AY2101 - Cultural Heritage Management

[Offered in odd-numbered years]

Credit points:	03
Year:	2005
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:

This subject introduces the key principles, methods and issues in cultural heritage management. It will explore the nature of heritage, current international and national heritage conventions, the mechanisms by which we determine different forms of significance and some of the ethical issues associated. It will also examine the notion of consultation and the impact of heritage studies, the development of conservation and management plans, site interpretation and education, as well as the roles of Federal, State and local government and other agencies. The subject will focus on the application of heritage principles to Australian Aboriginal, historic and maritime sites. It will also examine case studies of heritage practice at national and international levels.

Learning Outcomes

• acquire a knowledge of the workings of conservation and management plans and the interpretation of heritage places;
• develop an understanding of the importance of heritage in modern Australia, and in the creation of national and ethnic identity elsewhere in the World;
• develop an understanding of the nature of heritage and the mechanisms by which heritage places are identified and defined;
• evaluate the key ethical issues associated with heritage practice in Australia;
• learn the major criteria and legislative frameworks associated with heritage in Australia; as well as major international codes and conventions.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments;
• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to lead, manage and contribute effectively to teams;
• A coherent and disciplined body of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics in at least one discipline area.

Inadmissible Subject Combinations:

AY3101

Availabilities
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Census Date 31-Aug-2005
Coord/Lect:	Shelley Greer.
Contact hours:	26 hours 12 hours
Assessment:	(50%); (25%); (25%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.