GEAR 201 | Course Introduction and Application Information - Department of Economics

Course Name

History of Textiles and Costume

Code	Semester	Theory (hour/week)	Application/Lab (hour/week)	Local Credits	ECTS
GEAR 201	Fall/Spring	3	0	3	6

Prerequisites	None
Course Language	English
Course Type	Service Course
Course Level	First Cycle
Mode of Delivery	-
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course	Q&A Critical feedback Field trip / Observation Lecture / Presentation
National Occupation Classification	-
Course Coordinator	Öğr.Gör.Dr. CEREN AKTAŞ
Course Lecturer(s)	Öğr. Gör. Dr. Ceren AKTAŞ
Assistant(s)	-

Course Objectives	The objective of this course is to give foundational knowledge about the historical development of textiles and clothing.
Learning Outcomes	The students who succeeded in this course; Analyze the origins and development of early textile materials and techniques. Compare clothing types and fabrics in various ancient civilizations in Mesopotamia and Anatolia. Classify changing costumes, fabrics, and silhouettes across different periods, regions, and cultures. Describe the evolution of clothing from the Paleolithic period through the early 20th century. Interpret historical artifacts that depict clothing on figures.
Course Description	This course provides an overview of the historical development of clothing and textiles, as well as the social and cultural factors that have influenced this development.
Related Sustainable Development Goals

Course Category	Core Courses
	Major Area Courses
	Supportive Courses
	Media and Management Skills Courses
	Transferable Skill Courses

Week	Subjects	Related Preparation
1	Introduction to course Brief information about fashion, clothing, and culture
2	Pre-Weaving Production Techniques Early Weaving and Textile Artifacts	James Laver Costume and Fashion: A Concise History, 2004, (pp. 7-14). Jennifer Harris 5000 Years of Textiles, 2004, (pp.1-50).
3	Classification of Ancient Clothing Styles First woven fabrics and oldest known garments	Neriman Görgünay Geleneksel Türk Giyim Tarihi, 2008. Francois Boucher A History of Costume in the West, 2004, (pp. 20-26).
4	Clothing in Mesopotamia, Anatolia, and Egypt: Sumerians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Hittites, Ancient Egyptians	Auguste Racinet The Costume History, 2009, (pp. 22-33). Francois Boucher A History of Costume in the West, 2004, (pp. 33-52). Jennifer Harris 5000 Years of Textiles, 2004, (pp.54- 58). The New York Public Library The History of the Feminine Costume of the World. Digital Collections
5	Minoan, Ionian, Etruscan and Roman Clothing	James Laver Costume and Fashion: A Concise History, 2004, (pp.18-35). Jennifer Harris 5000 Years of Textiles, 2004, (pp.59- 65).
6	Clothing in Turks: Scythians, Huns, Gokturks, Uyghurs, and Seljuks	James Laver Costume and Fashion: A Concise History, 2004, (pp. 15). Francois Boucher A History of Costume in the West, 2004, (pp. 67-72). Jennifer Harris 5000 Years of Textiles, 2004, (pp.80-85, pp. 91-95). Jennifer Scarce Women’s Costume of the Near and Middle East, 2003. Neriman Görgünay History of Traditional Turkish Clothing, 2008. Nilay Ertürk Türklerde Giyim Kuşam, 2018.
7	Early European Clothing Byzantine and Medieval Periods	James Laver Costume and Fashion: A Concise History, 2004, (pp. 44-50), (pp.50-73). Jennifer Harris 5000 Years of Textiles, 2004, (pp.75- 79). Madeleine Ginsburg The Illustrated History of Textiles, 1991.
8	MIDTERM WEEK
9	Renaissance 15th - 17th centuries	James Laver Costume and Fashion: A Concise History, 2004, (pp. 76-126). Francois Boucher A History of Costume in the West, 2004, (pp. 219-250). Madeleine Ginsburg The Illustrated History of Textiles, 1991, (pp.12-54).
10	Ottoman Textiles and Clothing	Elvan Özkavruk Adanır and Berna İleri, Orientalism Revisited: Orientalism as Fashion, In Handbook of Research on Contemporary Approaches to Orientalism in Media and Beyond (I-II), 2021, (pp.214-230). Halil İnalcık Studies in the History of Textiles in Turkey, 2011. Hülya Tezcan Atlaslar Atlası, 1993. Lale Görünür Women’s Costume of the Late Ottoman Era from the Sadberk Hanım Museum Collection, 2010.
11	Baroque and Rococo Periods Josephine’s Influence on the Empire Fashion (17th – 19th centuries)	James Laver Costume and Fashion: A Concise History, 2004, (pp. 127-176), (pp. 213- 251). Francois Boucher A History of Costume in the West, 2004, (pp. 251-331). Madeleine Ginsburg The Illustrated History of Textiles, 1991, (pp. 54-71), (pp. 64-70).
12	Romanticism Victorian and Edwardian Fashion Nineteenth and Early Twentieth-Century Women's Fashion and Women's Rights Movement in the United States, France, and England	James Laver Costume and Fashion: A Concise History, 2004, (pp. 177-211). Madeleine Ginsburg The Illustrated History of Textiles, 1991, (pp. 72-89). Diana Crane Fashion and Its Social Agendas Class, Gender, and Identity in Clothing, 2000.
13	Presentations
14	Presentations
15	Semester Review
16	Semester Review

Course Notes/Textbooks

James Laver

Costume and Fashion: A Concise History, 2004, Thames & Hudson.

Suggested Readings/Materials

Francois Boucher

A History of Costume in the West, 2004, Thames& Hudson.

Madeleine Ginsburg

The Illustrated History of Textiles, 1991, Portland House.

Jennifer Harris

5000 Years of Textiles, 2004, British Museum Press.

Auguste Racinet

The Costume History, 2009, Taschen.

Halil İnalcık

Studies in the History of Textiles in Turkey, 2011, İş Bankası.

The New York Public Library

The History of the Feminine Costume of the World.

Digital Collections

Jennifer Scarce

Women’s Costume of the Near and Middle East, 2003, Routledge.

Diana Crane

Fashion and Its Social Agendas

Class, Gender, and Identity in Clothing, 2000, The University of Chicago Press.

Elvan Özkavruk Adanır and Berna İleri,

Orientalism Revisited: Orientalism as Fashion, In Handbook of Research on Contemporary Approaches to Orientalism in Media and Beyond (I-II), 2021, (pp.214-230).

Lale Görünür

Women’s Costume of the Late Ottoman Era from the Sadberk Hanım Museum Collection, 2010.

Neriman Görgünay

Geleneksel Türk Giyim Tarihi, 2008, Sergi Publishing.

Nilay Ertürk

Türklerde Giyim Kuşam, 2018, Hayalperest.

Hülya Tezcan

Atlaslar Atlası, 1993.

Valerie Steele

Fifty Years of Fashion New Look to Now, 2000, Yale University Press.

Semester Activities	Number	Weigthing
Participation
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques	2	20
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments	1	40
Presentation / Jury	1	40
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exams
Midterm
Final Exam
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade	4	100
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
Total

Semester Activities	Number	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Theoretical Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours)	16	3	48
Laboratory / Application Hours	16		0
Study Hours Out of Class	14	2	28
Field Work			0
Quizzes / Studio Critiques	2	15	30
Portfolio			0
Homework / Assignments	1	34	34
Presentation / Jury	1	40	40
Project			0
Seminar / Workshop			0
Oral Exam			0
Midterms			0
Final Exam			0
		Total	180

#	Program Competencies/Outcomes	* Contribution Level
#	Program Competencies/Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5
1	To be able to acquire a sound knowledge of fundamental concepts, theories, principles and methods of investigation specific to the economic field.	-	-	-	-	-
2	To be able to apply adequate mathematical, econometric, statistical and data analysis models to process economic data and to implement scientific research for development of economic policies.	-	-	-	-	-
3	To be able to participate in academic, professional, regional, and global networks and to utilize these networks efficiently.	-	-	-	-	-
4	To be able to have adequate social responsibility with regards to the needs of the society and to organize the activities to influence social dynamics in line with social goals.	-	-	-	-	-
5	To be able to integrate the knowledge and training acquired during the university education with personal education and produce a synthesis of knowledge one requires.	-	-	-	-	-
6	To be able to evaluate his/her advance level educational needs and do necessary planning to fulfill those needs through the acquired capability to think analytically and critically.	-	-	-	-	-
7	To be able to acquire necessary skills to integrate social dynamics into economic process both as an input and an output.	-	-	-	-	-
8	To be able to link accumulated knowledge acquired during the university education with historical and cultural qualities of the society and be able to convey it to different strata of society.	-	-	-	-	-
9	To be able to take the responsibility as an individual and as a team member.	-	-	-	-	-
10	To be able to attain social, scientific and ethical values at the data collection, interpretation and dissemination stages of economic analysis.	-	-	-	-	-
11	To be able to collect data in economics and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1)	-	-	-	-	-
12	To be able to speak a second foreign language at a medium level of fluency efficiently.	-	-	-	-	-
13	To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout human history to their field of economics.	-	-	-	-	-