Description
Module description
This final year module asksstudents to draw on their knowledge and experience to reflect upon the relevance and impact of archaeology and heritage work for wider public debates about the past, present and future. We will explore how archaeology can shape vital questions about how to protect our world and care for its people. This includes critical thinking on how archaeology has created, influenced and challenged “big themes” and “grand challenges”, and the responsibilities and opportunities that come with this.
Students will explore how their archaeological knowledge can reach wider public audiences, and understand how it can inform significant, impact driven, questions relating for example to social justice, migration, climate change, conflict and future making. They will gain valuable skills in communicating their knowledge in an accessible and relatable way, using different media including writing, social media, and audio storytelling.
The course will be taught through lectures that provide examples of some of the big themes to which archaeology can contribute, as well as workshops on public communication and group discussion.
Module Aims
This module aims to:
·Develop skills that will allow students to map their archaeological knowledge onto bigger public debates and themes.
·Build understanding of the relevance of archaeology beyond the academy, including how it can contribute to wider set of careers such as international development, theheritagesector, policy, or journalism.
·Provide opportunities for students to practice writing for and communicating with a wide public audience.
Learning Outcomes
At the end of this module you should:
·Understand how archaeology can contribute to significant public debates and broad themes, and the responsibilities that come with this.
·Be able to apply this to a theme of your choice, and demonstrate how knowledge and skills you have acquired in other modules are relevant to it.
·Feel confident articulating your archaeological knowledge to a broad non-specialist audience
Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year
Last updated
This module description was last updated on 19th August 2024.