Cultural mediation of knowledge in history: theoretical approach and practical application

lhist2420  2019-2020  Louvain-la-Neuve

Cultural mediation of knowledge in history: theoretical approach and practical application
Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
10 credits
22.5 h
Q2
Teacher(s)
Warland Geneviève;
Language
French
Main themes
The theoretical training aims at the development of a scientific and methodologic competence in cultural mediation of knowledge in history. Students are introduced into the theories and the empirical knowledge produced by the different disciplines that have showed interest in the public communication of history.
The practical training aims at the development of specialised competences in mediatic writing by proposing several exercises applied to different modes and forms of communication of history.
Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

1 Introduce the students to different forms of cultural communication of knowledge in history by means of an overview and an analysis of the modes of action of historians in the public space (cultural politics and actions, media, social and educational sector, commemorations, political and legal uses)
 

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Content
The course aims at giving tools for an efficient communication of historical contents. It initiated to several forms and computer based techniques of dealing with history in a professional way: websites, audio-guides, illustrated texts,  ... It also enables the discovery of heritage sites.
Teaching methods
The course alternates theoretical guidelines, comparative analysis of texts and history-related messages intended for various audiences and practical exercises based on historical questions. Exercises are thus proposed on the writing and layout of communication articles, the design and implementation of web pages, the design and implementation of exhibition modules, the writing and recording of audio-visual sequences, the design and implementation of guided tours of a heritage site, etc.
Evaluation methods
Continuous evaluation based on work carried out individually or in groups by students.  In case of failure, the student will take back the deficient work(s) in order to improve it/them.
Other information
The lecturer uses the contribution of professional historians working in cultural communication of historical knowledge.
Bibliography
syllabus, power point, textes théoriques, exemples de travaux réalisés par les étudiants antérieurement, liens vers des sites Web à titre d'exemples. Voir le site Moodle du cours.
Teaching materials
  • syllabus, power point, documents variés: textes théoriques, exemples de travaux réalisés par les étudiants antérieurement, liens vers des sites Web à titre d'exemples.
Faculty or entity
HIST


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Master [120] in History