Unit name | Heritage Management |
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Unit code | ARCHM1012 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | M/7 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
Unit director | Professor. Mark Horton |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | Department of Anthropology and Archaeology |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This unit provides an outline as to how the heritage assets are managed in the UK and internationally, looking at systems of protection and designation, their conservation management, and interpretation, both within a landscape and museum context. The special role that World Heritage Sites have will be examined.
The unit is designed to provide an understanding of the management and conservation of heritage asset in the UK and internationally. Students will be expected to be able:
Lectures, seminars, site visits (including local authorities etc.) and fieldwork
The unit will be assessed by a Conservation Management Plan, using the nationally agree guidelines. The plan will centre around a heritage asset, that is chosen by the student, and wll be related to the chosen pathway or programme. A target length of 4,500 words, as well as illustrations.
Clark, K. 2001 Informed Conservation. English Heritage. Hunter, J & Ralston I. 1993. Archaeological Resource Management in the UK. Sutton / IFA McInnis, L & Wickham-jones, C.R. 1992 All Natural Things. Archaeology and the Green Debate. Oxbow Books Worthing, D and Bond S, (2008) Managing Built Heritage (Blackwell Publishing) Saunders, N.J. and P. Cornish (eds). (2009) Contested Objects: Material Memories of the Great War. Abingdon: Routledge. National Historic Ships (2011) Conserving Historic Vessels: Understanding Historic Vessels Vol.3 http://www.hlf.org.uk/HowToApply/furtherresources/Pages/ConservationManagementPlanning.aspx http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/planningandbuilding/pps5