Admission requirements
BA degree (or equivalent) in Archaeology or a relevant discipline.
SAP and exchange students: admission after approval by the Graduate School of Archaeology.
Tutorial Heritage management (approved essay)
Description
In the second phase of the course students will be confronted with ethical and professional issues and dilemmas in the context of themes like public archaeology, spatial planning, selection, presentation, tourism, etc. Each theme is presented by an (international) guest lecturer. The students then study in depth a particular case or situation, which they present, discuss and review with the other course participants.
Course objective
Obtaining in depth knowledge of approaches, dilemmas and current debates and gaining a critical view on them.
Learning objectives
In depth understanding of various aspects of international heritage management (protecting, managing, interpreting and experiencing the heritage);
In depth understanding of the dilemmas of archaeological resource management from a global and international perspective;
Insight into the diversity of opinions, approaches and stakeholders, and the role of the archaeologist in these;
Awareness of the relation of topics (like protecting, managing, interpreting and experiencing the heritage) to wider debates;
Have a critical view into the current debates;
Ability to analyze and discuss literature;
Ability to voice one-s own well-argumented opinion, through a presentation and discussions;
Ability to express one-s own well-argumented opinion in a paper (review).
Method of instruction
Themes will be introduced by (guest) lectures.
Specific case studies or situations are highlighted and discussed through student presentations.
The student presentations are assessed through written reviews by other participants of the course.
Preparatory reading will be required.
Examination
Knowledge of literature and insights into current debates and approaches is being assessed by means of the content of a student presentation with written abstract.
Capacity to prepare presentations and voice argumentative opinions is assessed through the quality of the presentation, the written review and through the contribution to the seminar discussions.
To be evaluated positively, students must have been present at the lectures and presentations and must have participated actively in the discussions during the seminars.
Required reading
Information about other obligatory literature will be given during the course.