ADM4172 POLITICS OF ART AND VISUAL CULTURE
| Course Code: | 3104172 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 6.0 |
| Department: | Political Science and Public Adm. |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Lecturer Dr. ERDEM ÇOLAK |
| Offered Semester: | Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
After this course, students are expected to gain critical perspectives on the various visual representation surrounding themselves and on the possibility of developing alternative visual politics against these visualities.
Course Content
This course aims to introduce and discuss the theoretical and practical interrelation of politics, art and visual culture from the 20th century to this day. The course is divided into five parts. We will first tackle some key theoretical texts that discuss the relationship betwcen politics, visual culture and art. Then we will move on to the visual politics of the nation-states and visual representations of Cold War ideologies. in Part III, we will accentuate the political perspective of avant-garde practices and the gendered nature of visual politics. Later on, we will scrutinize the usage of visual practices in political protests. And in the final part, we will focus on the neoliberal political relations behind the contemporary art scene, and the politics of museum display.
Course Learning Outcomes
After this course, students will have knowledge about how and in what conditions art and politics intersect through various case studies.
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Ability to reach the information they need in their daily lives, and to interpret it | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Being in command of the basic concepts of law | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Understanding the political, economical, and social transformations that occur in a wide range of areas including local and international levels | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Defining and solving problems encountered in political, social, and economic life | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Being conscious, effective and rational citizens who can comprehend the transformations taking place in Turkey and in the world today | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Being professionals who can operate as productive participants in any public organization | ✔ | |||
| 7 | Having the knowledge about how public organizations function and how their decision making processes and mechanisms work | ✔ | |||
| 8 | Developing original solutions to the problems faced in relation to their own area of interest | ✔ | |||
| 9 | Critical thinking ability | ✔ | |||
| 10 | Being in command of the interdisciplinary approaches | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution