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| PEM7141 | Semiology and Landscape Architecture | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | Third Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Arzu KALIN | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The course aims to provide the students with a general knowledge on semantics (semiology) and the general conception of the world as a sign system, on different layers of semiosis (meaning production period) , to enable them to understand how people communicate each other using sign theory, how meaning convey in this period and how a person can decode this encoded meaning systems, to help them use their knowledge to understand the environmental meaning produced as a cultural formation, the role of landscape meanings in environmental evaluation, to teach them how to search for environmental evaluation, man-environment interaction and using decision making process in environmental design. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | summarize the semantic (semiology) theory, and sign systems and be able to explain how people communicate with their environment by using sign systems in order to convey meanings. | 1 - 2 - 7 - 10 | 2,5 | | PO - 2 : | describe how can a landscape designer use semiology (semiotics) to encode and decode environmental meanings. | 1 - 2 - 7 - 10 | 3,5 | | PO - 3 : | choose a specific research topic and apply encoding and decoding processes of meaning. | 1 - 2 - 7 - 10 | 2,5 | | PO - 4 : | evaluate the results of socially constructed environments and the their produced meanings. | 1 - 2 - 7 - 10 | 5 | | PO - 5 : | summarize meaning systems, perceptions and experiences of different environments and be able to explain human and his environment as a communicating systems. | 1 - 2 - 7 - 10 | 5 | | 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), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Built environment as a semiotic system;
Definition of semiology (semiotics);
Sign Theories: Sign Theory with three elements,
Sign theory with two elements;
Signs as comunicating elements with their environment;
Three levels of a sign; Syntax, function and meaning;
Semiology process and communication;
Signification according to the sign theories;
Communicating space;
Space component as a signifier;
Iconography of landscape: signification of landscape elements in semiological concept. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Built environment as a semiotic system, | | | Week 2 | Introduction to the semiology (semiotics) and basic concepts, | | | Week 3 | Sign Theories: Charles Sanders Pierce, Charles William Morris and Sign theory with three elements,
Selection of reading topics, | | | Week 4 | Sign theory of three elements: Syntax, function and meaning,
Discussion about selected reading topics, | | | Week 5 | Sign Theories: Ferdinand de Saussure, Roland Barthes and Sign theory with two elements,
Selection of reading topics, | | | Week 6 | Sign theory with two elements: Signifier and signified,
Meaning levels of sign theory with two elements: Denotation and cannotation,
Discussion about selected reading topics, | | | Week 7 | Signification process in semiology: Semiosis,
Selection of research topic, | | | Week 8 | Space component as a signifier, | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Landscape Iconography: Symbolism of landscapes | | | Week 11 | Data collection abaout application study,
Selection of semilogical applications in different fields, | | | Week 12 | Data collection abaout application study,
Selection of semilogical applications in different fields, | | | Week 13 | Data evaluation and constructing an application project, | | | Week 14 | Data evaluation and constructing an application project, | | | Week 15 | Presentation of application project, | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Kalın, A. 1997, Bitkilerin Anlamsal Boyutu: Farklı Fonksiyonlardaki Bina ve Mekanlarla Anılabilen Bitkiler Üzerine Bir Araştırma KTÜ Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, Trabzon | | | 2 | Barthes, R. 2005, Göstergebilimsel Serüven, çev. Mehmet Rifat-Sema Rifat, Dördüncü Baskı, Yapı Kredi Yayınları, İstanbul | | | 3 | Fiske, J. 1996, İletişim Çalışmalarına Giriş, çev. S. İrvanlı, Bilim Sanat Yayınları/Ark, Ankara | | | 4 | Erkman, F. 1987, Göstergebilime Giriş, Birinci Basım, Alan Yayıncılık, İstanbul | | | 5 | Guiraud, P. 1994, Göstergebilim, çev. Prof. Dr. M. Yalçın, İkinci Baskı, İmge Kitabevi, Ankara | | | |
| 1 | Hurmitz-Leeds, W. 1987, Semiotics and Communication: Signs, Codes and Cultures, Lawerence Erlbaum Associates, Hillisdale New Jersey | | | 2 | Cosgrove, D. and Daniels, S. 1989, The Iconography of Landscape: Essays on the Symbolic Representation, Design and Use of Past Environments, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge | | | 3 | Mitchell, W. J. T. 1980, The Language of Images, The University of Chicago Press, London | | | 4 | Harbison, R. 1991, The Built, The Unbuilt and The Unbuildable in Pursuit of Architectural Meaning, Thomes and Hudson, Singapore | | | 5 | Foster, M. L. and Brandes, S. H. 1980, Symbol As Sense New Approaches To the Analysis of Meaning (Language, thought and culture), Academic Press, New York | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | | 2 | 50 | | Practice | 13
14 | | 2 | 20 | | Presentation | 16 | | 2 | 30 | | |
| 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 | 3 | 15 | 45 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 4 | 14 | 56 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 5 | 7 | 35 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 3 | 9 | 27 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 3 | 1 | 3 | | Diğer 1 | 5 | 9 | 45 | | Total work load | | | 213 |
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