arc4rmh research methods
RESEARCH METHODS IN CULTURAL HERITAGE
ARC4RMH
Not currently offered
Credit points: 30
Subject outline
Through flexible block teaching Research Methods in Cultural Heritage offers skills development in a range of research methods that are essential for work in the heritage industry. These include knowledge of archival sources and heritage registers, data base construction and analysis, detailed site recording techniques, use and analysis of digital mapping, oral history and community values assessment as well as advanced understanding of the ethical considerations and policy frameworks in which heritage places are managed. The subject focuses on methodologies and techniques in the management of both Indigenous and non-indigenous heritage values
SchoolSchool of Humanities & Social Sciences
Credit points30
Subject Co-ordinatorAnita Smith
Available to Study Abroad StudentsYes
Subject year levelYear Level 4 - UG/Hons/1st Yr PG
Exchange StudentsYes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites Admission to Graduate Certificate (ACACH, ACACHB) or Graduate Diploma (AGACH, AGACHB) in Applied Cultural Heritage
Co-requisitesN/A
Incompatible subjects ARC5RMH
Equivalent subjectsN/A
Special conditionsN/A
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
01. Analyse and transmit solutions for appropriate heritage management recommendations
- Activities:
- Analyse and transmit solutions for appropriate heritage management recommendations
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Life-Long Learning(Life-Long Learning)
- Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking)
- Writing(Writing)
- Creative Problem-solving(Creative Problem-solving)
- Speaking(Speaking)
- Ethical & Cultural Awareness(Ethical & Cultural Awareness)
02. Build knowledge of and skills in accessing archival sources relevant to heritage places
- Activities:
- Undertake an archival search at an archive repository
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Inquiry/ Research(Inquiry/ Research)
- Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking)
- Life-Long Learning(Life-Long Learning)
03. Build knowledge of stakeholders and sectors within the heritage industry
- Activities:
- Research and analyse heritage registers
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking)
- Life-Long Learning(Life-Long Learning)
- Inquiry/ Research(Inquiry/ Research)
04. Build skills in the writing of reports, funding applications, public documents
- Activities:
- Write a funding application
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Creative Problem-solving(Creative Problem-solving)
- Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking)
- Writing(Writing)
- Life-Long Learning(Life-Long Learning)
05. Develop theoretical and technical knowledge of ethical and legal issues in heritage place assessment
- Activities:
- Develop an oral history questionnaire and document the process of obtaining consent
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Creative Problem-solving(Creative Problem-solving)
- Writing(Writing)
- Life-Long Learning(Life-Long Learning)
- Ethical & Cultural Awareness(Ethical & Cultural Awareness)
- Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking)
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