Unit name | Cultural Heritage of the Built Environment |
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Unit code | ARCH30051 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | H/6 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
Unit director | Dr. Prior |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
none |
Co-requisites |
none |
School/department | Department of Anthropology and Archaeology |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This seminar-based unit explores cultural heritage of the built environment, the importance and meaning of this environment, and how and why people interact with it and build upon and within it. It explores the heritage values attached to a place, be it a building, an archaeological site or a larger historic area such as a whole village or historic landscape from the locally-distinctive to internationally significant.
Employing anthropological and archaeological perspectives, concepts covered will include analysing the significance of heritage assets (‘evidential value’, ‘historic value’, ‘aesthetic value’ and ‘communal value’); the designation of Heritage Assets; World Heritage Sites; Heritage at Risk; Heritage Action Zones; Cultural Heritage Sites; conflict and military buildings and landscapes; religious buildings and landscapes; landscapes of memory and identity; industrial buildings and landscapes; rural settlements and townscapes; urban landscapes and cityscapes; designed landscapes; landscapes of pleasure and leisure; contested and New Age landscapes; funerary landscapes and cemeteries.
This unit will cover a wide range of time periods, from prehistory to the present day, and case studies will include everything from prehistoric settlements to medieval castles, to modern shopping centres to funerary architecture. It will also introduce legislation and guidance, conservation and management plans, characterisation of the historic and cultural environment and conservation principles.
Aims
On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
Bender, Barbara (1993) Landscape: Politics and Perspectives. Oxford: Berg
Bond, S. & Worthing, D. (2016) Managing Built Heritage: the role of cultural values and significance. Second edition. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell.
David. B & Thomas, J. (2012) Handbook of Landscape Archaeology. Abingdon: Routledge.
Hirsch, E. & O'Hanlon, M. (1995) Anthropology of Landscape: Perspectives on Place and Space. Oxford: Oxford University Press
Lowenthal, D. (2015) The Past is a Foreign Country Revisited. Cambridge University Press.
Macdonald, S. (2013) Memorylands: Heritage and Identity in Europe Today. Abingdon: Routledge.
Pendlebury, J. & Gibson L. (2015) Valuing Historic Environments. 1st Edition. Abingdon: Routledge.