Body, Space and Motion (MMR344) Course Detail

Course Name	Course Code	Season	Lecture Hours	Application Hours	Lab Hours	Credit	ECTS
Body, Space and Motion	MMR344		1	2	0	2	3

Pre-requisite Course(s)
N/A

Course Language	Turkish
Course Type	N/A
Course Level	Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery	Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies	Discussion, Experiment, Team/Group.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)	Instructor Elif Zilan
Course Assistants
Course Objectives	Improving the abilty of questioning the relationship between space and human body Motion research of the body and space, Improving the abilty of transforming these experiences to unique and sensitive design Improving the abilty of creating a conscious life based on the awareness of body and space
Course Learning Outcomes	The students who succeeded in this course; Achieves environmental, spatial, bodily awareness and sensitivity Expresses the self freely through movement and transforms this ability into design input. Challenges the pre-conditioned way of thinking, creates unique designs. Improves the skills to cooperate through the increase of self-confidence within a group Reflects confidence in presentation techniques and aligns body posture. Improves the skills required for project generation and presentation
Course Content	Exploration of the relation between body and space with motion, exploration of the space perception through body and mind; the expression of the individual through bodily movements, finding him/herself a creative, unique setting where he/she can discover the perceptive aspects of the space; practices for individual, partner and group study.

Week	Subjects	Preparation
1	General information, Introduction, warming movements, center/focus, breath and movement exercises
2	Body, space, motion video presentation and theoretical information
3	“Go beyond your mind!” Body awareness, working on the free expression of the self
4	Practical teaching of Laban Technique The cube of Trisha Brown and study of Valerie Preston Dunlop’s elements
5	Interpretations of the space (Personal space, general space), practical research on the interconnection/relation between body and space
6	Interpretations of the space (The smell sensation of the space, The taste sensation of the space, The voice of the space and feeling the space) practical research on multi-sensory design
7	Body, space and motion studies on the sense of inner and outer space
8	Exploring the design principles and elements through body
9	Abstraction of the space analyses through body
10	Transforming the mobilty of the space into the poetry hidden in the movement (painting, story etc.) (Transformation between different branches of art)
11	The marks of the movement
12	The marks of the movement
13	The Project; “Discover the dance of your space”
14	The Project; “Discover the dance of your space”

Course Book	1. Özevin Banu, Bilen Sermin. Yaratıcı Dans,Ankara, Müzik Eğitim Yayınları, 2011
	2. Bektaş Cengiz, İçlerin Dışı, Bileşim Yayınevi, 2003
	3. Uysal Şafak. Bilkent Üniversitesi Yüksek Lisans Tezi, Bodies and Spaces in Contact: A study on the dancing body as means of understanding body-space relationship in an architectural context, 2001
	4. Pallasmaa. The Eyes of the Skin: Architecture and the Senses. Academy, 1995
	5. Maletic, Vera. Body - Space - Expression: The Development of Rudolf Laban's Movementand Dance Concepts. Berlin, New York, Amsterdam, Mouton deGruyter,1987.

Requirements	Number	Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation	1	30
Laboratory	-	-
Application	-	-
Field Work	-	-
Special Course Internship	-	-
Quizzes/Studio Critics	-	-
Homework Assignments	3	20
Presentation	-	-
Project	1	50
Report	-	-
Seminar	-	-
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury	-	-
Final Exam/Final Jury	-	-
Toplam	5	100

Core Courses
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses	X
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

#	Program Qualifications / Competencies	Level of Contribution
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25

Activities	Number	Duration (Hours)	Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours)	14	3	42
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class	4	1	4
Presentation/Seminar Prepration
Project	1	20	20
Report
Homework Assignments	3	2	6
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury
Total Workload			72

ECTS - Body, Space and Motion