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

lhist2420  2020-2021  Louvain-la-Neuve

Cultural mediation of knowledge in history: theoretical approach and practical application
Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the information below is subject to change, in particular that concerning the teaching mode (presential, distance or in a comodal or hybrid format).
10 credits
22.5 h
Q2
Teacher(s)
Warland Geneviève;
Language
French
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

Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the information in this section is particularly likely to change.

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

Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the information in this section is particularly likely to change.

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
La bibliographie se trouve sur le site Moodle du cours et est actualisée annuellement.
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