ID712 ORAL HISTORY IN DESIGN COMMUNITIES
| Course Code: | 1250712 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Industrial Design |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Assoc.Prof.Dr. FATMA KORKUT |
| Offered Semester: | Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
By the end of the course the students will:
- know about the historical, theoretical and methodological framework of oral history
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be able to design and conduct an oral history project
Course Content
Courses not listed in the catalogue. Topics vary from year to year according to interest of students and faculty in charge.
Course Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, the students will
- know about the historical development of oral history as a practice and field of study
- know about the methodological and theoretical issues and concerns raised in the literature about oral history
- problematize a topic as an oral history project
- practice interview, recording, transcribing skills involved in an oral history project
- analyze and evaluate the data collected in an oral history project
- show awareness for ethical and legal issues in an oral history project
- report and document an oral history project
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Identifying research areas in distinct and contemporary topics and formulating research problems; | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Being competent in the research process, process planning, managing, analyzing data, and correctly interpreting findings; | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Transforming knowledge in the field and research results into strategies, politics, methods and/or decisions; | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Transferring research findings into design education and practice; | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Disseminating generated knowledge, making publications and presenting them; | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Having general knowledge in the field of design, having covered the literature and developing expertise in specific topics; | ✔ | |||
| 7 | Having responsibility towards own research, respecting and practicing research ethics; | ✔ | |||
| 8 | Having work discipline and skills in time planning; | ✔ | |||
| 9 | Having skills in oral, written and visual communication; | ✔ | |||
| 10 | Open to continuous education and self-development, having high professional motivation; | ✔ | |||
| 11 | Open and willing to share knowledge and skills with stakeholders; | ✔ | |||
| 12 | Being critical, able to make self-criticism, reflecting objective and unprejudiced thinking into their own work; | ✔ | |||
| 13 | Synthesising knowledge from different disciplines to use in one?s own field and using it for generating new knowledge. | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution