Content in the Field

This subject is not offered in 2016.

170 hours

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.

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 Student Equity and Disability Support: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/disability

This field based subject critically frames cross-cultural work currently taking place in the 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.

On completion of this subject students should be able to:

• 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 cultural 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; and
• Troubleshoot video, audio and lighting equipment.

• A 500 word protocols document due during the teaching period (10%)
• A 2500 word multimedia report due during the assessment period (50%)
• A 2000 word essay due during the assessment period (40%)

Hurdle requirement: Students must attend a minimum of 100% of seminars in order to pass this subject. All pieces of written work must be submitted to pass this subject.

A subject reader will be available in the pre-teaching period.

Additional texts may be recommended.

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.