008); Antawan I. Byrd and Reid Shier “Art Cities of the Future: 21st-Century Avant-Gardes” (Phaidon Press, 2013) |
EVALUATION SYSTEM
| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation |
1
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5
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| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments |
1
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35
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| Presentation / Jury |
2
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20
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| Project |
1
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40
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| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exams | ||
| Midterm | ||
| Final Exam | ||
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade |
5
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100
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| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | ||
| Total |
ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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| Theoretical Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) |
16
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3
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48
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| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours) |
16
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0
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| Study Hours Out of Class |
14
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7
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98
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| Field Work |
0
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| Quizzes / Studio Critiques |
0
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| Portfolio |
0
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| Homework / Assignments |
1
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21
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21
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| Presentation / Jury |
2
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6
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12
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| Project |
1
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46
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46
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| Seminar / Workshop |
0
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| Oral Exam |
0
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| Midterms |
0
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| Final Exam |
0
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| Total |
225
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COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP
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Program Competencies/Outcomes |
* Contribution Level
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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| 1 | to be able to expand the practical knowledge gained in undergraduate programs with theoretical field of design research, |
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| 2 | to be able to examine, interpret data and assess concepts and ideas with research methods of design theory and social sciences, |
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| 3 | to be able to identify problems of design disciplines in times of global / environmental crisis and to be able to develop possible solutions for design practitioners, |
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| 4 | to be able to expand knowledge on the history of material culture as it relates to design practices of the past, |
X | ||||
| 5 | to be able to promote research on local practices of everyday life and assess the outcome to implement design solutions, |
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| 6 | to be able to facilitate interactions in between varied design disciplines and to promote collaborative work to solve complex problems, |
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| 7 | to be able to process outcome of design research to be applied in design education, |
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| 8 | to be able to instigate research on the new tools, technologies and materials of production in order to accelerate changes in design practices, |
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| 9 | to be able to develop an ethical approach towards design professions in order to install social and environmental responsibilities, |
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| 10 | to be able to use a foreign language for both chasing the scientific publication and developing proper communication with colleagues from other countries, in written and verbal ways. |
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| 11 | to be able to use computer programs needed in the field design as well as information and communication technologies in advanced levels (“European Computer Driving Licence”, Advanced Level”). |
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*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest
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