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Conservation Industry Internship 2 (CUMC90037)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Not available in 2022
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Overview
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This subject aims to build students’ capacity in working within an organisation in ways that:
- offer an extended opportunity to build a repertoire of industry relevant skills and articulate the conservation experience in an outward- facing forum
- foster a deeper understanding of and ability to support organisational aims
- align professional development with industry needs
- incorporate an increased peer review and peer development process
This subject offers students the opportunity to undertake an extended placement in the cultural heritage industry beyond the three-week full time (or part-time equivalent) placement offered in the compulsory internship subject CUMC90006, allowing students to complete a longer placement at the same host organisation as their compulsory internship. Students develop further skills in conservation treatment, research or other projects, alongside demonstrating advanced skills in communicating about their work with broader community stakeholders.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Incorporate relevant theoretical grounding from guiding documents such as the AICCM Code of Ethics and Practice and the AIATSIS Code of Ethics for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research into conservation practice in a professional context
- Effectively execute and communicate a conservation project in an industry setting
- Integrate technical conservation understanding and stakeholder relations to effectively communicate a conservation project to a broad audience
- Build an expanded professional network including for peer review, incorporating an understanding of the responsibilities and accountabilities of representing an organisation to a professional and a public audience.
Generic skills
- Communicate a conservation project to distinct audiences, including industry, early career peers and the general public
- Carry out a mentored conservation project in the workplace
- Identify skills, competencies and areas for further development in a professional conservation context
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
Code Name Teaching period Credit Points CUMC90006 Conservation Internship and Projects Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)12.5
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Report
| 2 Weeks after the end of teaching | 40% |
Host-directed public communication task
| 2 Weeks after the end of teaching | 40% |
Workshop presentation to subject cohort
| End of semester | 20% |
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
Not available in 2022
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Best Practice in Communicating Conservation
Castaneda-Delgado, M., 2020. Becoming-Artwork: Rethinking Agency and Performativity Through the Conservation History of Rembrandt's The Night Watch (1642) (Doctoral dissertation, Concordia University).
Gill, K 2012 ‘Images can speak louder than words: communicating conservation effectively’,
in J. H. Townsend et al (eds), Congress proceedings The Decorative: Conservation and the Applied Arts, 24th International Congress of IIC, Vienna, Austria, September, International Institute for Conservation, London, pp. S114–S121.Peters, R. 2020. “Conservation and Engagement: Transforming and Being Transformed.” In Heritage, Conservation, and Social Engagement, edited by R. F. Peters, I. L. F. den Boer, J. S. Johnson, and S. Pancaldo, 6–29. London: UCL Press.
Roy, A. & Froggett, L. & Little, R & Whitaker, L., 2011, ‘New Model Visual Arts Organisations & Social Engagement’, University of Central Lancashire Psychosocial Research Unit, Preston, Lancs. DOI: 10.13140/2.1.5190.6880.
Williams, E. ed., 2013. The public face of conservation. Archetype Publications, London.
Last updated: 31 January 2024