AIM709 - Intangible Cultural Heritage
Unit details
| Year | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Online, Community Based Delivery (CBD)* |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Melathi Saldin |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | 4 x 2.5-hour on-site lectures/practical experience (field trips) per trimester 4 x 2-hour online seminars per trimester |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | 4 x 2-hour online seminars per trimester |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
Note:*Community Based Delivery (CBD): only for students of the National Indigenous Knowledges, Education, Research and Innovation NIKERI Institute (located at the Waurn Ponds campus) | |
Content
Consideration of the intangible dimensions of cultural heritage places, objects and practices is a rapidly emerging field, involving theoretical, conceptual and practical learning drawn from multiple disciplines and perspectives.
This unit explores and questions the duality of ‘tangible’ and ‘intangible’ in international and local heritage scholarship and practice. Issues of cultural diversity, traditional knowledge, human rights and commodification are explored; and the tools of documentation, transmission and legal protection are critically examined, as well as the mechanisms and processes established by UNESCO’s 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.
Learning Outcomes
| ULO | These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Apply appropriate conceptual, theoretical and methodological frameworks for intangible cultural heritage. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO8: Global citizenship |
| ULO2 | Synthesise, analyse and critically consider the literature and debates in this field. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking |
| ULO3 | Apply knowledge of the ethical and legal issues involved in the documentation of intangible heritage, including sensitivity to cultural differences. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO8: Global citizenship |
| ULO4 | Develop proposals for intangible heritage practice based on a sound knowledge of the breadth of intangible heritage expressions and the contributions by a range of relevant disciplines. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO5: Problem solving GLO8: Global citizenship |
| ULO5 | Undertake targeted intangible heritage research independently and formulate your own views in an imaginative and original way. | GLO2: Communication GLO4: Critical thinking GLO5: Problem solving |
| ULO6 | Effectively communicate international intangible heritage concepts and issues in written, spoken and digital forms. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication GLO3: Digital literacy |
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1: Online Quiz | 30-minutes | 10% | Week 4 |
| Assessment 2: Essay | 2500 words | 50% | Week 6 |
| Assessment 3: Presentation | 5-8 minute presentation, accompanied by a 500 word written summary | 40% | Week 11 |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning resource
The texts and reading list for AIM709 can be found via the University Library.
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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