IR 426 Politics of Art and MigrationMEF UniversityDegree Programs Computer EngineeringGeneral Information For StudentsDiploma SupplementErasmus Policy Statement
Computer Engineering
Bachelor Length of the Programme: 4 Number of Credits: 240 TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 QF-EHEA: First Cycle EQF: Level 6

Ders Genel Tanıtım Bilgileri

School/Faculty/Institute Faculty of Econ., Admin. and Social Sciences
Course Code IR 426
Course Title in English Politics of Art and Migration
Course Title in Turkish Politics of Art and Migration
Language of Instruction
Type of Course Flipped Classroom
Level of Course Intermediate
Semester Spring
Contact Hours per Week
Lecture: 3 Recitation: 0 Lab: 0 Other: 0
Estimated Student Workload 132 hours per semester
Number of Credits 5 ECTS
Grading Mode Standard Letter Grade
Pre-requisites None
Expected Prior Knowledge None
Co-requisites None
Registration Restrictions Only Undergraduate Students
Overall Educational Objective To survey and understand artistic reflections on current refugee and migrant crises and exploring the relationship between art and politics through different theories and various artistic practices.
Course Description The course surveys artistic reflections on the theme of refugee and current migrant crisis. We will examine how aesthetic regimes envision, imagine and create the political via migrant politics and we will look closely at how artistic practices and migrants’ representations in the media express and trigger ethical humanistic concerns as well as alternative subjectivity formations for the art audience. We will explore theoretical approaches to work on the mutual relationship between art and politics, representation and emancipatory thinking across various artistic practices such as cinema, plastic arts, photography and mixed media installations in public performances, local and international exhibitions, online art blogs.
Course Description in Turkish

Course Learning Outcomes and Competences

Upon successful completion of the course, the learner is expected to be able to:
1) Identify key theoretical issues in the field of aesthetics through the socio-political context of migration.
2) Perform interpretive, analytical and critical skills that will focus on the complex interaction between aesthetic and political theories.
3) Appraise critically and creatively about the politics of representation and the relation of art with the political related to refugees and forced migration.
4) Exhibit abilities of critical writing in independent research projects.
5) Locate and perform contemporary debates on the imagery of forced migration and humanitarian responses from an inter-disciplinary perspective.
Program Learning Outcomes/Course Learning Outcomes 1 2 3 4 5
1) An ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics
2) An ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors
3) An ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences
4) An ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts
5) An ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives
6) An ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions
7) An ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.

Relation to Program Outcomes and Competences

N None S Supportive H Highly Related
     
Program Outcomes and Competences Level Assessed by
1) An ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics N
2) An ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors N
3) An ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences N
4) An ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts H Exam
5) An ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives N
6) An ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions N
7) An ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies. N
Prepared by and Date BEKEN SAATÇİOĞLU , January 2024
Course Coordinator BEKEN SAATÇİOĞLU
Semester Spring
Name of Instructor

Course Contents

Week Subject
1) Overview
2) State, citizen, refugee
3) Representation of refugee
4) Identity politics and migrant's portrayal
5) Art on victimhood I
6) Art on victimhood II
7) Spectator's perception
8) Narrations, genre and change
9) Anti-immigrant imagery of refugee
10) Citizen journalism, social media and refugee's imagery
11) Resistance and art I
12) Resistance and art II
12) The question of opposition in contemporary art
13) Art-based research design
Required/Recommended Readings- Agamben, G. (1995). Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life. Introduction. - Arendt, H. (1951). The Origins of Totalitarianism. The Decline of the Nation-State and the End of the Rights of Man - Wendy B. (2010). Walled States, Waning Sovereignty - Rancière, J. (2009). Emancipated Spectator. Chapter 4: The Intolerable Image. Verso. - Demos, T. J. (2013) ‘Zones of Conflict’. In The Migrant Image:The Art and Politics of Documentary during Global Crisis. Duke University Press - Orton, L.(2009). A Case Study of PhotoVoice Project. Participatory Arts with Young Refugees. Oval House Theatre.
Teaching MethodsStudent work modes (independently and/or in teams). work with the outside community – geographic or industry sector.
Homework and ProjectsTwo.
Laboratory WorkNone
Computer UseNone
Other ActivitiesNone
Assessment Methods
Assessment Tools Count Weight
Attendance 14 % 25
Project 1 % 40
Midterm(s) 1 % 35
TOTAL % 100
Course Administration beken.saatcioglu@mef.edu.tr
02123953678
ardab@mef.edu.tr Absences are permitted only in cases of sickness or real emergencies, for which you must provide written notification. You are allowed 2 undocumented absences throughout the semester without any penalty. If you attend all class sessions (or do not miss more than 2 sessions), you will automatically earn 10%. Active participation and keeping up with the readings are required. Students are assumed to be familiar with the university's regulations concerning academic honesty. The Oxford Dictionary defines the lack of academic honesty as plagiarism which is ‘to take and use as one's own the thoughts, writings, or inventions of another’. All of the following are considered plagiarism: turning in someone else's work as your own; copying words or ideas from someone else without giving credit; failing to put a quotation in quotation marks; giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation; changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving credit; and copying so many words or ideas from a source that it makes up the majority of your work, whether you give credit or not. Please note that plagiarism is considered as an act of ‘fraud’ in most countries and may lead to various punitive/preventive measures including, in severe cases, expulsion. Most cases of plagiarism can be avoided, however, by citing sources. Simply acknowledging that certain material has been borrowed, and providing your audience with the information necessary to find that source, is usually enough to prevent plagiarism. Academic dishonesty and plagiarism: YÖK Disciplinary Regulation.

ECTS Student Workload Estimation

Activity No/Weeks Hours Calculation
No/Weeks per Semester Preparing for the Activity Spent in the Activity Itself Completing the Activity Requirements
Course Hours 14 2 3 3 112
Homework Assignments 1 9 1 10
Midterm(s) 1 8 2 10
Total Workload 132
Total Workload/25 5.3
ECTS 5