Cultural Mediation and Heritage Dissemination

Code:

MHP012

Acronym:

MCDP

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Museology

Instance: 2022/2023 - 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	16	MHP - Study Plan	1	-	6	41	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

This curricular unit has as general objective, on the one hand, to provide a context for a reflexive and critical discussion of the issues that relate to the nature of the contexts of communication and mediation in museological and heritage context, of its interrelations and inherent problems, particularly those related to heritage education; and, on the other hand, to develop the student's abilities and competences appropriate to the design, planning and implementation of heritage education activities.

 

Learning outcomes and competences

At the end of this course students are expected to have acquired the knowledge, skills and competences that best enable them to understand the theoretical and practical contexts of communication, interpretation and mediation in the heritage context, their interrelations and inherent problematics. Thus, at the end of this CU students will be able to:

• express a critical understanding of principles, theories and methods of heritage interpretation and mediation;
• identify differentiated strategies of mediation and interpretation in the heritage context;
• express a critical understanding of "the heritage experience", and relate it to different motivational visitor profiles and mediation and interpretation approaches for visitors;
• designing, planning and evaluating mediation and interpretation products in the heritage context;
• apply basic mediation and interpretation techniques.

 

Working method

Presencial

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

Does not apply

Program

1. Current issues in heritage mediation and interpretation: concepts and problematics


2. Heritage interpretation and mediation as cultural practice and a form of cultural politics


3. Principles of Interpretation. Meaningful mediation and interpretation.


4. The heritage experience: understanding audiences


5. Connecting audiences to heritage resources


6. The Interpretive planning process. Designing, producing and evaluating interpretation in heritage contexts.

Mandatory literature

Sharon Macdonald (Ed.);; A Companion to Museum Studies, Blackwell Companions in Cultural Studies, 2006. ISBN: 978-1405108393
Calaf Masachs Roser; Didáctica del patrimonio. ISBN: 978-84-9704-430-1
Fontal Merillas Olaia 340; Educación y patrimonio. ISBN: 978-84-9704-881-1
SEMEDO, Alice & Rafaela GANGA e Célia OLIVEIRA; As experiências de visita em museus e monumentos: Fatores motivacionais e situacionais., CITCEM, 2018
Falk John H.; The^museum experience. ISBN: 0-929590-07-4
Hein George E.; Learning in the museum. ISBN: 0-415-09776-2
Harrison, R. ; Heritage: critical approaches, Routledge

Complementary Bibliography

Fairclough, G. et al ; The Heritage Reader, Routledge, 2008
Rix, J., Lowe, T., & Heritage Forum ; Including people with learning difficulties in cultural and heritage sites, International Journal of Heritage Studies 16(3) 207-224
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

Teaching methods and learning activities

The UC presents a critical approach to communication, education and mediation studies in museums and heritage contexts. The sessions are theoretical-practical and of different nature using the presentation and discussion of questions, audiovisual material, different critical readings of texts, the exploration of object. Other sessions, of a more practical and laboratory nature, explore and experience the museological and heritage resources using, whenever possible, the field and its interlocutors. This contact zone created with professionals is also understood as an essential opportunity to dialogically test ideas.

keywords

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

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	30,00
Trabalho prático ou de projeto	70,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	106,00
Frequência das aulas	24,00
Trabalho de campo	24,00
Trabalho laboratorial	8,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

75% of attendance

Calculation formula of final grade

Evaluation is distributed and in addition to the attendance and quality of participation during the different session, it will take into account (a) an oral presentation (30%) and a written Report / Portfolio (70%) of a case study which is also a result of the work carried out in the fieldwork and mediation Laboratory

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable

Classification improvement

Accordance with Assessment Regulations in force.