Simon Fraser University
Engaging the World

Course Outlines

Fall 2019 - ARCH 286 D100

Cultural Heritage Management (4)

Class Number: 7093

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Sep 3 – Dec 2, 2019: Tue, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

    Sep 3 – Dec 2, 2019: Thu, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Instructor:

    John Welch
    welch@sfu.ca
    778-782-6726
    Office: EDB 9617
    Office Hours: Tues & Thurs: 12:45-2:00PM & by appointment

  • Prerequisites:

    30 units including one of ARCH 100, ARCH 201, GEOG 100 or REM 100.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Examines cultural heritage management as the universal process by which people use places, objects and traditions from the past to educate, entertain, profit, promote change, maintain status quo, create identities, and build communities and nations. The course presents archaeology as one aspect of cultural heritage management and as an activity governed by national laws and international conventions for protecting and making appropriate use of heritage. Using case studies from Canada and abroad, the course explores stewardship as a fundamental professional ethic in archaeology and other fields engaged in studying, applying, and safeguarding personal, familial, communal, national, and transnational heritage. Breadth-Humanities.

COURSE DETAILS:

An examination of cultural heritage management as the universal process by which people use places, objects and traditions from the past to educate, entertain, profit, promote change, maintain status quo, create identities, and build family, community, and national solidarity. The course presents archaeology as one aspect of and tool for cultural heritage management and as an activity governed by customary institutions as well as national laws and international conventions for protecting and making appropriate use of heritage. Using case studies from Canada and abroad, the course explores stewardship as a fundamental professional ethic in archaeology and other fields engaged in studying, applying, and safeguarding personal, familial, communal, national, and transnational heritage.

-> Every person maintains a dynamic relationship with experienced and imparted pasts and makes decisions about what to adopt (or not) as meaningful and useful.

-> Heritage is how humans enlist the past to negotiate values, meanings and identities at social and spatial scales ranging from intimate, personal and local to universal and global.   

-> Archaeology is one part of humanity’s quest to create meaning and utility out of shared legacies of traditions, objects and places.

-> Cultural heritage and campaigns to manage it are ubiquitous and freely available to richly illustrate and provide examples of CHM processes and products

-> Rapid expansion and diversification in heritage identification, interpretation, and management is creating demands for interdisciplinary expertise in Canada and globally.

Grading

  • Student Preparation and Participation 10%
  • Classroom Quizzes 40%
  • CHM Assignments & Presentations 50%

NOTES:

Breadth: Humanities

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

Carman, John. 2015. Archaeological Resource Management. An International Perspective.  Cambridge University Press. (ISBN: 978-0-5216-0259-4)

Department Undergraduate Notes:

Students with hidden or visible disabilities who believe they may need classroom or exam accommodations are encouraged to register with the SFU Centre for Students with Disabilities (1250 Maggie Benston Centre) as soon as possible to ensure that they are eligible and that approved accommodations and services are implemented in a timely fashion.

Deferred grades will be given only on the basis of authenticated medical disability.


Registrar Notes:

SFU’s Academic Integrity web site http://www.sfu.ca/students/academicintegrity.html is filled with information on what is meant by academic dishonesty, where you can find resources to help with your studies and the consequences of cheating.  Check out the site for more information and videos that help explain the issues in plain English.

Each student is responsible for his or her conduct as it affects the University community.  Academic dishonesty, in whatever form, is ultimately destructive of the values of the University. Furthermore, it is unfair and discouraging to the majority of students who pursue their studies honestly. Scholarly integrity is required of all members of the University. http://www.sfu.ca/policies/gazette/student/s10-01.html

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