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On completion of the module, the student will be able to:
1. Define various forms of vernacular material culture in Ireland and their international counterparts;
2. Contextualise the creation of material objects as tangible traditions whose forms and functions are transmitted and transformed across time and space;
3. Develop ethnographic methods in documenting material culture in its various forms;
4. Engage in ethnographic collections within both museums and archives in documenting material culture in Ireland and internationally;
5. Describe traditional lifeways in the cycles of farming and communal subsistence, and identify the principal forms and regional characteristics of vernacular architecture in Ireland;
6. Research, compose and communicate material object biographies, and present a biography for a particular traditional object, drawing on primary and secondary research materials.
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 22 |
Specified Learning Activities | 50 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 30 |
Total | 102 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Essay: 1200 word essay | Week 6 | n/a | Graded | No | 25 |
Examination: Open-book take-home examination | Coursework (End of Trimester) | Yes | Graded | No | 35 |
Assignment: Research assignment | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 20 |
Assignment: Research assignment | Varies over the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 20 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Autumn | Yes - 2 Hour |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
Not yet recorded.
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 | Thurs 11:00 - 11:50 |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 | Tues 12:00 - 12:50 |