SOCI388-21S1 (C) Semester One 2021

Contested Heritage: Politics, Power and Practice

30 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 22 February 2021
End Date: Sunday, 27 June 2021
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 7 March 2021
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 14 May 2021

Description

This course provides students with a hands-on introduction to the study of heritage. We explore ways we might understand and interpret contemporary heritage practices in a range of contexts, including post-earthquake Christchurch.

Learning Outcomes

  • critically evaluate the value of heritage as a concept and as a tool for social action
  • consider a range of different approaches to the study of heritage and museums, including those of Mana Whenua
  • complete a heritage assessment report that applies skills and frameworks developed in the course to the study of heritage in a specific local context
  • assess the implications and significance of the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi for heritage research and practice in Aotearoa
  • critically reflect on the nature of knowledge and norms, including indigenous models, in a personal learning journal
  • contribute effectively in group and co-operative work

Prerequisites

Any 30 points at 200 level from ANTH or SOCI, or
any 60 points at 200 level from the Schedule V of the BA.

Restrictions

Equivalent Courses

Course Coordinator

Lyndon Fraser

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Report 45% Heritage Assessment Report
Learning Journal 30%
Structured Controversy Exercise 25%

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,570.00

International fee $7,000.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Language, Social and Political Sciences .

All SOCI388 Occurrences

  • SOCI388-21S1 (C) Semester One 2021