AIM715 - Digital Interpretation

Unit details

Year:

2024 unit information

Enrolment modes:Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Online
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 1: Luke Keogh
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.

Content

This unit addresses the ethical challenges of shaping public knowledge of cultural heritage via digital interpretation — grounded in the concepts of significance, authenticity and learning.

In it we will study how museums and heritage sites have engaged with the opportunities afforded by the ‘digital revolution’. We will look into the early history of this engagement to understand the debates that developed around the introduction of digital media in museums. We will look into current practices and seek to understand how they are changing our understanding both of heritage and the cultural institutions that are charged with identifying, preserving and displaying it. We will do so by critically examining theories of interpretation before exploring a range of applications, in different institutional contexts and in different countries through reading and by visiting different sites.

Finally, we will seek to use our new knowledge and understanding to develop an imaginary brief that encapsulates best practice for one aspect of this new world heritage institutions find themselves in – the development of a multimedia interactive.

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

Understand the history of museum and heritage site engagement with media

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

ULO2

Understand and discuss implications re authenticity; role/status of objects; audience engagement; curatorial authority and expertise

GLO3: Digital literacy

GLO5: Critical thinking

ULO3

Prepare a curatorial brief for a multimedia project

GLO2: Communication

GLO5: Problem solving

ULO4

Develop communication objectives, ideas and themes for a digital heritage project

GLO2: Communication

GLO5: Problem solving

ULO5

Critically evaluate current practices against the claims that are made in the literature

GLO4: Critical thinking

Assessment

Assessment Description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week
Assessment 1: Essay 2500 words 50% Week 5
Assessment 2: Report 2500 words 50% 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 AIM715
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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