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Module Title
LM Research Skills, Sources and Methods in Heritage Studies DL
School
History and Cultures
Department
History
Module Code
09 23530
Module Lead
Francesco Ripanti
Level
Masters Level
Credits
20
Semester
Semester 1
Pre-requisites
Co-requisites
Restrictions
Open to postgraduate students enrolled on programmes or as CPD module.
Exclusions
Description
This module provides students with the core research skills to to consider different aspects of heritage by understanding and applying a range of techniques of data collection in practical settings. These include:
Investigating the environment (using archaeological sources and paper and digital cartographic resources;
Observing the landscape and the built environment);
Investigating archives (researching paper and digital manuscript and printed and visual sources);
Exploring objects and artefacts (using materials in museums and museum websites and private and public cultural settings); and
Researching intangible materials (exploring oral history and traditions and public and private memories).
The module also considers `heritage¿ as a contemporary lived phenomenon, one that is global in extent and yet local in its experience, essentially a `public¿ resource that is inevitably contested and both uniting and divisive in its effects. Accordingly, students will be introduced to the techniques whereby these aspects of `heritage¿ are studied, including approaches to its management and recording, the communities that make associations with particular heritages, and the attributes of heritage sites and landscapes. Students will be encouraged in this module to think critically of heritage not as a `given¿ in any cultural context, but as something that is constantly being created and lived.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the module students should be able to:
Analyse the value of different sources, methods and techniques for different purposes when exploring heritage and identity
Capture, analyse and interpret data sources in relevant heritage and identity settings
Embed these sources and techniques within the broader framework provided by other core modules
Provide the empirical foundation for enabling the application of enquiry based learning in later modules, including the dissertation
Work with a significant degree of learner independence to explain, analyse and evaluate the material under scrutiny
Work as an effective team-member of an on-line seminar group engaged in a common area of investigation
Summarise, analyse and evaluate the subject material clearly and effectively, orally and in writing
Synthesise and evaluate themes across a wide range of diverse material.
Assessment
23530-01 : 3000 word assignment : Coursework (100%)
