POLS 437 Sociology of MusicMEF ÜniversitesiAkademik Programlar Siyaset Bilimi ve Uluslararası İlişkilerÖğrenciler için Genel BilgiDiploma EkiErasmus Beyanı
Siyaset Bilimi ve Uluslararası İlişkiler
Lisans Programın Süresi: 4 Kredi Sayısı: 240 TYYÇ: 6. Düzey QF-EHEA: 1. Düzey EQF: 6. Düzey

Ders Genel Tanıtım Bilgileri

School/Faculty/Institute Faculty of Econ., Admin. and Social Sciences
Course Code POLS 437
Course Title in English Sociology of Music
Course Title in Turkish Müzik Sosyolojisi
Language of Instruction EN
Type of Course Flipped Classroom
Level of Course Intermediate
Semester Güz
Contact Hours per Week
Lecture: 3 Recitation: 0 Lab: 0 Other: 0
Estimated Student Workload 131 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 become familiar with the intersections between music, society and the individual
Course Description This course enables students to become familiar with the intersections between music, society and the individual. It will give a wide range of perspectives covering topics such as music and the sociological imagination, music and rationalization, art worlds, music and culture industries, musical taste and cultural consumption. The first part of the course mainly aims to discuss theoretical approaches used to explore sociology of music and various other topics that are inherently linked with music. The second part of the course offers a range of articles in the field of sociology of music. In this part, students are also expected to make presentations that relate to the course subjects and materials. There will be also guest musicians who will provide an interactive class experience.
Course Description in Turkish Bu ders, öğrencilerin müzik, toplum ve birey arasındaki kesişme noktalarına aşina olmalarını sağlar. Bu ders öğrencilere müzik ve sosyolojik tahayyül, müzik ve rasyonelleşme, sanat dünyaları, müzik ve kültür endüstrileri, müzikal beğeni ve kültürel tüketim gibi konuları kapsayan çok çeşitli perspektifler sağlayacaktır. Dersin ilk bölümü, müziği ve doğal olarak müzikle bağlantılı diğer çeşitli konuları tartışmak için kullanılan teorik yaklaşımları incelemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Kursun ikinci bölümünde müzik sosyolojisi alanında bir dizi makale tartışılacaktır. Bu bölümde öğrencilerden ayrıca ders konuları ve materyalleri ile ilgili sunumlar yapmaları beklenmektedir. Ayrıca interaktif bir sınıf deneyimi sağlayacak konuk müzisyenler de olacaktır.

Course Learning Outcomes and Competences

Upon successful completion of the course, the learner is expected to be able to:
1) müzik, toplum ve birey arasındaki ilişkiye dair eleştirel düşünmeyi geliştirir,
2) fikirleri sağlam teorik temeller üzerinde ifade etmek
3) Belirli müzik türlerinin sözlerini ve müzik biçimlerini sosyolojik açıdan tartışmak
4) Müziğin farklı ülkelerde verdiği farklı anlamları ve mesajları anlamak
5) Sanat eserlerini politik, kültürel ve sosyo-ekonomik bağlamla ilişkilendirmek
Program Learning Outcomes/Course Learning Outcomes 1 2 3 4 5
1) Adequate knowledge of political history necessary to comprehend and effectively evaluate contemporary Political Science and International Relations issues.
2) Understanding of the fundamental concepts that exist in the fields of social and behavioral sciences as well as the correlation between these concepts
3) Ability to analyze the fundamental theories in the field Political Science and International Relations and to assess their reflections into practice
4) Ability to critically discuss different aspects of theories and developments in Political Science and International Relations both individually and in the course of group work during classroom discussions.
5) Ability to conduct research independently, or with a team, about the developments taking place in the international arena, make foreign policy analyses, develop research-based conflict resolution models, and prepare comprehensive reports using computers and relevant software
6) Ability to take decisions as well as to implement these decisions by using the knowledge about the field and the skills that have been acquired during the undergraduate studies
7) Ability to recognize the relations between scientific thought and ethical behavior; pay attention to being tolerant and properly defend different ideas, ideologies and belief systems
8) Ability to work in international institutions and multicultural environments, with the help of the knowledge on different cultures, societies, political systems as well as linguistic skills acquired during the undergraduate studies
9) Ability to display language skills in English at minimum B2 level enough for debating with colleagues on issues of Political Science and International Relations, and also display language skills in a second foreign language at minimum A2 level enough for communicating in daily life
10) Ability to pursue lifelong learning as well as perform advanced/graduate studies in the field Political Science and International Relations and other social sciences disciplines in academic institutions at home and abroad

Relation to Program Outcomes and Competences

N None S Supportive H Highly Related
     
Program Outcomes and Competences Level Assessed by
1) Adequate knowledge of political history necessary to comprehend and effectively evaluate contemporary Political Science and International Relations issues. N
2) Understanding of the fundamental concepts that exist in the fields of social and behavioral sciences as well as the correlation between these concepts S Exam
3) Ability to analyze the fundamental theories in the field Political Science and International Relations and to assess their reflections into practice N
4) Ability to critically discuss different aspects of theories and developments in Political Science and International Relations both individually and in the course of group work during classroom discussions. S Exam
5) Ability to conduct research independently, or with a team, about the developments taking place in the international arena, make foreign policy analyses, develop research-based conflict resolution models, and prepare comprehensive reports using computers and relevant software S Participation
6) Ability to take decisions as well as to implement these decisions by using the knowledge about the field and the skills that have been acquired during the undergraduate studies S Exam
7) Ability to recognize the relations between scientific thought and ethical behavior; pay attention to being tolerant and properly defend different ideas, ideologies and belief systems H Participation
8) Ability to work in international institutions and multicultural environments, with the help of the knowledge on different cultures, societies, political systems as well as linguistic skills acquired during the undergraduate studies N
9) Ability to display language skills in English at minimum B2 level enough for debating with colleagues on issues of Political Science and International Relations, and also display language skills in a second foreign language at minimum A2 level enough for communicating in daily life S Exam
10) Ability to pursue lifelong learning as well as perform advanced/graduate studies in the field Political Science and International Relations and other social sciences disciplines in academic institutions at home and abroad H Exam
Prepared by and Date CANSU GÜLEÇ , January 2024
Course Coordinator CANSU GÜLEÇ
Semester Güz
Name of Instructor Dr. Öğr. Üyesi OZAN EREN

Course Contents

Hafta Konu
1) Giriş ve İlkeler
2) Müzik ve Sosyolojik Hayal Gücü
3) Max Weber'in Müzik Sosyolojisi'ne Katkıları
4) Kültür Endüstrisi – Adorno ve Horkheimer
5) Müziğin Standardizasyonu ve Metalaştırılması
6) Howard S. Becker’in “Sanat Dünyaları” Yaklaşımı
7) Kültürel Tüketim
8) Arasınav
9) Müziğin Kutsanması – Klasik Müzik
10) Müzik, Kimlik ve Tanıma - Roma (Çingene) Müziği Örneği ​
11) Çalgılar üzerine etnografik araştırmalar – Türkiye'de Gitar
12) Müzisyenler – Kısıtlamalar ve Fırsatlar
13) Müzik Türleri – Küresel Bağlam
14) Dersin Genel Değerlendirmesi ve Tartışmalar
15) Sunumlar
16) Sunumlar
Required/Recommended ReadingsRequired Adorno, T. & Horkheimer, M. (2012). The culture industry: Enlightenment as mass deception. In dialectic of enlightenment. Noerr, G.Z. (eds.), Jephcott, E. (trans.). Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 94-136. Becker, H. (1974). Art as a collective action. American Sociological Review, (39), 6, 767-776. Çoğulu, T. (2014, June, 1). Gitarda sınırları kaldırmak. [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq9cokFwWpI Dawe, K. & Eroğlu, S. C. (2013). The guitar in Turkey: Erkan Oğur and the Istanbul guitarscape Ethnomusicology Forum, 22 (1), 49-70, DOI: 10.1080/17411912.2013.774157 Değirmenci, K. (2011). Local music from out there': Roman (Gypsy) music as world music in Turkey. International Review of the Aesthetics and Sociology of Music, 42 (1), 97-124 DeNora, T. (1991). Musical patronage and social change in Beethoven's Vienna. American Journal of Sociology, 97 (2), 310-346 Eren, O. (2015). “Suffering”: Commodification of music and the effects of 1980 military coup on the music industry in Turkey. Academic Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, 4 (3), 103-108. Harris, K. (2000). Roots? The relationship between the global and the local within the extreme metal scene. Popular Music, 19, 13–30. Lizardo, O. & Skiles, S. (2008). Cultural consumption in the fine and popular art realms, Sociology Compass 2, 485-502 Murninghan, K. K. & Conlon, D. E. (1991). “The dynamics of intense work groups: A study of British string quartets.” Administrative Science Quarterly, 36, 165-186. Shepherd, J. & Devine, K. (2015). Music and the sociological imagination – pasts and prospects. In The Routledge Reader on the Sociology of Music. Shepherd, J. & Devine, K. (eds.). New York and London: Routledge, 1-21. Turley, A. C. (2001). Max Weber and the sociology of music. Sociological Forum, 16 (4), 633-653
Teaching MethodsLectures and class discussions
Homework and ProjectsNone
Laboratory WorkNone
Computer UseNone
Other ActivitiesNone
Assessment Methods
Assessment Tools Count Weight
Devam 14 % 25
Sunum 1 % 15
Ara Sınavlar 1 % 30
Rapor Teslimi 2 % 30
TOTAL % 100
Course Administration gulecc@mef.edu.tr
: (212) 395 3610
Missing a quiz: Missing a midterm: Missing a final: Faculty regulations. A reminder of proper classroom behavior, code of student conduct: YÖK Regulations Statement on plagiarism: YÖK Regulations

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
Ders Saati 14 1 3 56
Sunum / Seminer 1 20 1 21
Ara Sınavlar 1 20 2 22
Rapor Teslimi 2 14 2 32
Total Workload 131
Total Workload/25 5.2
ECTS 5