Unit name | Practice-Based Dissertation (History) |
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Unit code | HIST30129 |
Credit points | 40 |
Level of study | H/6 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24) |
Unit director | Dr. Jessica Moody |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
none |
Co-requisites |
none |
School/department | Department of History (Historical Studies) |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
Description
The Practice-Based dissertation in History offers students the opportunity to communicate historical ideas and research through the design of a practical output intended for a non-academic audience (i.e. a public history project). Students will write a supporting reflective report (5000 words) setting out the project’s aims and objectives (how they responded to their project brief), the research process, and critical reflection on the design and production of their public-facing output in dialogue with relevant literature. The exact form an output takes will be developed in agreement with supervisors, but could be for example a walking tour, exhibition, podcast, teaching resource or play/performance.
Students will be supported through a combination of group-based workshops, group and one-to-one supervisions and talks/lectures.
Aims
This unit aims to enable students to identify historical topics of interest both to them and broader audiences and follow that interest through research and public-facing communication of academic content. Students will develop and demonstrate skills in research and knowledge, practical public-facing communication, and critical reflective practice.
By the end of the unit, successful students will be able to:
This unit will be taught with a mixture of individual and small-group supervision, supported with lectures.
For this Practice-Based dissertation unit, students will receive an integrated mark for the two components: written report (5000 words) [ILOs 1-5] and practical output [ILOs 6-7] (100%).
Sayer, Faye. Public History: A Practical Guide. London: Bloomsbury, 2015
Cauvin, Thomas. Public History: A Textbook of Practice. London: Routledge, 2016
Kean, Hilda. The Public History Reader. New York: Routledge, 2013
Smith, Laurajane. Uses of Heritage. London: Routledge, 2006