Unit name | Engaging with collections |
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Unit code | ARCH20071 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | I/5 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
Unit director | Professor. Hodos Lucas |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | Department of Anthropology and Archaeology |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This unit introduces students to a variety of methods beyond the classroom to engage with past and contemporary societies. It presents culture-specific knowledge about selected societies. It allows students the opportunity to work with material culture to explore various means of stimulating public interest in other societies. It enables students to gain experience of transferable skills that support curatorial and heritage work, public engagement, cultural diplomacy, advertising, marketing and teaching.
On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
Lectures/class activities: 10 hours Formative presentation: 3 hours
Small group project preparation: 12 hours
Field trip (in person or self-guided): 8 hours
Formative: Powerpoint presentation. Summative: One essay (2500 words): 50%. Assesses ILOs 1-5. One project portfolio (2500 words): 50%. Assesses ILOs 1-8.
Oxford Handbooks Online (database)
The International Handbooks of Museum Studies (Wiley)
readings about selected past societies will vary from year to year.