Heritage Resources Management (HERM) 327

Overview

Heritage is central to Canadian cultural policy and is an important aspect of Canadian social, political, and economic life. Heritage Resources Management 327: Heritage Policy in Canada surveys the historical development of federal and provincial arts and heritage policies in Canada and related ideas of national and regional culture. It uses this framework to discuss perceptions of culture as social expression and the role of government policy in a diverse society.

Outline

Part I: Inventing Heritage: The Policy Framework

• Unit 1: How Do We Know Who We Are? The Role of Cultural Policy
• Unit 2: How Canada Invented Heritage
• Unit 3: Heritage for the People? The Role of the Federal State

Part II: Heritage Where We Live: Communities and Conservation

• Unit 4: Heritage on the Street—Cities, Towns, and Villages
• Unit 5: Heritage in the Provinces
• Unit 6: Sustainable Communities—Natural and Cultural Heritage

Part III: Who Cares for Heritage: Stakeholders, Rightsholders, and Institutions

• Unit 7: The Museum—Public Forum or Treasure Vault?
• Unit 8: Pages Turning—Aboriginal Heritage Policy
• Unit 9: Digital Technologies—Shaping Knowledge and Access
• Unit 10: In Conclusion and Anticipation

Evaluation

To receive credit for HERM 327, you must complete all of the assignments and achieve a minimum composite course grade of D (50 percent).

To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University’s online Calendar.

Materials

This course either does not have a course package or the textbooks are open-source material and available to students at no cost. This course has a Course Administration and Technology Fee, but students are not charged the Course Materials Fee.

The materials for this course are available entirely online.

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