303614 (v.4) Heritage Studies (Protecting Heritage Places) 413

Area:

Faculty of Media, Society and Culture

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

3.0

Seminar:

3 x 1 Hours Weekly

Anti Requisite(s):

11229 (v.6) Heritage Studies (Protecting Heritage Places) 513 or any previous version

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.

Unit Outcomes:

On completion of this unit students will effectively use the Australian Heritage Commission's kit, Protecting Heritage Places. Understood the multiple processes involved in preparing documentation which can change the status of place and give it heritage process. Understood the Statement of Significance, a core type of heritage writing. To understand the writing of plan for a heritage place.

Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information.

Unit References:

Australian Heritage Commission, 1990, A Sense of Place: A Conversation in Three Cultures, Canberra. Australian Heritage Commission, 1994, Assessing Diversity in Natural Heritage, Canberra. Australian Heritage Commission, 2002, Ask First: A Guide to Respecting Indigenous Heritage Places and Values, Canberra.

Unit Texts:

Australian Heritgae Commision CD Rom.

Unit Assessment Breakdown:

Participation 10%, Essay 40%, Team Work Examination, 800 words 10%, Team Work Statement, 500 words 15%, Team Work Plan 25%.

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Area External	Central External
2004	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y		Y