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Module details for 2021/22.

30 credits

FHEQ Level 6

Module Outline

This module aims to develop in students a set of tools to critically evaluate geographies of landscape, heritage and identities and to develop a postcolonial and decolonial perspective on issues of national identity, national heritage, memory and issues of place identity. The focus here is to examine the ways in which memory, spaces and identities intersect to form narratives of national, regional and community identities. The course addresses case-study sites that include spaces of heritage such as World Heritage Sites, National Parks, Cities and spaces of the Museum. Through these case-studies there is a focus on issues of who controls authorised or formal accounts of places, histories and national identities and thus who controls accounts of belonging, inclusion and exclusion. Core to the module is the critique of formalised heritage narratives and the exploration of counter-discourses such as postcolonial, decolonial contestations and counter memories and histories from below. Cultural geographies of landscape, national identity and the moral geographies of heritage are addressed through the role of museums, national parks, visual culture, art history, landscape aesthetics and the affective and emotional senses in preserving memories and intangible heritage narratives. The module engages with memory, space and place identities at different geographical scales including ‘bodies’ and ‘place’ at international, transnational, post-national communities.

Full Module Description

This module aims to develop in students a set of tools to critically evaluate geographies of landscape, heritage and identities and to develop a postcolonial and decolonial perspective on issues of national identity, national heritage, memory and issues of place identity. The focus here is to examine the ways in which memory, spaces and identities intersect to form narratives of national, regional and community identities. The course addresses case-study sites that include spaces of heritage such as World Heritage Sites, National Parks, Cities and spaces of the Museum. Through these case-studies there is a focus on issues of who controls authorised or formal accounts of places, histories and national identities and thus who controls accounts of belonging, inclusion and exclusion. Core to the module is the critique of formalised heritage narratives and the exploration of counter-discourses such as postcolonial, decolonial contestations and counter memories and histories from below. Cultural geographies of landscape, national identity and the moral geographies of heritage are addressed through the role of museums, national parks, visual culture, art history, landscape aesthetics and the affective and emotional senses in preserving memories and intangible heritage narratives. The module engages with memory, space and place identities at different geographical scales including ‘bodies’ and ‘place’ at international, transnational, post-national communities.

Module learning outcomes

Recognise and understand the complexity of published research in the fields of memory, heritage and identity.

Demonstrate and apply skills in independent learning and reading to understand the critical and varied approaches to memory, heritage and identities.

Critically analyse theories of memory, identity and heritage issues through sites and spaces that record
memory in a national, local and individual scales and modes,

Identify, explore, and discuss understandings of postcolonial critique of spaces of heritage through critical approaches to museums, landscapes and identity.

Demonstrate an advanced understanding of and summarise the key concepts embedded in the literatures on heritage, memory, and identity across the social sciences and humanities.

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Timing

Submission deadlines may vary for different types of assignment/groups of students.

Weighting

Coursework components (if listed) total 100% of the overall coursework weighting value.

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Prof Divya Tolia-Kelly

Convenor
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Dr Simon Rycroft

Assess convenor
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Dr Daniel Haberly

Assess convenor
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