• Turkish
  • English
Course Code: 
ANT 317
Semester: 
Fall
Course Type: 
Core
P: 
3
Lab: 
0
Laboratuvar Saati: 
0
Credits: 
3
ECTS: 
8
Course Language: 
English
Course Coordinator: 
Ayşe Hilal Tuztaş Horzumlu
Courses given by: 
Ayşe Hilal Tuztaş Horzumlu
Course Objectives: 
This course aims to introduce rural anthropology with primary concerns and theoretical approaches from its inception and define rural.
Course Content: 

The course includes some studies about the weather climate and gender-based relations in rural communities. Besides the current issues in rural life, such as the current political economy of agriculture, the global food system, and sustainable development for rural areas are also covered.

Course Methodology: 
1. Lecture 2. Case Study 3. Demonstration 4. Fieldwork 5. Student Activities/Projects
Course Evaluation Methods: 
A. Exam B. Participation/Discussion C. Field Work/Case Study D. Homework/Assignment E. Presentation

Vertical Tabs

Course Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

 

Program Learning Outcomes

Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

1. Learn the historical process of the rural studies and methods for defining the rural.

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9

1,2,3,5

A, B, E

2. Evaluate the historical process of the community studies in Turkey

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8

1,2,3,5

A, B, E

3. Interpret the gender roles in rural studies.

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9

1,2,3,5

A, B, E

4. Learn about the global food market and the green revolution.

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8

1,2,3,5

A, B, E

5. Understand the effects of Neoliberal policies in Turkish rural.

1,2,3,4,6,7,8

1,2,3,5

A, B, E

6. Identify the problems that occur in rural areas around the world, and Turkey, and obtain information about alternative solutions.

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10

1,2,3,5

A, B, E
 

 

Course Flow

COURSE CONTENT

Week

Topic

Study Materials

1

Introduction

 

2

The History of Rural Sociology

 

3

Community Studies

 

4

Community Studies in Turkey

 

5

Definition of the Rural

 

6

Weather, Climate

 

7

Nature- Culture, Gender

 

8

Global Food World

 

9

Development, Women, and Ecology

 

10

Globalization and Turkish Agriculture

 

11

Turkey’s Experience in the Neo-Liberal Age

 

12

Sustainable Development

 

13

Sustainable Development

 

14

Final Project Presentations

 

Recommended Sources

RECOMMENDED SOURCES

Textbook

-Hillyard. Sam. 2007. The Sociology of Rural Life. Oxford: Berg.,

-Kevin M. Fitzpatrick and Don Willis (Eds.). 2015.  A Place-Based Perspective of Food in Society. Palgrave Macmillan.

-Rosaldo, Michelle Z. and Louise Lamphere (Ed.). Women, Culture, and Society. Stanford University Press

-Öztürk Murat. 2012.  Agriculture, Peasantry, and Poverty in Turkey in the Neo-Liberal Age. Wageningen Academic Publisher.

-Strauss, Sarah, and Benjamin S. Orlove (Ed.). 2003. Weather, Climate, Culture. Oxford: Berg

Additional Resources

-Aydın, Zülküf. 2010. "Neo-Liberal Transformation of Turkish Agriculture." in Journal of Agrarian Change, Vol. 10 No. 2, pp: 149–187.

- Keyder, Çağlar, and Zafer Yenal. 2011." Agrarian Change under Globalization: Markets and Insecurity in Turkish Agriculture." in Journal of Agrarian Change, Vol. 11 No. 1, pp: 60–86.

-Kolars, John. 1962.  Community Studies in Rural Turkey. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Dec. 1962, Vol. 52, No. 4 (Dec., 1962), pp. 476-489

-Magnarella , Paul. 2003. Turkish-American Intellectual Exchange and Community Research in Turkey (1930- 1980). The Turkish Studies Association Journal, Vol. 27, No. 1/2 (2003), pp. 69-89.

-Silverstein, Brian. The Social Life of Numbers:  Statistics, Reform and the Remaking of Rural Life in Turkey. Palgrave Macmillan.
 

Material Sharing

MATERIAL SHARING

Documents

Books and articles

Assignments

Final Project

Exams

Mid-term

Assessment

ASSESSTMENT

In-Term Studies

Number

Percentage

Mid-terms

1

30

Presentation

1

20

Assignment

 

 

Final

1

50

Total

 

100

CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL EXAMINATION TO OVERALL GRADE

 

50

CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL GRADE

 

50

Total

 

100

Course’s Contribution to Program

COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

No

Program Learning Outcomes

Contribution

1

2

3

4

5

1

Acquires the basic terms, theoretical point of views and the historical evolution of anthropology.

 

 

 

X

 

2

Gains insight into the subfields of anthropology and the unique methods and applications of these fields.

 

 

 

X

 

3

Possess knowledge about conducting ethnographic study, which is the basic research method of anthropology, and designs fieldwork accordingly.

 

 

X

 

 

4

Formulates questions and evaluates research findings through analytical, critical and creative thinking by utilizing the knowledge and skills of anthropology.

 

 

 

 

X

5

Demonstrates adherence to scientific and ethical values in fieldwork and academic research and acts in accordance with these values.

 

 

 

X

 

6

Identifies social problems and develops social projects using anthropological theory and research methods.

 

 

 

 

X

7

Effectively utilizes current databases, information resources, and information technologies.

 

 

 

X

 

8

Designs interdisciplinary studies and participates in study groups by integrating disciplines alongside anthropology.

 

 

X

 

 

9

Exhibits social awareness and responsibility, approaching individual and cultural diversities with impartiality.

 

 

 

X

 

10

Acquires the ability to think, read, write and orally express English at an academic level.

 

 

 

X

 
 

ECTS

ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION

Activities

Quantity

Duration
(Hour)

Total
Workload
(Hour)

Course Duration

14

3

42

Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)

14

3

42

Mid Term

1

43

43

Final examination

1

75

75

Total Workload

 

 

200

Total Workload / 25 (h)

 

 

8

ECTS Credit of the Course

 

 

8
 

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