ANT 501 Culture Theory

Prerequisite:None
Credit (0 + 0 + 0) 3

This course aims to discuss the place and development of the culture concept within the discipline of anthropology. It will deal with the reflections of the critique of the culture concept on social scientific research. Selected ethnographies will be reviewed and their differences from other literary types will be discussed.

ANT 508 Anthropology Colloquium I

Prerequisite:None
Credit (0 + 0 + 0) 0

Colloquium gatherings will introduce to the students significant spokespersons and current topics in social research. In an environment of live presentations by social scientists from inside and outside the university, students will have an opportunity to learn about the ways in which social issues may be analyzed, presented and discussed.

ANT 511 Research Methods

Prerequisite:None
Credit (0 + 0 + 0) 3

A survey of issues relating to qualitative research methods. The focus is on fieldwork methodology, such as participant observation, in-depth interviewing, the relationship of methodology to the different stages of planning and conducting research, analysis, and the writing of a research paper or ethnography report.

ANT 581 Human Geography

Prerequisite:None
Credit (0 + 0 + 0) 3

Employing the basic concepts and methods of the discipline of human geography, this course will provide an analytical approach to studying human populations and cultures. The world distribution and the relationships of nomadic, pastoralist, agrarian, and urban cultures with each other and with their natural environments, such as natural resources, are analyzed. Human-environment interactions, the geography of population growth and migration, urbanization, industrialization, and the geography of culture and politics will also be studied. The field of human geography looks at these human settlements from a holistic perspective that takes into account their geography, inter-related economic structures and social organizations. These themes are examined in relation to current issues, such as civil movements, multiculturalism, nationalism, global economic crises, world hunger, environmental degradation, national and international conflicts and will address these issues at local, regional, national, and global levels.

ANT 502 Culture, Language and Meaning

Prerequisite:None
Credit (0 + 0 + 0) 3

A survey of theoretical approaches to an understanding of the relationships between culture, language and meaning, with special focus on modern and post-modern anthropological theories and studies.

ANT 509 Anthropology Colloquium II

Prerequisite:None
Credit (0 + 0 + 0) 0

Colloquium gatherings will introduce to the students significant spokespersons and current topics in social research. In an environment of live presentations by social scientists from inside and outside the university, students will have an opportunity to learn about the ways in which social issues may be analyzed, presented and discussed.

ANT 562 Demography

Prerequisite:None
Credit (0 + 0 + 0) 3

The aims of the course is an introduction to the scientific study of populations, the history of demographic thought, sources of demographic information, systems of demographic indicators, principles of demographic analyses of mortality, fertility, nuptiality, divorces and migration. Global regularities of population development and the world demographic situation will also be considered.

ANT 599 Master Thesis

Prerequisite:None
Credit (0 + 0 + 0) 3

ANT 517 Advanced Readings in Ethnography

Prerequisite:None
Credit (0 + 0 + 0) 3

This course will focus on a critical reading and analysis of selected ethnographies of the last two decades. A comprehensive comparison will be made with classical ethnographies of the last century in respect to their archival functions. The course will also dwell on ethical issues involved in the conduct of social research in general and ethnographic research in particular. The different approaches to ethical considerations between developed and developing countries will also be explored.

ANT 520 Feminist Anthropology

Prerequisite:None
Credit (0 + 0 + 0) 3

A review of advanced research and discussion of feminist theory and on the developments of ethnographic works. The concept of “feminist ethnography” will be critically examined, with special focus on the ethnographic works wherein methodological and theoretical transformations of contemporary ethnography.

ANT 523 Linguistic Anthropology

Prerequisite:None
Credit (0 + 0 + 0) 3

In this course, within the framework of its relations with society and culture of the language and social context will be examined. Basic theories and concepts introduced in this matter and will be done in this area of research is intended to prepare the scientific and methodological grounds. The course will be focusing on three key areas: language and culture under the title, the language of the definition, origin, development, and various types of functions will be analyzed. Language and title policy, language policy, language planning, language, my review of the standards and language (theme) issues will be examined. Language, society and the last section on change, language usage, language functions, language transfer, loss of language and language change (death) will be discussed.

ANT 541 Art and Culture

Prerequisite:None
Credit (0 + 0 + 0) 3

In this course, the meanings of these two words, art and culture, throughout history and their current states, will be problematized. The westocentric Middle Age-Renaissance culture bearing towards orientalism and colonialism will be theorized from today's structuralist and post-structuralist perspectives. The mutual and reciprocal impact between social theory and art will be examined within the context of interrelatedness of social sciences and art.

ANT 542 Visual Anthropology

Prerequisite:None
Credit (0 + 0 + 0) 3

This course is an introduction to ethnographic film making, exploring the uses of photography (including video and visual media) in ethnographic research and in cultural representations. It covers the theoretical, methodological, and ethical issues related to the use of different kinds of visual media and their relationship to the written media and includes viewings and discussion of the documentary and ethnographic films.

ANT 546 Art and Postmodernism

Prerequisite:None
Credit (0 + 0 + 0) 3

This course looks at the concept of postmodernism and its impact on art. The different aspects of postmodern art theory and the concept of new plastic space in the context of “grand exposition” will be problematized. The syllabus includes philosophers like Lyotard, Jameson, Baudrillard and Anderson, whose understanding of postmodern art will also be discussed.

ANT 551 Political Anthropology

Prerequisite:None
Credit (0 + 0 + 0) 3

This course is an exploration of the major theoretical approaches to the study of political institutions, structures, and processes in different societies, with special reference to the nature of power, and the roles of symbolism and ideology and images of the state in politics. A number of classical, political and anthropological ethnographies will be introduced. An evaluation of the history and cultural expressions of colonialism, cultural hegemony, and forms of protest; along with changes in the modes of production based on kinship, strategies of colonial rule, and the formation of global economic systems.

ANT 553 Economic Anthropology

Prerequisite:None
Credit (0 + 0 + 0) 3

This course aims to study the relationship between culture, as a whole, and production, distribution and consumption in different cultures and in human social evolution. The course will provide an anthropological perspective with critical evaluation of the theories of development and issues of the cross-cultural application of economic terminology.

ANT 554 Anthropology of Law and Human Rights

Prerequisite:None
Credit (0 + 0 + 0) 3

This course is an introduction to the major fields covered by this branch of anthropology and its basic texts. A critical evaluation of the historical, philosophical, analytical, and comparative perspectives on human rights, with a focus on the international human rights movement and international law. A discussion of the contribution of anthropology to human rights and the debates over universalism and cultural relativity.

ANT 555 Central Asia and Shamanism

Prerequisite:None
Credit (0 + 0 + 0) 3

The course will focus on various tribal societies in Central Asia and on the healing roles of shamans, the sources of their ritual power, and their contribution to the solidarity and health of their societies, both historically and currently.

ANT 557 Ethnicity and Identity

Prerequisite:None
Credit (0 + 0 + 0) 3

This course is a critical analysis of the concepts of ethnicity and nationhood within the framework of international relations and approached from a wide range of perspectives, a critical evaluation of conflict and political decisions based on contemporary understandings of the accepted terminology.

ANT 559 Forensic Anthropology

Prerequisite:None
Credit (0 + 0 + 0) 3

Definition of the methods used in forensic anthropology, human skeletal system and forensic relations between skeletal remains. Determination of the scene of an event, time of death, age and gender of the victim, causes of death, pre- and postmortem alterations on the skeleton. Victim or offender identification.

ANT 561 Health/Medical Anthropology

Prerequisite:None
Credit (0 + 0 + 0) 3

This course deals with the interrelationships between health-illness-disease, culture and healing. What is the meaning of anthropological perspectives such as the emic approach or the holistic analysis of culture, for the study of health generating behaviour? What is the meaning of health in different cultures? A critical discussion of the dominant biomedical paradigm, the meaning of “alternative medicine” in different cultures. The course will also include a critical study of the contribution of anthropologists in applied health projects.

ANT 575 Archaeology and Culture

Prerequisite:None
Credit (0 + 0 + 0) 3

This course introduces students to ways in which archaeologists obtain information about past cultures, and how they use material culture to reconstruct past human behavior. The development of modern archaeology, techniques of analysis, methods and concepts will be presented by using key sites from Anatolia as well as cultures of different continents and countries.

ANT 583 Gender and Culture

Prerequisite:None
Credit (0 + 0 + 0) 3

This is a survey of the literature analyzing the social construction of gender and the relationship between culture, socialization and gender roles, with critical evaluation of social hierarchies, power bases social institutions, contemporary social change and gender. Research done on studies of women will be discussed and the “woman question” will be elaborated, in both a worldwide and Turkish context.

ANT 585 International Migration

Prerequisite:None
Credit (0 + 0 + 0) 3

The aim of this course is to review some of the sociological aspects of the new international migration movements, with their continuing effects on Turkey and the region, its partial, trans-national nature, the splitting of national loyalties, and the very different interpretations oh this phenomenon.

ANT 593 Music Cultures of the World

Prerequisite:None
Credit (0 + 0 + 0) 3

This course considers the folk and traditional musics of Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, Oceania, and the Americas. The ethnomusicological approach to the study of music is not only to understand the underlying structure of music as a sound phenomenon, but also to gain insights into how music functions in its cultural context. Therefore, the discussions in class will concern ideas about music, the social organization of music, the material culture of music, and also touch upon the issues of culture-contact, and musical change. Lectures are augmented with films, videos, and numerous recordings. No musical background needed.

ANT 514 Turkish Culture and Society

Prerequisite:None
Credit (0 + 0 + 0) 3

This course is an introductory study of the Turkish people within the context of Turkish cultural history in particular, and of anthropology in general. Some of the topics to consider are as follows: When, from where and how did they come and what do they do today? How do they remember and interpret their antecedent existence? Asia Minor before and after the Turks: A Journey from the Altay Mountains to the Greek land, the processes of Islamization and “Turkishization” in the Seljuk and Ottoman periods, the new Turkish Republic as a cultural revolution and democracy as a “counter-revolution”, Turkish identity and the global image of Turks.

ANT 516 Seminar in Research Proposal Writing

Prerequisite:None
Credit (0 + 0 + 0) 3

The course introduces graduate students the methods of academic writing in humanities and social sciences, especially anthropology. Students will gain writing skills by choosing a research topic, formulating a problem, finding resources (including library research), and selecting the appropriate research methodology and techniques. Students are expected to bring weekly homework which will be evaluated in the class. The will also learn the most important aspect of thesis formatting and receive feedback on such topics as paraphrasing, quotations, and preparing bibliographies. By the end of the semester, they will write, in the appropriate format, a ten-page long research proposal.

ANT 522 Urban Studies: Global Cities

Prerequisite:None
Credit (0 + 0 + 0) 3

This course will evaluate urban development theories' explanations as to the nature of the changes that cities are going through under the influence of industrialization, globalization, and migration movements. Cities will be studied from various different perspectives such as their role within the global system, development policies, socio-cultural life, relations with other cities and rural areas, local histories and identities. Within this context, the main aim of the course is to introduce the students to the important examples of urban studies. Secondarily, it will focus on the city of İstanbul.

ANT 534 Regional Studies: Ethnography of Europe

Prerequisite:None
Credit (0 + 0 + 0) 3

This course will evaluate the theories concerned with the development of Europe with regard to the nature of the changes under the influence of industrialization, globalization, and migration movements. European cities will be examined from various different perspectives such as their role within the global system, development policies, socio-cultural life, relations with other cities and rural areas, local histories and identities.

ANT 536 Japanese Culture

Prerequisite:ANT 101: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
Credit (0 + 0 + 0) 3

Historical geography of the Japanese islands, Japanese identity: Where did they come from, and how? Islands, regions, settlements. Customs, family, kinship and demographical structures; economy, production-consumption, savings and investments; written and spoken languages, religions and sects, education, art; characteristics and worldview.

ANT 556 Applied Anthropology

Prerequisite:None
Credit (0 + 0 + 0) 3

This course will provide an introduction to the different applications of anthropological theories and methods in non-academic environments such as government agencies, civil society organizations and research institutes. The roles played by anthropologists and their findings in policy making processes will also be discussed.

ANT 587 Conflict Resolution

Prerequisite:none
Credit (0 + 0 + 0) 3

An introduction to the theories of conflict resolution, which examines the definitions of conflict and diverse views of resolution, the origins and role of conflict in human behavior and social systems, and the responses to conflict at interpersonal, inter-group, communal, and international levels. The course will discuss different perspectives brought to conflict resolution theories through a holistic approach to culture studies.

ANT 592 Popular Music and Communication

Prerequisite:None
Credit (0 + 0 + 0) 3

The past century has seen the development of popular musics in all parts of the globe, each a distinctive blend of indigenous and Western musical values, techniques, and technologies. These varied traditions represent a range of creative responses to European colonialism, urbanization, and the growth of international economic and cultural networks. This course is a seminar on World Popular Music. The course is taught from an ethnomusicological perspective, and is intended to familiarize students with a variety of popular musics and the social and historical processes that have shaped them. Theories of British Sub-Cultural Studies (Birmingham School), as well as communication and popular culture theories will be critically examined in relation to popular and commercial musics. Lectures are augmented with films, videos, and numerous recordings. No musical background needed.

ANT 571 Anthropology of Modern Turkey

Prerequisite:None
Credit (0 + 0 + 0) 3

This course is a comprehensive study of the development of the discipline of anthropology in particular and the other social sciences in general in modern Turkey. Major social movements, culture changes, tradition and modernity in Turkish Republic, and the contributions of significant social research to the understanding of major social issues in Turkey will be discussed.

ANT 512 Social Sciences: New Perspectives

Prerequisite:None
Credit (0 + 0 + 0) 3

In this course, new theories and perspectives of the 21st century that are exerting influence on social sciences will be discussed. The main aim of the course is to analyze both the fundamental theorems in social sciences, and the contemporary ones built upon them.

ANT 558 Social Change

Prerequisite:None
Credit (0 + 0 + 0) 3

In this course we will examine the results and effects of the expansion of industrialized West and ensuing changes in the developed and developing countries. The "first contacts" of third world countries with industrialized countries and current cultural formations will constitute the main themes of the course.