Duygular Tarihi ve Görsel Kültür

Content

Objective

The aim of this course is to examine how emotions are historically and culturally produced and represented. Within the scope of the course, different forms of visual material, such as painting, photography, film, advertisements, and digital visual culture, will be used to explore how emotions are expressed and interpreted within social and cultural contexts. Through theoretical approaches, the course analyzes how emotions shape social meanings and aesthetic expressions through the lens of visual culture. The objective is to understand the cultural configurations of emotions. In this way, the course aims to help students develop critical analytical skills related both to the history of emotions and to visual culture studies.

Course Content

This course examines how emotions are socially and culturally constructed throughout historical processes and how they are represented through visual culture. Within the course, the representation of emotions is analyzed through various visual materials, including works of art, photography, film, advertisements, and digital images. Framed by theoretical approaches from visual culture studies and the history of emotions, the course addresses the forms and meanings of emotional expression across different periods and social contexts from a comparative perspective.

Course Learning Outcomes

- To understand the fundamental concepts of the history of emotions and visual culture.
- To develop the ability to analyze the cultural and visual forms of emotional expression.
- To interpret the relationship between perception, emotion, and cultural practices.
- To examine the role of emotions in shaping social meanings and aesthetic forms.
- To work with interdisciplinary approaches that integrate history, culture, and visual perception.

Teaching and Learning Methods

- Lecture: Presentation of the theoretical framework and key concepts.
- Visual Material Analysis: Examination of emotional representations through materials such as paintings, photographs, film scenes, posters.
- In-Class Discussion: Students develop interpretations based on visuals and texts.
- Reading and Discussion: Evaluation of academic texts in the fields of the history of emotions and visual culture.
- Presentation: Students deliver short presentations on a selected visual or historical period.
- Comparative Analysis: Comparison of emotional representations across different periods and cultures.

References

Ahmed, Sara (2025). Duyguların Kültürel Politikası. Çev. Sultan Komut. Sel.
Massumi, Brian (2002). Parables for the virtual: Movement, affect, sensation. Duke University Press.
Reddy, William M. (2001). The navigation of feeling: A framework for the history of emotions. Cambridge University Press.
Rosenwein, Barbara H. (2002). Emotionary history: Theories of emotions and their role in history. Wiley-Blackwell.
Scherer, Klaus R. (2005). “What are emotions? And how can they be measured?” Social Science Information, 44(4), 695–729.
Williams, Raymond (2024). Kültür ve Toplum: 1780-1950. Çev. Uygur Kocabaşoğlu. İletişim.

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