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| SOS2008 | Urban Sociology | 4+0+0 | ECTS:5 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of SOCIOLOGY | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 4 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Bahar USTA BAKİ | | Co-Lecturer | Doç. Dr. Bayram Sevinç | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The aim of this course; It is the development of the ability to discuss and interpret the urban through sociological approaches and concepts by comprehending the urban in the context of historical and social processes that affect its formation process. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | Comprehend the urban sociology | 1 | 1, | | LO - 2 : | Interpret the urban within the framework of main concepts and theories | 3 | 1, | | LO - 3 : | Interpret the urban the urban in the context of other social process | 5 | 1, | | LO - 4 : | Interpret the current situation of urban life | 5,8 | 1, | | LO - 5 : | Conduct a discussion about the future of urban life | 7 | 1, | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| The main concepts and theories about the urban, the history of the urban of Turkey, the urbanization process and its characteristics, and the effects of political, economic, cultural and technological developments on the urban, urbanization and urban life constitute the content of this course. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction of the course, determination of the general framework and introduction to the concept of the urban,
Definitions of urban, main concepts of the urban, general characteristics of urban | | | Week 2 | The City in Classical Sociology: The Urban as a Product of Capitalist Production and Based on the Relation of Private Property (K. Marx and F. Engels), The Urban in the Relation of "Division of Labor", "Solidarity" and "Anomie" (E. Durkheim) | | | Week 3 | A View of the Urban in Classical Sociology: The Urban as the Expression of Western Culture: Consideration of ?Rationalization? and ?Ideal Type? in terms of the Urban (M. Weber), On the Nature of Urban Life: ?Alientation? (G. Simmel) | | | Week 4 | Milestones in Urban Sociology Chicago School: Urban Ecology: R. E. Park, R. McKenzie, Concentric Circles Theory: Ernest W. Burgess, ?Urbanization as a Way of Life?: Louis Wirth | | | Week 5 | Critical Approaches to the Urban: The Urban as the Space of Reproduction and Reproduction of Space (H. Lefebvre), The Socio-Spatial Dissolution of the Urban and its Neoliberal Reconstruction (D. Harvey), Grasping Change in the Urban: From Production to the Space of "Consumption" (M. Castells) | | | Week 6 | The Urban and Urbanization Experience in Turkey: Building a Nation or a City: Early Republican Period (1923-1950), The Attraction of the Urban: Rapid Urbanization Period (1950-1960), A Critical Look at the City on the Axis of Social Movements and Problematization of the City (1960-1980) , Urban Reflections of Neoliberal Policies (1980-2000s) | | | Week 7 | Trabzon in Turkey's Urban and Urbanization Experience
| | | Week 8 | Urban Debates on the Line of Urban, İdentity and Politics: Connection between City and Citizenship, Housing Policies, Urban Rights and Inequalities | | | Week 9 | Midterm exam | | | Week 10 | The Effect of Migration Phenomenon on the Urban and Urbanization: Migration-Urban Relationship, Being a "Stranger" in the Urban, Integration Process of Migrants with the Urban, Informal Relationship Networks Spatial Reflections of Migration: Slums, Ghettos, Deserted Areas, Comparing Two Different Immigrant Typologies in terms of their Impacts on the Urban: ?Asylum Seeking Syrians? and ?Retired Migrant Europeans? | | | Week 11 | Urban Reflections of Neoliberal Policies, Spatial Positioning of Social Class: Poverty in the Urban, Secure Site, Social Exclusion, Socio-Spatial Segregation | | | Week 12 | The Effect of Globalization on the Urban: The Relationship between Globalization and the Urban - Economic, Social, Cultural Mobility and Technological Developments-, World Urban/Global Urban, "Network Society" and "Information Urban" The Risks of the Global Age: The Effects of Epidemics on the Meaning and Experience of Space. | | | Week 13 | The Urban, Crime and Security: The Urban: Crime Producing/Security Buildings, The Views of Crime Theories to the Urban, Images of the Urban Associated with Crime -Decadent Areas, Peer Groups-Social and Physical Disorder
Two Examples of Crime Prevention and Safe Spaces Approaches: Oscar Newman's "Defensible Spaces" and Jane Jacobs's "Living Spaces" | | | Week 14 | Thinking about Future Urban: Rethinking the Urban in the Context of Digital Society, Discussion on the Consequences of Digital Transformation on Urban Life, Future of Urban Sociology | | | Week 15 | An Example of Future Cities: Elysium: New Paradise Movie | | | Week 16 | End of term exam
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| 1 | Saunders, P. 2013; Sosyal Teori Kentsel Sosyoloji, İdeal Kültür Yayıncılık, İstanbul | | | 2 | Mumford, L. 2007; Tarih Boyunca Kent Kökenleri, Geçirdiği Değişimler ve Geleceği, Ayrıntı Yayınları, İstanbul. | | | 3 | Sarı, Ö. ve Esgin, A (ed.). 2016; Toplumsal Analizler Ekseninde Kent Fragmanları, Phoenix Yayınları, Ankara. | | | |
| 1 | Tekeli, İ. 2016; Modernizm, Modernite ve Türkiye'nin Kent Planlama Tarihi, Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları, İstanbul. | | | 2 | Çavuşoğlu, E. 2014; Türkiye Kentleşmesinin Toplumsal Arkeolojisi, Ayrıntı Yayınları, Ankara. | | | 3 | Sey, Y (ed). 1998; 75 Yılda Değişen Kent ve Mimarlık, İş Bankası ve Tarih Vakfı Yayınları, İstanbul. | | | 4 | Uğurlu, Ö. vd. (Der). 2013; Türkiye Perspektifinden Kent Sosyolojisi Çalışmaları, Örgün Yayınevi, İstanbul. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | .../04/2025 | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | .../06/2025 | 1 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 3 | 2 | 6 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 2 | 2 | 4 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Diğer 1 | 4 | 14 | 56 | | Diğer 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | | Total work load | | | 150 |
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