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At the end of this module students should be able to:
1. Critically appreciate how archaeology is communicated to a range of stakeholders through various media - museum displays, printed media, films, television, AR/VR and video games
2. Identify and critique potential sources of bias within the ways archaeology is communicated
3. Better understand public perceptions of what archaeology is and what archaeologists do, and how we as a profession can manage these perceptions
Public perceptions of what archaeologists are and what they do; Archaeology in the news; Archaeology in the movies; Decolonising archaeology
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Small Group | 8 |
Tutorial | 8 |
Field Trip/External Visits | 8 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 200 |
Total | 224 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Continuous Assessment: What archaeologists do, what the rest of the world think we do? | Week 3 | n/a | Graded | No | 15 |
Continuous Assessment: Paper review: short review of one of a selection of three papers/chapters. | Week 5 | n/a | Graded | No | 30 |
Assignment: Critically review an archaeological news story from a short list provided. | Week 11 | n/a | Graded | No | 55 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Spring | No |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Online automated feedback
Not yet recorded.
Name | Role |
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Dr Anita Radini | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |