Content Creation in the Field

Subject CUMC90023 (2015)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2015.

Credit Points: 12.5
Level: 9 (Graduate/Postgraduate)
Dates & Locations:

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2015:

June, Parkville - Taught on campus.
Pre-teaching Period Start 09-Jun-2015
Teaching Period 29-Jun-2015 to 03-Jul-2015
Assessment Period End 03-Aug-2015
Last date to Self-Enrol 12-Jun-2015
Census Date 29-Jun-2015
Last date to Withdraw without fail 17-Jul-2015


Timetable can be viewed here. For information about these dates, click here.
Time Commitment: Contact Hours: This subject is taught intensively between 29 June and 3 July 2015; pre-teaching preparation 9 - 28 June 2015
Total Time Commitment:

170 hours

Prerequisites:

Admission into MC-CULMC - Master of Cultural Material Conservation

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
October
12.50
Corequisites: None
Recommended Background Knowledge: None
Non Allowed Subjects: None
Core Participation Requirements:

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Objectives, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

It is University policy to take all reasonable steps to minimise the impact of disability upon academic study, and reasonable adjustments will be made to enhance a student's participation in the University's programs. Students who feel their disability may impact on meeting the requirements of this subject are encouraged to discuss this matter with a Faculty Student Adviser and the Disability Liaison Unit: http://www.services.unimelb.edu.au/disability/

Coordinator

Mr Robert Lane

Contact

Robert Lane

robert.lane@unimelb.edu.au

Subject Overview:

This field based subject critically frames cross-cultural work currently taking place inthe culture and heritage sector, and practically teaches students how to generate cultural conservation content accordingly, from community consultation, translation strategies, intellectual property protocols, working in partnership with all stakeholders and within a multidisciplinary team, to the technical needs of on-site documentation.

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this subject students will:

  • Develop an appreciation of cultural diversity, community sensitivities and a changing new media paradigms that exist within the cultural heritage and conservation sectors..
  • Demonstrate a cross disciplinary understanding, to the resolution of project management issues in the field.
  • Contextualise protocols and conventions relevant to fieldwork
  • Act as informed advocates for ethical community conservation projects, actively engaging in critical policy issues and applying ethical frameworks.
  • Build processes and skills required for documenting culture al conservation in a range of forms.
  • Apply critical analysis to conservation projects using a social and cultural impact framework.
  • Identify the changing social contexts of cultural production in community.
  • Collaborate in the field within a multidisciplinary team
  • Troubleshoot video, audio and lighting equipment.
Assessment:

Protocols document 500 words, 10% (due 29 June 2015), a multimedia report 2500 word equivalent, 50% (due 17 July 2015) and a 2000 word essay, 40% (due 27 July 2015)

Prescribed Texts:

A subject reader will be available in the pre-teaching period. Additional texts may be recommended.

Breadth Options:

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

Fees Information: Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date
Links to further information: http://shaps.unimelb.edu.au/
Related Majors/Minors/Specialisations: 100 Point Master of Cultural Material Conservation
150 Point Master of Cultural Material Conservation
200 Point Master of Cultural Material Conservation
Cultural Materials Conservation
Cultural Materials Conservation

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