Area: | Faculty of Media, Society and Culture |
Credits: | 50.0 |
Contact Hours: | 2.0 |
Seminar: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
Anti Requisite(s): | 303602 (v.3) Heritage Studies (Built Environment) 411 or any previous version
303606 (v.3) Heritage Studies (Museology) 415 or any previous version
303609 (v.3) Heritage Studies (Local History) 412 or any previous version
303614 (v.4) Heritage Studies (Protecting Heritage Places) 413 or any previous version
303616 (v.3) Heritage Studies (Visual Images) 414 or any previous version
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Syllabus: | Theoretical approaches and contemporary issues affecting the study of cultural heritage. Museological institutions and the culture of display. Discussions on selected readings. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit students will have- Explored recent approaches to the study of museology. Developed the capacity to think and argue in abstract terms. Situated the study of museums within an interdisciplinary framework. |
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: | Sherman D, and Rogoff, J (eds,) (1994). Museum Culture - Histories, Discourses, Spectacles, Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press. Bennet, Tony (1998). Culture- A reformers' Science,, London, Routledge. Macdonald, Hsaron and Fyfe, Gordon (eds),(1996) Theorizing Museums, , Oxford, Blackwel. |
Unit Texts: | Clifford, James (1997). " Routes - Travel and Translation in the Late Twentieth Century", New Haven, Harvard University Press. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Continuous Assessment 100%. This is a 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 1 | 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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