RESPECT (CUMC90027)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
Overview
| Availability | May |
|---|---|
| Fees | Look up fees |
In this subject, students explore issues relating to the preservation of culture that is held beyond large collecting institutions. Students will develop an understanding of how the epistemology of cultural maintenance manifests in a range of societal and cultural practices. Students engage with issues relating to context, disruption, authenticity, legal standing, development, reinvention, identity and minority status. Students will understand how a broad intellectual engagement and the promotion of ideas and interests operate to produce outcomes for people who may not be in a position to engage with large collecting institutions.
Intended learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this subject should be able to:
- Summarize the relationship between identity, culture and cultural material and how these specifically relate to a wide range of social issues
- Exhibit sound, critical, ethical and professional engagement with people from a broad range of backgrounds and experiences
- Contextualise requirements for various types and levels of engagement beyond the context of institutions
- Develop advocacy, and leverage support for cultural conservation and the maintenance and preservation of identity in low economic situations
- Assess the needs of clients and those interested in engaging with conservation and other allied professions
- Apply strong cross-disciplinary research skills and be able to employ these in cultural research.
Generic skills
Students who successfully complete this subject should be able to:
- Apply Diverse conservation practices
- Engage with different perspectives through various modes of interaction
- Employ Creative problem solving
- Communicate effectively both orally and in writing
- Engage in Critical thinking.
Last updated: 4 March 2025
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Admission into or selection of one of the following:
- MC-CULMC Master of Cultural Materials Conservation
- Principles of Cultural Materials Conservation specialisation (formal) in the GCA-ARTS Graduate Certificate in Arts (Advanced)
Corequisites
Non-allowed subjects
CUMC40002 RESPECT
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: 4 March 2025
Assessment
| Description | Timing | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
An oral presentation
| During the teaching period | 40% |
An essay
| During the assessment period | 60% |
| Hurdle requirement: Students must attend 100% of classes in order to pass this subject. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
| Hurdle requirement: 2. Late Penalty and Assessment hurdle requirement: Assessment submitted late without an approved extension will be penalised at five per cent (5%) of the possible marks available for the assessment task per day or part thereof. All pieces of assessment must be submitted to pass the subject. Each submitted assessment must be complete, constitute a genuine attempt to address the requirements of the task and will not be accepted after 20 University business days from the original assessment due date without written approval. | During the assessment period | N/A |
| Hurdle requirement: Students must pass all assessment tasks to pass this subject. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Last updated: 4 March 2025
Dates & times
- May
Principal coordinator Robert Lazarus Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours: 12 x 1-hour lectures and 12 x 2-hour seminars throughout the intensive teaching period. Total time commitment 170 hours Pre teaching start date 5 May 2025 Pre teaching requirements During the pre-teaching period students are expected to complete the course readings, review the lectures and any other preparation as outlined in the LMS, which will be available at the commencement of the pre-teaching period. Teaching period 19 May 2025 to 6 June 2025 Last self-enrol date 7 May 2025 Census date 23 May 2025 Last date to withdraw without fail 6 June 2025 Assessment period ends 27 June 2025 May contact information
Time commitment details
170 hours
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Last updated: 4 March 2025
Further information
- Texts
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Graduate Certificate in Arts (Advanced) Course Master of Cultural Materials Conservation - Links to additional information
Last updated: 4 March 2025