Anthropology of Senses

Ders Kodu:

ANT 455

Ders Dönemi:

Güz

Ders Tipi:

Alan Seçmeli

Teori Saati:

3

Uygulama Saati:

0

Laboratuvar Saati:

0

Kredi:

3

AKTS:

5

Dersin Dili:

İngilizce

Dersin Amacı:

This course will discuss sensory experience as an object of study and the source of pleasure, pain, knowledge and power from an anthropological point of view. The richness and diversity of the social and material worlds as constituted through touch, taste, smell, hearing and sight will be discussed.

Dersin İçeriği:

This course primarily focuses on the senses. What is the difference among cultures that privilege touch or smell over sight or hearing? Explore sensory experiences between men and women. How does the senses affect the aesthetic gaze? And how does the senses become a source of discrimination? What will be the future of senses? Through analysis of recent concerns on across the world from an anthropological point of view the senses its representation in daily life will be analyzed. The course will proceed with cross-disciplinary contents and lectures by guest.

Dersin Öğretim Yöntemleri:

1: Lecture, 2: Question-Answer, 3: Discussion 4: Simulation 5: Case Study

Dersin Ölçme Yöntemleri:

A: Testing, B: Multiple Choice C: Homework D: Fill in the blanks E: True or false F: Oral exam G: Portfolio

Dikey Sekmeler

Dersin Öğrenme Çıktıları

Learning Outcomes	Program Learning Outcomes	Teaching Methods	Assessment Methods
1- Terms and definitions related to senses	1,2,3,6,7,8	1,2,4	A,C
2- Learn sensory experience	1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9	1,2,4	A,C
3- Obtain knowledge to compare sensory experience among cultures	1,2,3,4,6,7,8	1,2,3,5	A,C
4-Obtain perspective to understand relationship and strategies between senses and sensory experience	1,2,3,4,5,7	1,2,3,5	A,C

Dersin Akışı

Week	Topics	Study Materials
1	Definition of Senses
2	Smell, Smellscape and Sensory Experince
3	Touch and Sensory Experience
4	Hearing, Soundscape and Sensory Experince
5	Seeing, Landscape and Sensory Experience
6	Taste and Sensory Experience
7	Politics of Senses
8	Student Presentation
9	Power and Knowledge of
10	Senses, Spacemaking and Material World
11	How to Do Sensory Ethnography
12	Methods of Doing Sensory Ethnography
13	Smellwalk in the Field
14	Future of Senses and Sensory Experience

Kaynaklar

Textbook

Classen, C. (1993). Worlds of Sense: Exploring the Senses in History and Across Cultures . Londra ve New York: Routledge.

Feld, S., & Basso, K. (Eds.). (1996). Senses of Place. Santa Fe: Schoolf of American Research Press.

Henshaw, V. (2014). Urban Smellscapes Understanding and Designing City Smell Environments. Taylor and Francis: Kindle Edition.

Herz, R. (2007). The Scent of Desire. HarperCollins: Kindle Edition.

Howes, D. (1991). The Varieties of Sensory Experience: A Source book in the Anthropology of the Senses. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

Howes, D. (Ed.). (2005). Empire of the Sesnes. UK: Berg.

Pink, S. (2009). Doing Sensory Ethnography. London: SAGE Publications Ltd.

Additional Resources

Certeau, M. d. (1984). The Practice of Everyday Life. Berkeley: University of California.

Seremetakis, C. N. (1994). The Senses Still. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.

Pourteous, D. (1990). Landscapes of the Mind: Worlds of Sense and Metaphor. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

Materyal Paylaşımı

Documents	Related books, articles and documentaries
Assignments	Take home exam, field work and presentation
Exams	Mid-term and final exam

Değerlendirme Sistemi

IN-TERM STUDIES	NUMBER	PERCENTAGE
Mid-terms	1	30
Presentation and Attendance	1	30
Final	1	40
Total		100
CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL EXAMINATION TO OVERALL GRADE		40
CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL GRADE		60
Total		100

COURSE CATEGORY

Expertise/Field Courses

Dersin Program Çıktılarına Katkısı

No	Program Learning Outcomes	Contribution
No	Program Learning Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5
1	Main theories and concepts of social sciences in general and anthropology in particular, the physical and cultural development of humanity in the historical process, a wide spectrum of cultural patterns and archaelogical knowledge are understood and absorbed,				X
2	The ability to analyze current phenomena with an anthropological perspective and to think analytically and critically are acquired,				X
3	Good communication and written/oral expression skills are developed,			X
4	Acquires professional and social ethics, as well as an elevated sense of responsibility,			X
5	By studying the dynamics of a variety of cultural phenomena in detail, students become able to perceive and interpret the general features, geographical conditions, historical processes and dynamics of change in Turkish and other world cultures,				X
6	Establishes and builds on a wide perception and understanding of local and global issues and develops personally and professionally,			X
7	In accordance with Life Long Learning principles, students acquire the skill and vision to continuously seek to utilize knowledge and information from outside their fields of expertise; to make collaborations and and syntheses with their own respective repertoire of knowledge,				X
8	Students become able to spot social issues fit for anthropological research; acquire the methods, techniques and cultural equipment necessary for field work,				X
9	Their solo and team work skills, critical social gaze and scientifically and ethically responsible investigation abilities become augmented.				X

ECTS

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours)	15	3	45
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	15	2	30
Mid-terms	1	15	15
Presentation Take home	1	10	10
Final examination	1	25	25
Total Work Load			125
Total Work Load / 25 (h)			5
ECTS Credit of the Course			5

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