Issues and Techniques in Global Heritage

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2015:

170 hours

Admission into a course at the Melbourne School of Design.

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, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

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An introduction to current issues and techniques in the field of conservation and cultural heritage globally. It will survey differing philosophies and challenges being faced in the documentation, interpretation, support and management of conservation and cultural heritage of buildings, landscapes, sites and cities across the world. The study will proceed via detailed case studies examining projects from a range of scales that may include individual buildings and structures, natural and designed landscapes, urban places and precincts, as well as sites of cultural and historical significance. It will include issues such as twentieth-century heritage and the roles of sustainability and tourism as emerging challenges and opportunities. Key to this study will be the development of a critical appreciation of the differences and relevance of international heritage-based charters and international heritage organisations. The subject may also be run as an intensive field trip posed as a critical case study of international practice.

On completion of the subject students should have:

• an understanding of the various ways in which contemporary approaches to conservation and cultural heritage differ across the globe;
• a critical understanding of the range, diversity and use of international heritage charters;
• exposure to different practices in the heritage assessment and interpretation of a building or place;
• located or managed within a cross-cultural environment, and have sensitivity to local and cultural concerns;
• a critical awareness of the aims, ideals and practices of contemporary conservation and heritage professional bodies and agencies across the globe.

LMS Discussion Threads, due end of semester, 30%, 1000 words

Research Proposal, due in class at the end of the first week, 10%, 500 words

Research Report, due three weeks after the final class, 60% 3500 words

P Daly & T Winter (eds), Routledge Handbook of Heritage in Asia, London 2012.
MS Falser, W Lipp & A Tomaszewski (eds), Conservation and Preservation: Interactions between Theory and Practice, Florence 2010.
P Fowler, Landscapes for the World: Conserving a Global Heritage, Bollington 2004.
J Jokilehto, History of Architectural Conservation, Oxford 1999.
JM Teutonico & F Matero (eds), Managing Change: Sustainable Approaches to the Conservation of the Built Environment, Philadelphia 2003.

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

On completion of the subject students should have developed the following skills and capabilities:

• working knowledge and appreciation of a range of approaches applied globally to the documentation and physical investigation of buildings, landscapes and places;
• working knowledge and appreciation of international heritage charters;
• experience in the diagnosis of appropriate approaches to conservation and cultural heritage in a global setting.