2023
Museums and the Construction of Memory
Name: Museums and the Construction of Memory
Code: HIS11039M
4 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/104 hours
Scientific Area:
History
Teaching languages: Portuguese, French
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, French
Regime de Frequência: Presencial
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
Module Art History
- Intends to help and guide students to evaluate artistic objects and museum collections
Module Cultural Landscape
- Starting with the concept on Cultural Landscapes, keeping on with the evaluation about the specific problems of valorization policies and finally students will be challenged to understand the spectrum of intervention they can do
- In the framework of the module students also could understand the dynamics that have lead to difference types of museum, especially those concerning open air museums and ecomuseums
- Intends to help and guide students to evaluate artistic objects and museum collections
Module Cultural Landscape
- Starting with the concept on Cultural Landscapes, keeping on with the evaluation about the specific problems of valorization policies and finally students will be challenged to understand the spectrum of intervention they can do
- In the framework of the module students also could understand the dynamics that have lead to difference types of museum, especially those concerning open air museums and ecomuseums
Contents
Module Art History
- Looking at artistic objects
- Understanding museum collections
Module Cultural Landscape
1. Land Museums and Ecomuseums
1.1. Searching for interventions criteria
1.2. Heritage, landscapes and landscapes museums practices
1.3. The concept of cultural landscape and its operational uses
1.4. Intervention in landscape heritage: tools and strategies
2. Heritage as a land resource. Case studies
- Looking at artistic objects
- Understanding museum collections
Module Cultural Landscape
1. Land Museums and Ecomuseums
1.1. Searching for interventions criteria
1.2. Heritage, landscapes and landscapes museums practices
1.3. The concept of cultural landscape and its operational uses
1.4. Intervention in landscape heritage: tools and strategies
2. Heritage as a land resource. Case studies
Teaching Methods
Classroom sessions to present and discuss subjects
Study visits with reports production
Production of a paper (Art History Module)
Production of reports for each study visit (Module Cultural Landscape)
The final evaluation will be the average between the two modules evaluation
Study visits with reports production
Production of a paper (Art History Module)
Production of reports for each study visit (Module Cultural Landscape)
The final evaluation will be the average between the two modules evaluation
Teaching Staff
