| CODE | BLH5105 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Issues in the Preservation and Management of Archaeological Sites and Landscapes | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Conservation and Built Heritage | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The lecture component will introduce participants with some of the complex issues and dilemmas that they are likely to encounter as professionals when working on archaeological sites. The issues that will be addressed include accessibility, colonial and postcolonial archaeology, repatriation and restitution, and contested archaeologies. The seminar component will be designed to encourage participants to form their own critical opinions and to hone their skills in explaining and arguing a case. The fieldwork component will expose the participants to first-hand experience of some of these issues on actual archaeological sites in Malta. Study-unit Aims To introduce participants to current debates and practices concerning: - diverging values and conservation of archaeological sites; - illicit antiquities, repatriation and restitution; - accessibility of archaeological heritage; - colonial and postcolonial archaeologies. To develop the ability of participants to act as creative and well-informed professional mediators between the various players in specific instances of the areas listed above. Learning Outcomes 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Describe key debates and issues in the management of archaeological resources, with reference to practical examples from the global scene; - Locate and discuss a given case-study concerning access to, repatriation of, or contestation around archaeological heritage, in the wider theoretical framework of current debates and practices in public archaeology and postcolonial archaeology. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Record, describe and represent the perspectives of different audiences on a given case-study of an archaeological site; - Communicate with and engage different audiences that may have an interest in an archaeological site; - Apply the principles of best practice learnt during the course to a given case-study of contested values on an archaeological site. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings Main Texts: - Brodie, N. & Walker, K. (eds) 2002. Illicit Antiquities: The Theft of Culture and the Extinction of Archaeology. Routledge - Fairclough, G.(ed.) 2008. The Heritage Reader. Routledge - Layton, R., Stone, P & Thomas, J. (eds) 2001. Destruction and Conservation of Cultural Property. Routledge - Lydon, J. & Rizvi, U.Z. (eds) 2010. Handbook of Postcolonial Archaeology. Left Coast Press - Marquez-Grant, N. & Fibiger, L. (eds) 2011, Routledge Handbook of Archaeological Human Remains and Legislation - Smith, L. 2004. Archaeological Theory and the Politics of Cultural Heritage. Routledge Supplementary Readings: The following journals are available online through University of Malta portal: - Public Archaeology - Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Blended Learning | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Gabriel Moshenska Timothy Gambin Maria Victoria Gauci Reuben Grima Nicholas Vella |
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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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