Unit name | Cultural Heritage of the Built Environment |
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Unit code | ARCH30051 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | H/6 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
Unit director | Dr. Prior |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
none |
Co-requisites |
none |
School/department | Department of Anthropology and Archaeology |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This seminar-based unit explores cultural heritage of the built environment, the importance and meaning of this environment, and how and why people interact with it and build upon and within it. It explores the heritage values attached to a place, be it a building, an archaeological site or a larger historic area such as a whole village or historic landscape from the locally-distinctive to internationally significant.
Employing anthropological and archaeological perspectives, concepts covered will include analysing the significance of heritage assets (‘evidential value’, ‘historic value’, ‘aesthetic value’ and ‘communal value’); the designation of Heritage Assets; World Heritage Sites; Heritage at Risk; Heritage Action Zones; Cultural Heritage Sites; conflict and military buildings and landscapes; religious buildings and landscapes; landscapes of memory and identity; industrial buildings and landscapes; rural settlements and townscapes; urban landscapes and cityscapes; designed landscapes; landscapes of pleasure and leisure; contested and New Age landscapes; funerary landscapes and cemeteries.
This unit will cover a wide range of time periods, from prehistory to the present day, and case studies will include everything from prehistoric settlements to medieval castles, to modern shopping centres to funerary architecture. It will also introduce legislation and guidance, conservation and management plans, characterisation of the historic and cultural environment and conservation principles.
Aims
On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
2 x 2hr Lecture (x1 two hour block).
8 x 3hr Lecture/Seminar session (x1 three hour block).
One 8hr (all day) fieldtrip
Essay 3000 words (50%) (ILOs: 1, 3, 5, 6, 7);
Presentation and Handout (25% / 25%) (ILOs: 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8).
If this unit has a Resource List, you will normally find a link to it in the Blackboard area for the unit. Sometimes there will be a separate link for each weekly topic.
If you are unable to access a list through Blackboard, you can also find it via the Resource Lists homepage. Search for the list by the unit name or code (e.g. ARCH30051).
How much time the unit requires
Each credit equates to 10 hours of total student input. For example a 20 credit unit will take you 200 hours
of study to complete. Your total learning time is made up of contact time, directed learning tasks,
independent learning and assessment activity.
See the Faculty workload statement relating to this unit for more information.
Assessment
The Board of Examiners will consider all cases where students have failed or not completed the assessments required for credit.
The Board considers each student's outcomes across all the units which contribute to each year's programme of study. If you have self-certificated your absence from an
assessment, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (this is usually in the next assessment period).
The Board of Examiners will take into account any extenuating circumstances and operates
within the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.