Cultural Mediation and Heritage Dissemination

Code:

MHP012

Acronym:

MCDP

Instance: 2016/2017 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of History, Political and International Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in History and Heritage

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MHP	12	MHP - Study Plan	1	-	8	80	216

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

No final desta Unidade Curricular espera-se que os alunos tenham adquirido conhecimentos, aptidões e competências que melhor lhes permitam compreender os contextos da comunicação e mediação em contexto museológico, das suas inter-relações e problemáticas inerentes. 

 

Learning outcomes and competences

Thus, at the end of the Course students will be able to:

(a) express a critical understanding about missions and objectives of contemporary museums

(a) review different theoretical concepts that contextualize the practices of communication, research and evaluation in museums and understand its implications for the development of any type of communication project in museums;

(b) understand, develop and apply different methods of research and evaluation in museological context in relation to the contents offered by this program.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

Does not apply

Program

1. Introduction: the development of the concept of museum. Functions, objectives and contemporary missions. The relationship to the concept of heritage.


2. Communication models in museums nad cultural heritage sites.


3. Visitors: motivations and interpretive strategies in museums.


4. Heritage, Tourism and Development: mediation strategies in the territory. 


5. Education and learning in heritage and museological contexts


6. Conclusion: new values and professional strategies. The future.

Mandatory literature

Gail Anderson (Ed.); Reinventing the Museum, Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on the Paradigm Shift, AltaMira Press , 2004. ISBN: 978-0759101708
Carbonell, Bettina (Ed.) ; Museum Studies. An Anthology of Contexts, Blackwell, 2004. ISBN: 978-0415067263
Sharon Macdonald (Ed.);; A Companion to Museum Studies, Blackwell Companions in Cultural Studies, 2006. ISBN: 978-1405108393

Teaching methods and learning activities

The Course will present a critical approach to the study of communication and mediation in museums and its relationship to the concepts od heritage and learning and education in heritage and museological contexts. Sessions are of different nature and while some are theoretical-practical, with presentation and discussion of issues using not only audio-visual material but also different critical readings of texts required of students (individually and in groups), or the exploration of objects,  it also offers more practical and laboratorial sessions in which to explore and experience museum resources, drawing, wherever possible, to the field and its interlocutors. This essential contact zone with professionals is also understood as an excellent opportunity for dialogically test ideas. Evaluation is distributed and beyond (a) attendance and quality of participation during the different sessions (40%), it takes into account (b) the submission of a Report / Portfolio (60%) which is also a result of Laboratory work.

keywords

Social sciences > Political sciences > Public policy > Cultural policy > Museology

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	20,00
Trabalho escrito	40,00
Trabalho laboratorial	40,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	136,00
Frequência das aulas	30,00
Trabalho de campo	30,00
Trabalho laboratorial	20,00
Total:	216,00

Eligibility for exams

75% of attendance

Calculation formula of final grade

Student participation and presentation of practical work: 20% Final Report /Portfolio: 80%

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable

Classification improvement

Accordance with Assessment Regulations in force.