Unit information: Representations of Heritage in 2008/09

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Unit name Representations of Heritage
Unit code ARCHM0024
Credit points 30
Level of study M/7
Teaching block(s) Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52)
Unit director Emeritus Professor. Mark Horton
Open unit status Not open
Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

School/department Department of Anthropology and Archaeology
Faculty Faculty of Arts

Description including Unit Aims

This unit provides an overview of heritage and its representation through the media. It will provide the theoretical and intellectual rationale for the MA in Archaeology and Screen Media, through discussions of critical and cultural theory, and will examine representations of heritage in the media, how this has changed over time.