| CODE | BLH1301 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Our Heritage and Us | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 3 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Conservation and Built Heritage | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Study-unit Aims: - To introduce students to the impact of development on existing built heritage; - To promote an awareness of the variety and richness of the local built heritage, and assessment of values. Learning Outcomes: - Ability to understand the different values pertaining to existing built heritage; - Ability to identify critical examples of built heritage, and assess the impact of development on the values pertaining to such heritage; - Ability to assess case studies where the impact of development on existing built heritage was particularly marked. Main Text/s - ICOMOS 1994. The Nara Document on Authenticity. Available online at http://www.international.icomos.org/charters.htm - Gomez Robles, Lucia. 2010. A methodological approach towards conservation. Conservation & Management of Archaeological Sites, 12(2), 146-69. Available online through HyDi. - Hayden, Dolores. 1995. The power of place : urban landscapes as public history. Available at Main Library General (F869.L8H39). - Rodwell, Dennis.2012. The UNESCO World Heritage Convention, 1972–2012: Reflections and Directions. The Historic Environment, Vol. 3 No. 1, April, 2012, 64–8. Available online at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/maney/hen/2012/00000003/00000001/art00005 - UNESCO 2005. Vienna Memorandum on World Heritage and Contemporary Architecture - Managing the Historic Urban Landscape. Available online at http://whc.unesco.org/archive/2005/whc05-15ga-inf7e.pdf Supplementary readings: - Birks, Hilary H. (ed.). 1988. The cultural landscape : past, present and future. Available at Main Library General (GF75.C85) - Bonanno, Anthony. 2005. Malta: Phoenician, Punic and Roman. Midsea - Cilia, Daniel (ed.) 2004. Malta Before History. Miranda - Dalli, Charles. 2006. Malta: the medieval millennium. Midsea - Schnapp, Alain. 1996. The Discovery of the Past: the origins of archaeology. British Museum Press - Spiteri, Stephen. 2008. The Art of Fortress Building in Hospitaller Malta. BDL - Trump, David. 2002. Malta: prehistory and temples. Midsea |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Visit | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Shirley Cefai Reuben Grima |
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