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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of History, Classics and Archaeology : Postgraduate (History, Classics and Archaeology)

Postgraduate Course: The Built Heritage and the Landscape of Conservation (PGHC11319)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of History, Classics and Archaeology CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThe 'conservation movement' is concerned with the entire built 'legacy' or 'heritage' 'bequeathed' to us by past ages. 'Conservation' is itself of rather recent origins, having come together essentially at the end of the 18th and early 19th C as a reaction to rapid changes associated with political, social and physical upheaval and the effects of these on the landscape of the built environment. The elements of conservation are present in earlier periods, going back to classical antiquity. This course covers six main phases of conservation:
1. Antiquity, Christendom, Renaissance
2. Revolution and Restoration
3. Old Town and Nation, 1890-1914
4. Conservation and Mass Destruction, 1914-1945
5. Rise and Fall of 'Modern Reconstruction', 1945-89
6. The Two Faces of Globalisation, post-1989

The course is delivered through a series of 4 lectures, richly illustrated, and engages students through sets of questions for each of the 6 main phases (see above):
* How far did Roman and Greek attitudes of glorification of fame or empire prefigure the 'monuments' of today?
* Were the French Revolution and the British Industrial Revolution a destructive of creative force for the heritage?
* How closely related was architectural conservation to imperialist nationalism?
* How did the new love of the 'Old Town' differ in the various parts of Europe?
* How different was conservation in Britain and the USA from Continental Europe during this time, and the late-19th C?
* How closely related was the Scottish 'old burgh' preservation movement to contemporary developments in Europe?
* What were the main resemblances and differences between heritage in the east and west blocs?
* How did the State become involved in conservation in Britain and Europe in the postwar years?
* What future can there be, under global capitalism, for a conservation movement traditionally bound up with ideas of 'local identity'?
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
The course provides a conceptual framework and numerous illustrations of the conservation process. It incorporates the approaches of well-known designers and architects, and keeps in focus a central problematic: since buildings are endlessly re-made after their construction how much intervention is legitimate as our values and priorities shift.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserProf Richard Rodger
Tel:
Email: Richard.Rodger@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Lindsay Scott
Tel: (0131 6)50 9948
Email: Lindsay.Scott@ed.ac.uk
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