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MHST6915: Heritage Studies and Communities

2024 unit information

How do different community groups create a sense of belonging and attachment to the historical and archaeological sites, memorials, protected areas, and landscapes they live in and around How do communities create meaning and maintain identities through heritage places What research methods and approaches are used in heritage studies to investigate these connections In this unit of study students will be introduced to the research methods used to identify, document and assess social significance, intangible heritage, attachment and belonging.

Unit details and rules

Managing faculty or University school:

Archaeology

Code MHST6915
Academic unit Archaeology
Credit points 6
Prerequisites:
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None
Corequisites:
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None
Prohibitions:
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None
Assumed knowledge:
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None

At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:

  • LO1. familiarize with the literature and current debates surrounding the role of community groups in heritage conservation and management
  • LO2. understand the concepts of belonging and attachment as used in heritage studies
  • LO3. appreciate and understand the contested and cross-cultural nature of heritage places
  • LO4. familiarize with and evaluate the methodologies used in heritage studies to identify community connections and meaning making
  • LO5. understand how identity, memory and intangible heritage are recognised and analysed in heritage studies.

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Session MoA ?  Location Outline ? 
Semester 2 2024
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Outline unavailable
Session MoA ?  Location Outline ? 
Semester 1 2020
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 1 2021
Normal day Remote
Semester 1 2022
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 1 2022
Normal day Remote

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