AIM709 - Intangible Cultural Heritage

Unit details

Year:

2024 unit information

Enrolment modes:

Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Online, Community Based Delivery (CBD)*

Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 1: Melathi Saldin
Prerequisite:

Nil

Corequisite:Nil
Incompatible with: Nil
Typical study commitment:

Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment:

4 x 2.5-hour lectures/practical experience (field trips) and 4 x 2-hour online seminars during the trimester.

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment:

Online independent and collaborative learning activities including 4 scheduled online seminars.

Note:

*Community Based Delivery (CBD) is for National Indigenous Knowledges, Education, Research and Innovation NIKERI Institute students only.

Content

Consideration of the intangible dimensions of cultural heritage places, objects and practices is a rapidly emerging field, involving theoretical, conceptual and practical learning drawn from multiple disciplines and perspectives. 

This unit explores and questions the duality of ‘tangible’ and ‘intangible’ in international and local heritage scholarship and practice. Issues of cultural diversity, traditional knowledge, human rights and commodification are explored; and the tools of documentation, transmission and legal protection are critically examined, as well as the mechanisms and processes established by UNESCO’s 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.

ULO These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
ULO1

Apply appropriate conceptual, theoretical and methodological frameworks for intangible cultural heritage.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

GLO8: Global citizenship

ULO2

Synthesise, analyse and critically consider the literature and debates in this field.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

GLO4: Critical thinking

ULO3

Apply knowledge of the ethical and legal issues involved in the documentation of intangible heritage, including sensitivity to cultural differences.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

GLO8: Global citizenship

ULO4

Develop proposals for intangible heritage practice based on a sound knowledge of the breadth of intangible heritage expressions and the contributions by a range of relevant disciplines.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

GLO5: Problem solving

GLO8: Global citizenship

ULO5

Undertake targeted intangible heritage research independently and formulate your own views in an imaginative and original way.

GLO2: Communication

GLO4: Critical thinking

GLO5: Problem solving

ULO6

Effectively communicate international intangible heritage concepts and issues in written, spoken and digital forms.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

GLO2: Communication

GLO3: Digital literacy

Assessment

Assessment Description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week
Assessment 1: Online Quiz 30-minutes 10% Week 4
Assessment 2: Essay 2500 words 50% Week 6
Assessment 3: Presentation 5-8 minute presentation, accompanied
by a 500 word written summary
40% Week 11

The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.

Learning Resource

The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via AIM709
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.

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