SECTION I: GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE COURSE |
Course Code | Course Name | Year | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
60314YEEOS-SOC2174 | World Cultures and Globalization | 3 | Spring | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Course Type : | University Elective |
Cycle: | Bachelor TQF-HE:6. Master`s Degree QF-EHEA:First Cycle EQF-LLL:6. Master`s Degree |
Language of Instruction: | English |
Prerequisities and Co-requisities: | N/A |
Mode of Delivery: | E-Learning |
Name of Coordinator: | Dr. GÜLCE BAŞER |
Dersin Öğretim Eleman(lar)ı: |
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Dersin Kategorisi: | Competency Development (University Elective) |
SECTION II: INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE |
Course Objectives: | To Inform the students about the impacts of globalization on the world cultures. To contribute them in developing insight about the new world order. To improve their knowledge and grounding in their preparation to the career world they will be a part of. To build a ground in developing strategies for their career life within the global individuals enjoying more comprehensive interpretations of their perceptions, impressions, and experiences. |
Course Content: | 1st week: What is globalization? The conceptualization of Globalization, Global Experiences at a Glimpse, and the Major Debates on the Definition and Scope of Globalization. Lee, Richard, Globalization, Language and Culture, Chelsea House Pub.: 2006, pp: 1-20 Steger, Manfred B., A Very Short Introduction to Globalization, 2003, Oxford University Press, USA), pp: 1-16 2nd week: The History of Globalization Lee, Richard, Globalization, Language and Culture, Chelsea House Pub.: 2006, pp: 42-54 Steger, Manfred B., A Very Short Introduction to Globalization, 2003, Oxford University Press, USA), pp: 17-36 Diamond, Jared. “Ch. 3 Collision at Cajamarca: Why the Inca emperor Atahuallpa did not capture King Charles I of Spain,” in. Guns, Germs, and Steel. W.W. Norton & Company, 1999, pp. 67-81. 3rd week: Culture and Globalization: Main Issues Steger, Manfred B., A Very Short Introduction to Globalization, 2003, Oxford University Press, USA), pp: 69-92 Nederveen Pieterse, Jan, “Globalization and Culture: Three Paradigms,” in Globalization and Culture: Global Mélange, Rowman&Littlefield Co., pp: 41-58. Magu, Stephen, “Reconceptualizing Cultural Globalization: Connecting the ‘Cultural Global’ and the ‘Cultural Local,’” Soc. Sci. 2015, 4, 630–645; doi:10.3390/socsci4030630 4th week: Economy and Globalization: The fingerprints of Global Economy on Culture Lee, Richard, Globalization, Language and Culture, Chelsea House Pub.: 2006, pp: 96-105 Steger, Manfred B., A Very Short Introduction to Globalization, 2003, Oxford University Press, USA), pp: 37-54 Stiglitz Joseph E., “The East Asia Crisis How IMF Policies Brought the World to the Verge of a Global Meltdown ,” Globalization and its discontents (2002, W.W. Norton),pp: 89-132. Sundaram, Jomo Kwame, “Drawing Lessons from the 2008 World Food Crisis,” in Arif Dirlik, Alexander Woodside, Roxann Prazniak (ed.) - Global Capitalism and the Future of Agrarian Society (2012, Routledge), pp: 307-320. 5th week: Culture, Ideology and Globalization Lee, Richard, Globalization, Language and Culture, Chelsea House Pub.: 2006, pp: 21-41 Hopper, Paul, “China and Globalization,”- Living with Gobalization (2006, Berg), pp: 99-117. Steger, Manfred B., A Very Short Introduction to Globalization, 2003, Oxford University Press, USA), pp: 93-112 Nederveen Pieterse, Jan, “Globalization is braided: East-West Osmosis,” in Globalization and Culture: Global Mélange, Rowman&Littlefield Co., pp: 123-140. 6th week: Politics of Globalization Lee, Richard, Globalization, Language and Culture, Chelsea House Pub.: 2006, pp: 68-81. Steger, Manfred B., A Very Short Introduction to Globalization, 2003, Oxford University Press, USA), pp: 56-68 Bauman, Zygmunt, “After Nation State – What?,” in Globalization, Blackwell: 2005, pp: 55-76. 7th week: Globalization and Glocalization Mahsa Alimardani and Stefania Milan, “The Internet as a Global/Local Site of Contestation: The Case of Iran,” in E.Peeren, R. Celikates, J. de Kloet, T. Poell (eds.) - Global Cultures of Contestation_ Mobility, Sustainability, Aesthetics & Connectivity [Palgrave Studies in Globalization, Culture and Society], pp: 171-192. Peterson, William, “The Singapore Arts Festival at Thirty: Going Global, Glocal, Grobal,” Asian Theatre Journal, vol. 26, no. 1 (Spring 2009). © 2009 by University of Hawai‘i Press. Stuart Hall, “The Local and the Global: Globalization And Ethnicity,” From: Culture, Globalization and the World-System: Contemporary Conditions for the Representation of Identity, University of Minnesota Press, 1997 8th week: Globalization and Power 1: Maps and Language Lee, Richard, Globalization, Language and Culture, Chelsea House Pub.: 2006, pp: 55-67 Bauman, Zygmunt, “Space Wars: a Career Report,” in Globalization, Blacwell: 2005, pp: 27-54. 9th week: Globalization and Power 2: Cultural Transfers Lee, Richard, Globalization, Language and Culture, Chelsea House Pub.: 2006, pp: 82-95 Condry, Ian. "Introduction." Chapter 1 in Japanese Hip-Hop (forthcoming) (Book Manuscript) 10th week: Contemporary Nomads: Working Abroad Jan Nederveen Pieterse, “Globalization and Human Integration: We Are All Migrants,” Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2009, pp: 25-42. P. Hitchcock, “The Paradox of Moving Labor: Workers in the Films of Jia Zhangke,” Labor in Culture, Or, Worker of the World(s), Palgrave Studies in Globalization, Culture and Society, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-45399-6_6 11th week: Cultural Hybridization Nederveen Pieterse, Jan, “Globalization as Hybridization,” in Globalization and Culture: Global Mélange, Rowman&Littlefield Co., pp: 65-94. Nederveen Pieterse, Jan, “Hybridity, So What? The Anti-hybridity Backlash and the Riddles of Recognition,” in Globalization and Culture: Global Mélange, Rowman&Littlefield Co., pp: 65-94. 12th week: Global Culture Industry Sources to be provided 13th week World on Line: Pandemic in a Globalized World Łukasz Sułkowski, “Covid-19 Pandemic; Recession Virtual Revolution Leading to De-globalization?”, Journal of Intercultural Management Vol. 12, No. 1, March 2020, pp. 1–11 Liat Ayalon, Alison Chasteen, Manfred Diehl, Becca R. Levy, Shevaun D. Neupert, Klaus Rothermund, Clemens Tesch-Römer, and Hans-Werner Wahl, “Aging in Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Avoiding Ageism and Fostering Intergenerational Solidarity,” Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 2020, Vol. XX, No. XX, 1–4 doi:10.1093/geronb/gbaa051 14th week: Globalization and the Social Media Samantha Bradshaw, Philip N. Howard, Troops, Trolls and Troublemakers: A Global Inventory of Organized Social Media Manipulation, Computational Propaganda Research Project Working Paper 2017.12, Oxford University Press. Beatriz Cantinho and Mariza Dima, “Erehwon: A Digital Platform for Empowering Sociopolitical Interventions in Public Space,” in Esther Peeren, Robin Celikates, Jeroen de Kloet, Thomas Poell (eds.) - Global Cultures of Contestation_ Mobility, Sustainability, Aesthetics & Connectivity [Palgrave Studies in Globalization, Culture and Society], pp:241-261. |
Knowledge (Described as Theoritical and/or Factual Knowledge.) | ||
1) The students will develop deeper insight about the World system and events. |
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2) The students will be more familiar with their future employers, employees, and customers, as world citizens |
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3) The students will be able to develop an academic approach to the world history. |
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4) The students will have a vision about how the economy, politics and the culture are inter-related. |
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5) The students will discover how the citizens of the world are inter-related and inter-dependent in terms of economy, politics, and culture. |
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Skills (Describe as Cognitive and/or Practical Skills.) | ||
Competences (Described as "Ability of the learner to apply knowledge and skills autonomously with responsibility", "Learning to learn"," Communication and social" and "Field specific" competences.) |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Sources: Lee, Richard, Globalization, Language and Culture, Chelsea House Pub.: 2006 Steger, Manfred B., A Very Short Introduction to Globalization, 2003, Oxford University Press, USA) Nederveen Pieterse, Jan, “Globalization and Culture: Three Paradigms,” in Globalization and Culture: Global Mélange, Rowman&Littlefield Co., Bauman, Zygmunt, Globalization, Blackwell: 2005 |
References: | Diamond, Jared. “Ch. 3 Collision at Cajamarca: Why the Inca emperor Atahuallpa did not capture King Charles I of Spain,” in. Guns, Germs, and Steel. W.W. Norton & Company, 1999, pp. 67-81. Magu, Stephen, “Reconceptualizing Cultural Globalization: Connecting the ‘Cultural Global’ and the ‘Cultural Local,’” Soc. Sci. 2015, 4, 630–645; doi:10.3390/socsci4030630 Sundaram, Jomo Kwame, “Drawing Lessons from the 2008 World Food Crisis,” in Arif Dirlik, Alexander Woodside, Roxann Prazniak (ed.) - Global Capitalism and the Future of Agrarian Society (2012, Routledge), pp: 307-320. Hopper, Paul, “China and Globalization,”- Living with Gobalization (2006, Berg), pp: 99-117. Mahsa Alimardani and Stefania Milan, “The Internet as a Global/Local Site of Contestation: The Case of Iran,” in E.Peeren, R. Celikates, J. de Kloet, T. Poell (eds.) - Global Cultures of Contestation_ Mobility, Sustainability, Aesthetics & Connectivity [Palgrave Studies in Globalization, Culture and Society], pp: 171-192. Peterson, William, “The Singapore Arts Festival at Thirty: Going Global, Glocal, Grobal,” Asian Theatre Journal, vol. 26, no. 1 (Spring 2009). © 2009 by University of Hawai‘i Press. Stuart Hall, “The Local and the Global: Globalization And Ethnicity,” From: Culture, Globalization and the World-System: Contemporary Conditions for the Representation of Identity, University of Minnesota Press, 1997 Condry, Ian. "Introduction." Chapter 1 in Japanese Hip-Hop (forthcoming) (Book Manuscript) P. Hitchcock, “The Paradox of Moving Labor: Workers in the Films of Jia Zhangke,” Labor in Culture, Or, Worker of the World(s), Palgrave Studies in Globalization, Culture and Society, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-45399-6_6 Łukasz Sułkowski, “Covid-19 Pandemic; Recession Virtual Revolution Leading to De-globalization?”, Journal of Intercultural Management Vol. 12, No. 1, March 2020, pp. 1–11 Liat Ayalon, Alison Chasteen, Manfred Diehl, Becca R. Levy, Shevaun D. Neupert, Klaus Rothermund, Clemens Tesch-Römer, and Hans-Werner Wahl, “Aging in Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Avoiding Ageism and Fostering Intergenerational Solidarity,” Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 2020, Vol. XX, No. XX, 1–4 doi:10.1093/geronb/gbaa051 Samantha Bradshaw, Philip N. Howard, Troops, Trolls and Troublemakers: A Global Inventory of Organized Social Media Manipulation, Computational Propaganda Research Project Working Paper 2017.12, Oxford University Press. Beatriz Cantinho and Mariza Dima, “Erehwon: A Digital Platform for Empowering Sociopolitical Interventions in Public Space,” in Esther Peeren, Robin Celikates, Jeroen de Kloet, Thomas Poell (eds.) - Global Cultures of Contestation_ Mobility, Sustainability, Aesthetics & Connectivity |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Programme Learning Outcomes | Contribution Level (from 1 to 5) | |
1) | Being able to explain fundamental psychology concepts, models, and theories | |
2) | Being able to effectively use research methods and techniques such as data collection, data analysis, and interpretation in the field of psychology | |
3) | Being able to evaluate the cognitive, psychological, and social causes and consequences of human behavior | |
4) | Being able to develop the necessary professional ethics and responsibility awareness while using psychological knowledge | |
5) | Being able to analyze psychological processes with an interdisciplinary approach by using knowledge of the relationship between psychology and other scientific disciplines | |
6) | Being able to apply knowledge, skills, and experiences in various subfields of psychology to personal, social, and academic matters | |
7) | Being able to access new information about psychology-related topics and practices by following current psychological research | |
8) | Being able to contribute to the improvement of professional practices and to preventive efforts aimed at reducing potential problems in psychological applications | |
9) | Being able to reflect psychological knowledge, academic background, and clinical experience into professional practice | |
10) | Being able to contribute to the solution of social problems by relying on professional knowledge and social skills | |
11) | Being able to integrate theoretical knowledge with practical application by being involved in the workforce for a semester |
SECTION IV: TEACHING-LEARNING & ASSESMENT-EVALUATION METHODS OF THE COURSE |
Lectures | |
Discussion | |
Case Study | |
Reading | |
Homework | |
Project Preparation | |
Thesis Preparation | |
Seminar | |
Course Conference |
Midterm | |
Final Exam | |
Quiz | |
Homework Evaluation |
Measurement and Evaluation Methods | # of practice per semester | Level of Contribution |
Quizzes | 1 | % 10.00 |
Homework Assignments | 1 | % 20.00 |
Midterms | 1 | % 20.00 |
Semester Final Exam | 1 | % 50.00 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 50 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 50 | |
Total | % 100 |
SECTION V: WORKLOAD & ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED FOR THE COURSE |
WORKLOAD OF TEACHING & LEARNING ACTIVITIES | |||
Teaching & Learning Activities | # of Activities per semester | Duration (hour) | Total Workload |
Course | 15 | 2 | 30 |
Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Special Course Internship (Work Placement) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Field Work | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 2 | 15 | 30 |
Presentations / Seminar | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Homework Assignments | 1 | 6 | 6 |
Total Workload of Teaching & Learning Activities | - | - | 66 |
WORKLOAD OF ASSESMENT & EVALUATION ACTIVITIES | |||
Assesment & Evaluation Activities | # of Activities per semester | Duration (hour) | Total Workload |
Quizzes | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Midterms | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Semester Final Exam | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Total Workload of Assesment & Evaluation Activities | - | - | 6 |
TOTAL WORKLOAD (Teaching & Learning + Assesment & Evaluation Activities) | 72 | ||
ECTS CREDITS OF THE COURSE (Total Workload/25.5 h) | 3 |