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Week - 1 |
Examining globalization, culture, identity, place and design across theoretical traditions; questioning the assumptions and modes of knowledge production associated with these concepts in interior architecture. |
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Week - 2 |
Examining the spatial implications of modernization, industrialization and capitalist production; critically evaluating geographically diverse experiences of modernity and claims to universality. |
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Week - 3 |
Investigating how flows of people, capital, technology, media and ideas influence everyday life and interiors; discussing how locality is produced through social and material relationships. |
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Week - 4 |
Examining the historical and relational formation of identity; exploring representation, identification, difference and othering, and the role of design discourses and representations of interiors in identity production. |
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Week - 5 |
Mekânsal düzenlemelerin toplumsal ilişkileri üretme ve yeniden üretme biçimleri; iç mekânda erişim, görünürlük, denetim, kapsama ve dışlama pratiklerinin incelenmesi.
Investigating how spatial arrangements produce and reproduce social relations; examining practices of access, visibility, control, inclusion and exclusion within interiors. |
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Week - 6 |
Exploring relationships among everyday practices, objects and the use of space; examining belonging through processes of appropriation, personalization and transformation of interiors. |
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Week - 7 |
Examining home, memory and belonging in experiences of migration and displacement; investigating the movement and reinterpretation of objects, spatial habits and cultural references across borders. |
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Week - 8 |
Critically synthesizing scholarly debates; defining the research problem, research questions and unit of analysis; evaluating coherence between the theoretical framework and methodological choices. |
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Week - 9 |
Critically examining centre–periphery relations and Western-centric assumptions in design knowledge; discussing local knowledge, cultural representation and the writing of design history. |
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Week - 10 |
Examining the influence of global brands, tourism and the experience economy on interior design; investigating the representation and commodification of identity in commercial interiors and tensions between standardization and differentiation. |
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Week - 11 |
Investigating how digital platforms, algorithmic visibility and AI-generated representations shape spatial tastes; examining convergence, differentiation and issues of representation in the global circulation of interior imagery. |
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Week - 12 |
Comparing selected interiors through explicitly defined theoretical concepts and analytical criteria; establishing relationships among findings, interpretations and claims, and evaluating alternative explanations. |
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Week - 13 |
Presenting the semester research; discussing theoretical and methodological coherence, findings and the study’s claim to an original contribution; evaluating limitations and opportunities for further research. |
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Week - 14 |
Presenting the semester research; discussing theoretical and methodological coherence, findings and the study’s claim to an original contribution; evaluating limitations and opportunities for further research. |