Academic Catalog

ARCH510 ARCHITECTURE AND DISCOURSE

Course Code: 1200510
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 8.0
Department: Architecture
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Graduate
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Offered Semester: Spring Semesters.

Course Content

A critical inquiry of the discipline of architecture as a discursive field; analysis of the relationship between architecture and discourse (referring to the discourse theory of Michel Foucault); power of statements - ; examination of formations, mechanisms, effects and status of various discursive domains in architecture; linguistic / technological / cultural / environmental / philosophical / political discourse(s)