Heritage and Museology

Year
0
Academic year
2018-2019
Code
01012607
Subject Area
Área Científica do Menor
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
Duration
SEMESTRIAL
ECTS Credits
6.0
Type
Elective
Level
1st Cycle Studies

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

Classes both theoretical and practical, using the projection of images; practical exercises; reading, analysis and discussion of theoretical texts.

Learning Outcomes

1. To understand the emergence and evolution of the concept of heritage, relating it to the cultural context, social, economic and political development in each era;

2. To understand the emergence and evolution of the museum institution, relating it to the cultural, social, economic and political development in each era;

3. To identify the various types of museum depending on guardianships, the collections and structure;

4. To characterize the different museological models and their impact on museography issues and the connection to the community;

5. To understand the functions of the museum and relate them to the systems of communication with the public;

6. To critically analyse models of heritage management and museum resources.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. The concept of heritage: evolution and framing

2. The museum concept: evolution and typologies

3. Museological models: traditional museology, new museology and postmodern museology

4. Cultural heritage management and the functions of the museum.

Head Lecturer(s)

António Luís Domingues Ginja

Assessment Methods

Continuous evaluation
Synthesis work: 30.0%
Frequency: 70.0%

Final evaluation
Exam: 100.0%

Bibliography

AAVV, 100 anos de património: Memória e identidade, Lisboa, IGESPAR, 2010.

BALLÉ, Catherine; POULOT, Dominique, Musées en Europe. Une mutation inachevée, Paris, La Documentation Française, 2004.

GREFFE, Xavier, La valeur économique du patrimoine. La demande et l'offre de monuments, Paris, Economica, 1990.

GUILLAUME, Marc, A política do património, Porto, Campo das Letras, 2003.

HERNÁNDEZ, Josep Ballart e TRESSERRAS, Jordi Juan, Gestión del património cultural, Barcelona, Ariel S.A., 2001.

HOOPER-GREENHILL, Eilean, Museum and Interpretation of Visual Culture, London, Routledge, 2000.

JAUMAIN, Serge, Les musées en mouvement, Bruxelles,Université de Bruxelles, 2000.

MAIRESSE, François, Le musée temple spectaculaire, Paris, Presses Universitaires de Lyon, 2002.

PRENTICE, Richard, Tourism and Heritage Attractions, Londres, Routledge, 1995.

ROCHA-TRINDADE, Maria Beatriz (coord.), Iniciação à museologia, Lisboa, UA, 1993.

VEGO, Peter (dir.), The New Museology, Londres, Reaktion Books, 1989.