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RESPECT (CUMC90027)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
Overview
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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: 8 November 2024