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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures : Scottish Ethnology

Postgraduate Course: Understanding Heritage (Online) (SCET11029)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Literatures, Languages and Cultures CollegeCollege of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)
Course typeOnline Distance Learning AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryThis course encourages students to critically examine competing conceptualisations of heritage, in Scotland and internationally.
Course description 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.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
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
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)
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills * Critical engagement with heritage websites
* Oral and written communication
* Interpretation of visual sources
KeywordsUH
Contacts
Course organiserProf Gary West
Tel: (0131 6)50 4151
Email: Gary.West@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMr Alan Binnie
Tel: (0131 6)51 1822
Email: Alan.Binnie@ed.ac.uk
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