Postgraduate Course: Understanding Heritage (Online) (SCET11029)
Course Outline
School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
Course type | Online Distance Learning |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
Home subject area | Scottish Ethnology |
Other subject area | None |
Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
Course description | This course encourages students to critically examine competing conceptualisations of heritage, in Scotland and internationally. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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Delivery period: 2014/15 Semester 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: No |
Quota: None |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
Course Start Date |
15/09/2014 |
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 11,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
87 )
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Additional Notes |
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Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course students should have
* a solid understanding of competing conceptualisations of heritage
* a sound empirical knowledge of the provision and consumption of heritage within Scotland
* an appreciation of the politics of heritage within a Scottish and international context
* close familiarity with the concept of world heritage and the developing UNESCO concept of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH)
* a base level knowledge of museums' theory and the concept of objects as evidence |
Assessment Information
One essay of 1500 words (50%)
One critical review of an online heritage website (50%) |
Special Arrangements
None |
Additional Information
Academic description |
Not entered |
Syllabus |
1. Concepts of heritage - selection, representation and conceptualizing the past
2. Who's heritage? - narratives of the everyday
3. Heritage as industry - commercialising culture
4. Material culture and understanding museology
5. UNESCO, world heritage, and ICH. |
Transferable skills |
* Critical engagement with heritage websites
* Oral and written communication
* Interpretation of visual sources |
Reading list |
Key online resources
www.tobarandualchais.co.uk
www.oraltradition.org
http://www.siefhome.org/
www.scran.ac.uk
http://www.afsnet.org/
http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/
Key electronic journals:
Bealoideas http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=bealoideas
Ethnomusicology http://www.jstor.org/page/journal/ethnomusicology/about.html
Folklore http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=folklore
Folk Music Journal http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=folkmusij
Journal of American Folklore http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/jaf/
Journal of Folklore Research http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=jfolkrese&
International Journal of Intangible Heritage http://www.ijih.org/mainMgr.ijih?cmd=mainPageView
Review of Scottish Culture (copyright held by University of Edinburgh, not yet available digitally, and selected articles to be scanned and made available)
Scottish Studies (not yet available digitally but copyright owned by University of Edinburgh, and selected articles to be scanned and made available) |
Study Abroad |
Not entered |
Study Pattern |
Each theme runs for two weeks, with one week of consolidation and reflection in Week 11. All materials are available via the Blackboard LEARN environment, and comprise
* Set of short video lectures
* Primary core reading lists
* Supplementary resource list
* Participation in themed seminar threads on discussion board
* Guidance and instructions for online primary research tasks
* Participation in synchronous virtual classrooms (using Collaborate)
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Keywords | UH |
Contacts
Course organiser | Dr Gary West
Tel: (0131 6)50 4151
Email: Gary.West@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Sarah Harvey
Tel: (0131 6)51 1822
Email: Sarah.Harvey@ed.ac.uk |
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