ARCH40700 Managing landscape heritage

Academic Year 2019/2020

The aim of the this module is to engage with the key issues in the management and conservation of archaeological, historic, cultural landscapes in Ireland and internationally. Using the European Landscape Convention as a starting point a distinction will be drawn between discussion and identification of specific and special landscape areas and the concept of the historic landscape and its character.

The module will have two complementary components. In seminars given by speakers representing a wide range of perspectives and outlooks current approaches to strategies for the management and future shape of the landscape will be explored and discussed. To provide a particular focus to this discussion there will be a field-based component of the module which will focus on the World Heritage Programme in Ireland and its national and international contexts. This provides an opportunity to explore how a globally recognised set of principles and approaches to site/property and landscape identification and management is being applied in an Irish context where there is very lively debate about the value and meaning of landscape.

The module will provide students with an overview of the principles, currrent practices and trends in approaches to landscape and its management that will shape the future.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

Appraise competing functional, cultural and aesthetic roles of landscape

Demonstrate critical appraisal of the challenges faced in managing landscapes

Evaluate and critically differentiate roles and positions of agencies and institutions in landscape management

Critical appreciation of the application and principles of World Heritage management to sites and landscapes in Ireland

Carry out reports and evaluations within the framework of specific approaches to landscape management

Communicate effectively (both oral and written expression) on themes covered in the module

Apply skills from the module to other programme coursework

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Seminar (or Webinar)

24
Field Trip/External Visits

32
Specified Learning Activities

80
Autonomous Student Learning

80
Total

216
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Lectures, Fieldtrips, Visiting Speakers, Group Work, Case Studies 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Incompatibles:
ARCH40470 - Archaeology & WHM in Ireland, ARCH40790 - Irish landscapes; future views


 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Presentation: Presentation Project Varies over the Trimester n/a Graded No

40
Essay: < Description > Varies over the Trimester n/a Graded No

50
Journal: < Description > Varies over the Trimester n/a Graded No

10

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 
Remediation Type Remediation Timing
In-Module Resit Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

UCD School of Archaeology use standard feedback sheets for all modules. Your feedback is provided on this form - the form also contains feed forward details - this will help you think about how you could improve your approach in future assignments