Interpreting History
PostgraduateCUR-HIST5142019
Course information for 2019 intake
Identify the approaches that museums and collections take to preserving history. Assess the reliability of oral history. Explore the archival role of media and technology.Dip into local archives as you begin your own major research project.
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- -
- Loan available
- FEE-HELP available
Interpreting History
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- apply appropriate historical practices and theories to individual and/or group research projects
- analyse and interpret complex textual, visual and oral evidence
- communicate historical knowledge effectively through different media and with a variety of technologies
- interpret and evaluate historical modes of understandings
- apply professional skills in the construction of an appropriate historical question.
- Developing a Research Project
- Using Oral History
- Documentary Sources
- Writing the Research project
This subject was previously known as HIST512 Heritage Studies (Local History).
The role of local history collections, museums, sites and archives in preserving history. The relationship of oral history to popular memory. Oral history and related ethical and legal issues. Archival research. The aims and techniques of local history. Students undertake an interview and a major research project that involves using local archives.
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- Project Proposal Presentation (30%)
- Interview (30%)
- Essay (40%)
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Entry requirements
To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.
Equivalent subjects
You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:
CUR-HIST512 (Not currently available)
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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