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HIST333 Waking the Dead: Death, Burials and Memorials

Updated: 04 January 2010
Credit Points 6
Offering Not offered in 2010
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is no UNE Supervised Examination.
Pre-requisites 12cp in ANCH or ARPA or ASST or ECON (units with a 4 or 5 as second digit [denoting ECON HIST] only) or HIST or candidature BArchH(Hons) or BUrbRegPlan or in a postgraduate award
Co-requisites None
Restrictions LOCH223 or HIST233
Notes

offered in odd numbered years
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Andrew Piper (andrew.piper@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

Monuments and cemeteries are a particularly valuable source of historical evidence. They both commemorate and perpetuate memory, and fix meaning on the landscape - meaning that changes over time. This changing meaning and the changing treatment of death and public memory will be explored using Australian and international examples. Of particular interest to local and family historians will be study of the theory and method for research and interpretation of cemeteries. Students enrolling in this unit must have access to a general cemetery and/or a public monument/memorial. Field work is necessary.
Materials No text required
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment
Title Exam Length Weight Mode No. Words
Assignment 1 40% 2000
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-6 GA: 1,2,3,4,6,7
Assignment 2 60% 3000-4000
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-6 GA: 1,2,3,4,6,7

Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. appreciate the historical importance of monuments and cemeteries as physical evidence in our built environment;and be able to research and interpret monuments and cemeteries as primary sources;
  2. be aware of the range of subjects that can be encountered in death studies;
  3. understand different views about death and the hereafter;
  4. conduct surveys of cemeteries and appreciation of the diversity of grave-maker styles and explain symbolism and epitaphs derived from the memorialisation of death over time;
  5. demonstrate the relationship between monumental design (including grave form, epitaph and symbolism), and ideology; and
  6. explain that changes in the meaning of monuments reflect larger social changes.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
Knowledge of the history discipline will be taught with lecture notes and through discussions on Blackboard (student centred). It will be assessed through written assessments. 		True True
2 Communication Skills
Students will be taught communication skills through written and oral feedback on the essays. Students studying off-campus will learn valuable communication skills through participation in online discussions. Students will be assessed on the style of writing, clarity of writing, expression and development of ideas, and referencing. Students will practice their communication skills through completing the assessment tasks (written through the essays). 		True True True
3 Global Perspectives
The unit will, at every point, set Australian developments in local history in a global context via the application of relevant theories and methodologies. Although the unit deals mainly with Australian material, it considers local and family history as international phenomena; for example, the changing treatment of death and public memory explored using Australian and international examples. Moreover, the unit seeks to introduce students to ideas and techniques that they would be able to apply in non-Australian local history contexts. The complex historical relationships between the local, the national and the global are at the forefront of the unit. 		True True True
4 Information Literacy
Students will be taught, and directed, to relevant historical literature and how to assess its validity. Students will be assessed (through the essays) on their ability to identify relevant literature, and on their ability to critically analyse the literature. 		True True
5 Life-Long Learning
This unit will promote lifelong learning through its emphasis on competencies in research, analysis and writing, skills that students will ideally continue to develop beyond the duration of their course. This unit will also encourage students to better understand their local environments in historical terms, which is surely an essential foundation for future personal and professional development. 		True True
6 Problem Solving
Students are taught how historians research, analyse and interpret the past. Problem solving lies at the heart of online participation sessions and essay writing. The skills is both practised and assessed in essays. 		True True True
7 Social Responsibility
Through its emphasis on the value and importance of primary sources, this unit will raise students' awareness of the need for vigilance if this often fragile part of our heritage is to be preserved. This objective is most important at a time when many archives are under threat due to funding cuts and ignorance about their function and importance. Moreover, raising students' awareness of their local environment will, more generally, enhance their capacity for socially responsible and ethical participation in their communities 		True True True
8 Team Work
Students will practice their teamwork skills through participating in online discussion postings. They will be required to discuss the weekly topics with their fellow students in a thoughtful and respectful manner (practice). 		True
   

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