Area: | Faculty of Built Environment, Art and Design |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Contact Hours: | 3.0 |
Seminar: | 1 x 3 Hours Weekly |
Syllabus: | The cultural significance of natural environment. Identification and evaluation of natural and cultural environment using the Protecting Heritage Places Kit of the Australian Heritage Commission. Local politics and the natural and cultural environment. A case study in using Protecting Heritage Places to develop a strategy to protect a place of natural and cultural - including if relevant, indigenous significance. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit, students will have - Effectively used the Australian Heritage Commission's kit, Protecting Heritage Places. Understood the multiple processes involved in preparing documentation that can change the status of a placeand give it heritage protection. Understood the importance of wide consultation in the heritage process. Understood the Statement of Significance, a core type of heritage writing. Understood the writing of a plan for a heritage place. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
Unit References: | Australian Heritage Commission. (1990), A Sense of Place - A Conversation in Three Cultures. Canberra, Australian Heritage Commission. Australian Heritage Commission. (1994), Assessing Diversity in Natural Heritage. Canberra, Australian Heritage Commission. Australian Heritage Commission. (2002), Ask First - A Guide to Respecting Indigenous Heritage Places and Values. Canberra, Australian Heritage Commission. |
Unit Texts: | No prescribed texts. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Individual work- Participation 10%, Reflective essay 40%, Team Work- Description of place under examination 10%, Plan for the place 25%, Statement of significance 15%. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
Field of Education: | 90300 Studies in Human Society (Narrow Grouping) | HECS Band (if applicable): | 1 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Not Online | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | | Y |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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