ARCH30510 Heritage Management

Academic Year 2019/2020

This module will examine the key issues surrounding the management of archaeological heritage in the early 21st century in Ireland and beyond. We will explore: how heritage is constructed and commodified, how it is protected and regulated, how balanced/representative it is, and how it may be contested.

A key focus will be the practice of archaeology in Ireland today, including the administrative structures, legislative framework, socio-economic developments and other constraints within which the profession operates. The Irish material is set into a global context of practices and issues in heritage management, including issues surrounding World Heritage Sites, Cultural Resource Management (CRM) in conflict zones, the ethics of archaeological practice, industrial impact on heritage, and indigenous archaeologies.

This module incorporates a Saturday half-day fieldtrip in Dublin city centre in Week 6.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module you should be able to:
- Discuss the key legal and administrative framework within which Irish archaeology operates and evaluate the statutory record of archaeological material in Ireland
- Demonstrate an understanding of key issues in international archaeological heritage management, and place Irish practice into this context
- Communicate effectively in writing and by oral presentation and discussion about research problems.
- Organise and carry through effective, problem-based research enquiry.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

20
Specified Learning Activities

40
Autonomous Student Learning

40
Total

100
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
A variety of teaching and learning approaches will be adopted. The core of the module will be delivered face to face, two one hour lectures a week. These will provide guidance for the completion of the assignments which will require critical writing and the development of research skills.
Guest lecturers will be invited to deliver targeted seminars. A field trip will be organised and the reflections from the day will tie in with the overall module discussion as well as the end of module exam. 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
Learning Recommendations:

All students should have completed at least two previous courses in archaeology.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Incompatibles:
ARCH30010 - Irish Archaeology Today, ARCH30160 - Key issues in world archaeolog


 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Assignment: 2500-word personal reflection based on in-class debates on current issues in heritage management Week 8 n/a Graded No

40
Examination: Final examination essay style 2 hour End of Trimester Exam Yes Graded No

60

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Spring No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Assignments will have formal written feedback via standard forms given to students within 20 working days of the assignment submission deadline. However, normal School practice is for feedback to be delivered within 15 working days. If an assignment is late, the return of written feedback will be staggered accordingly.

Tilden, F. & Craig, R.B. 2007, Interpreting our heritage (4th expanded and updated edition), University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill.

Meskell, L., 2018. A Future in Ruins: UNESCO, World Heritage, and the Dream of Peace. Oxford University Press
Name Role
Assoc Professor Helen Lewis Lecturer / Co-Lecturer