| CODE | ACA5041 | ||||||
| TITLE | Museum Education as Cultural Politics Representation Access and Difference | ||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Arts, Open Communities and Adult Education | ||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit adopts a multidisciplinary approach to the study of the roles and significance of museums in contemporary societies. Employing insights from sociology, anthropology, cultural studies and museum studies, the study-unit examines the complexity of the museum from cultural, political, historical and representational perspectives. Study-Unit Aims: The study-unit aims to: - Enable participants to consider museums and heritage sites as spaces for critical engagement. - Enable participants to understand the politics of culture. - Enable participants to see parallels between the museum and curriculum, as sites of struggle and critical engagement. - Regard the construction of public memory in the museum as a contested terrain. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Examine how people’s attitudes, opinions, beliefs and perspectives are marked by asymmetries of power, shape society, social relations and the dynamics that unfold within private and public spaces. - Familiarise him/herself with concepts concerning education culture and power. - Critically understand aspects of sociology and cultural studies that impinge on issues arising from museums. - Analyse issues of exclusion and selection in museums. - Understand issues of representation in museum displays. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Use terminology concerning cultural politics. - Relate artefacts to contemporary concerns. - Engage critically with material, displays and happenings occurring within and outside museums. - Think in an interdisciplinary way. - Articulate higher-order thinking. - Merge theoretical insights and ractical knowledge. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - Borg, C. and Mayo, P. (2006). 'Museum Education as Cultural Contestation'. In C. Borg and P. Mayo, 'Learning and Social Difference. Challenges for Public Education and Critical Pedagogy. London and New York: Routledge. - English, L., and Mayo, P. (2012) 'Museums, Cultural Politcs and Adult Learning'. In L. English and P. Mayo, Learning with Adults. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers. - Macdonald, S. (Ed.) (1997) The Politics of Display. Museums, Science and Culture. 'Introduction'. Milton Park, UK: Taylor and Francis: http://www.simuseo.net/assets/introduccion_sharon_macdonald_the_politics_of_display.pdf |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Carmel P. Borg Sandro Debono |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2023/4. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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