Tuesday, 20 August 2013

Day 6 Getting Prepared for the Fieldwork: Methodological Issues

1. Movie-screening: The Dream of the Butterfly

Day 6 started with the movie 'Kelebeğin Rüyası (The Dream of the Butterfly)' screening. The movie brought us back to the 1940s-the modernism period of early Republican days and told us the story of miners in the city of Zonguldak.

We continued with a discussion of the movie and spatial issues in Zonguldak.

2. Methodological Issues: Reading the City

The afternoon session started with group discussions based on Assignment 4, which aimed at linking theoretical discussions, concepts and empirical evidence with the spatial dimension of urban development in Zonguldak.

Assignment 4: Reading the City
Based on the initial analysis of your research group and the theoretical discussions we made so far, write down the first five issues which occur to you about your research area when the name of Zonguldak is mentioned. What are the spatial implications of the issue that you raise? What would you expect to observe in Zonguldak related with the issue that you mention?

3. Methodological issues: Landuse and questionnaire surveys

This seminar was followed by two lectures. The first lecture was given by Semahat Özdemir and was about making landuse surveys in the field. The second seminar was given by Güldem Özatağan. Her lecture started with the merits of fieldwork and later talked about designing and doing questionnaire surveys.

4. After-work meeting

So we were ready to leave for getting packed for a long and definitely exciting trip to Zonguldak tomorrow!

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