ÇANKAYA UNIVERSITY 2014-2015 SPRING FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE Asst. Prof. Dr. Fatma Gül ÖZTÜRK Arch338.cankaya.edu.tr https://webonline.cankaya.edu.tr/login/index.php MUSEUM ARCHITECTURE (Department Elective) Methods and Objectives: This course aims to explore the concept, content and architecture of museums. This is aimed to be achieved, on the one hand, through the discussions on several themes such as history and function of museums; the role they have been playing as cultural institutions; as well as contemporary approaches to museum architecture. To realize this, a series of lectures will be held and readings will be discussed in the classes. Requirements: Course works include weekly readings. All required readings will be handed out and must be finished before class meetings. There will be an assignment on planning/designing a fictitious exhibition. Students are expected to select the concept, content and place of their exhibition. Students are also expected to prepare a presentation and a written report about a museum in Turkey. Grading: 10 % Participation: Participation in the weekly class discussions on readings & presentations 15 % Midterm Exam I: Assignment (draft submission) 15 % Midterm Exam II: PowerPoint Presentation of the research (draft submission) 60 % Final Exam: 30 % Assignment (final submission) & 30 % Report on the research (final submission) Attendance Requirements: 70% Selected Readings: Svetlana Alpers, “The Museum as a Way of Seeing,” in Exhibiting Cultures, 27-32. Edward P. Alexander and Mary Alexander. Museums in Motion: An Introduction to the History and Functions of Museums, 2nd ed. (Lanham, MD: AltaMira Press, 2008), 1-22, 85-112 Kwame Anthony Appiah, “Whose Culture Is It, Anyway?” in Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers (New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 2006), 115-35 Tony Bennett, The Birth of the Museum: History, Theory, Politics (London and New York: Routledge, 1995) 48-58, 75-79, 179-189 Steven Conn, Do Museums Still Need Objects? (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2010) 1-57 James Cuno, Who Owns Antiquity? Museums and the Battle over Our Ancient Heritage (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2008), ix – xxxvii, 1-20, 146-162 Michaela Giebelhausen, “Museum Architecture, A Brief History,” in Sharon MacDonald, ed., A Companion to Museum Studies (Oxford: Blackwell, 2006), 223-244 Kathleen McLean, Planning for People in Museum Exhibitions (Washington, DC: Association of Science-Technology Centers, 1993), 1-67, 103-14 General Bibliography: Edward P. Alexander and Mary Alexander. Museums in Motion: An Introduction to the History and Functions of Museums, 2nd ed. (Lanham, MD: AltaMira Press, 2008) Steven Conn, Do Museums Still Need Objects? (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 201 Weekly Schedule: Date WEEK 1 13.02.2015 Topic Course outline/ methods and objectives/ requirements Introduction WEEK 2 20.02.2015 WEEK 3 27.02.2015 WEEK 4 06.03.2015 The History of Museums WEEK 5 13.03.2015 WEEK 6 20.03.2015 WEEK 7 27.03.2015 Museum & Its Content: Arts, Artifacts & Knowledge Ethics & Politics Museum & Its Visitors: Experiencing Museums Museum as a Cultural Institution The art of display: How to plan/design an exhibition? Midterm I: Draft submission of the assignment WEEK 8 03.04.2015 WEEK 9 10.04.2015 WEEK 10 17.04.2015 The art of display: How to plan/design an exhibition? WEEK 11 24.04.2015 Contemporary approaches to museum architecture WEEK 12 01.05.2015 WEEK 13 08.05.2015 WEEK 14 15.05.2015 HOLIDAY will be announced The History of Museums Types of Museums Contemporary approaches to museum architecture Contemporary approaches to museum architecture Museums in Turkey Midterm II: PowerPoint presentation of students’ research Museums in Turkey Final Exam: Final Submission of the Assignment & the Research Report Useful Websites http://icom.museum http://museums.eu/ http://www.tvyo.com/kanal/muze-ziyaretcisi http://themuseumofthefuture.com/2011/02/01/what-is-good-museum-architecture/ http://www.archmuseum.org/Museums/ http://www.designyourway.net/blog/inspiration/20-museums-that-are-fine-architecturalexamples/ http://www.britishmuseum.org/about_us/the_museums_story/architecture.aspx