| CODE | ACA5069 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Museum Education and Cultural Politics | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Arts, Open Communities and Adult Education | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit adopts a multidisciplinary approach to the study of the roles and significance of museums in contemporary societies. Employing insights from sociology, anthropology, cultural studies and museum studies, the study-unit examines the complexity of the museum from cultural, political, historical and representational perspectives. Study-unit Aims: The study-unit aims to: i. enable participants to consider museums and heritage sites as spaces for critical engagement; ii. enable participants to understand the politics of culture; iii. enable participants to see parallels between the museum and curriculum, as sites of struggle and critical engagement; iv. regard the construction of public memory in the museum as a contested terrain. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: i. Identify how people’s attitudes, opinions, beliefs and perspectives are marked by asymmetries of power, shape society, social relations and the dynamics that unfold within private and public spaces; ii. understand the concepts concerning education culture and power by evaluating the literature in this field; iii. Critically understand aspects of sociology and cultural studies that impinge on issues arising from museums through the analysis of specific case studies from the field. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: i. Demonstrate critical thinking skills by evaluating material, displays and happenings occurring within and outside museums; ii. Given a case study, students shall be able to relate artifacts to contemporary concerns, think in an interdisciplinary way and articulate higher-order thinking; iii. Students shall be able to prepare and develop educational content for museums using the correct terminology concerning cultural politics and merge theoretical insights with practical knowledge. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Readings - Jan Dolak(2022), Museology and its Theory, Brno, Technical Museum. - Kirsten Drotner et al. (2019), The Routledge Handbook of Museums, Media and Communication, Taylor and Francis. - Luca Basso Peressut et al. (2013), European Museums in the 21st Century: Setting the Framework, 3 Vols., MELA Books. - Bruno Brulon Soares et al. (2017), Defining museums of the 21st century: plural experiences, ICOFOM. - Bruno Brulon Soares (2019), A History of Museology - Keh authors of Museological Theory, ICOFOM. - Andras Szanto (2020), The Future of the Museum - 28 Dialogues, Hatje Canz. - M. Elizabeth Weiser et al. (2022), Taboos in Museology: Difficult issues for Museum Theory - Materials for a discussion, ICOFOM. - Borg, C. and Mayo, P. (2006). 'Museum Education as Cultural Contestation'. In C. Borg and P. Mayo, 'Learning and Social Difference. Challenges for Public Education and Critical Pedagogy. London and New York: Routledge. - English, L., and Mayo, P. (2012) 'Museums, Cultural Politcs and Adult Learning'. In L. English and P. Mayo, Learning with Adults. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers. - Macdonald, S. (Ed.) (1997) The Politics of Display. Museums, Science and Culture. 'Introduction'. Milton Park, UK: Taylor and Francis. Supplementary Readings: - Kenneth Hudson (1975), A Social History of Museums, Macmillan Press. - Smith L., The Uses of Heritage, London & New York: Routledge, 2006. |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Pre-Requisite qualifications: First degree | ||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Independent Study | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Sandro Debono Peter Mayo (Co-ord.) |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2024/5. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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