Documentary Heritage and Identity
Name: Documentary Heritage and Identity
Code: HIS12123L
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area:
History
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
Goals:
- Provide the student with outlines of reflection on the conditions of production and their evolution;
- Provide the students with a cross knowledge of the constitution of the archive in history,
- Provide the students with a critical thought on the production and use of documentary heritage;
- Think critically the relative character of heritage and memory sources
- Provide the student with outlines of reflection on the conditions of production and their evolution;
- Provide the students with a cross knowledge of the constitution of the archive in history,
- Provide the students with a critical thought on the production and use of documentary heritage;
- Think critically the relative character of heritage and memory sources
Contents
1. Concepts and problems
- Heritage, identity and memory - The constraints of documentary memory preservation.
2. Archive and history: the limits of memory.
3. From oral to written record.
4. Documentary typologies and written vision of the past.
5. The challenges of the digital age
- Heritage, identity and memory - The constraints of documentary memory preservation.
2. Archive and history: the limits of memory.
3. From oral to written record.
4. Documentary typologies and written vision of the past.
5. The challenges of the digital age
Teaching Methods
It is intended an active methodology based in the constant and tutored work of the students, duly framed
by a theoretical approach introduced by teachers. Continuous assessment will consist of a workgroup,
monitored in tutorial classes (50%), a test (30%), and a rapport of a study visit or a paper in a scientific
meeting (20%). Optionally, there is the evaluation by final exam.
by a theoretical approach introduced by teachers. Continuous assessment will consist of a workgroup,
monitored in tutorial classes (50%), a test (30%), and a rapport of a study visit or a paper in a scientific
meeting (20%). Optionally, there is the evaluation by final exam.
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