PRO5002 is an elective unit introduced as a component of the Master of Data Science course for postgraduate students in the Faculty of Information for 2015. It will also be offered as an elective in the MBIS from 2016, and at the Monash Prato Centre in 2015.

This is a new unit

PRO5002 Heritage Informatics for Digital Humanities is an elective unit and forms part of the Master of Data Science course. It will also be available as an elective unit in the MBIS and may be offered at Monash Centre Prato. Its key objectives are to prepare students so that they will:

On successful completion of this unit, students should be able to:

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Informatics, the science of information, plays an increasingly central role in the work Museums, Libraries and other Cultural Heritage Institutions that act to preserve, study, and promote cultural heritage. Heritage informatics for the Digital Humanities brings a comprehensive, cross-disciplinary approach to the challenge of managing cultural information, from data capture to analysis and dissemination.

This course is designed to respond to emerging technologies that have transformed the ways cultural heritage data can be interpreted, managed and analyzed. Students will learn about perceptions of heritage and the principles and best practices of the discipline. Then, through a study of key technological innovations (mobile data, digital mapping and storytelling, 3D and augmented reality) and case studies, students will gain insight into how to build applications and digital user experiences for a variety of cultural heritage contexts.

Cameron, F. and Kenderine, S. (2010) Theorizing Digital Cultural Heritage: A Critical Discourse MIT Press

Hastings, S.K. (2014) Annual Review of Cultural Heritage Informatics:2012-2013 Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Parrya, R. (2007) Recoding the Museum: Digital Heritage and the Technologies of Change. Routledge NY

Parrya, R. (ed.) (2010) Museums in a Digital Age. Routledge NY

The London Charter- FOR THE COMPUTER-BASED VISUALISATION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE

Wescott, K.L., and Brandon, R.J. (eds.) (2005) Practical Applications of GIS for Archaeologists: A Predictive Modelling Toolkit. Taylor and Francis London

On-campus

Off-campus

Block mode

The unit will be offered in lecture/tutorial mode and OCL mode at Caulfield campus, but will also be designed in modular fashion to enable intensive/block mode delivery, e.g. at the Monash Prato Centre.

In semester assessment 100%

It is preferred to have the assessment based on practical work rather than on an exam. As a discipline Community Informatics is based on a strong relationship with practice and evaluation of a student's knowledge and understanding must be based on being able to apply conceptual knowledge in concrete examples and to evaluate specific projects. For instance, understanding the nature of participatory research, the ethics involved of working with communities in specific situations and the consequences for project design can only be tested superficially in an examination, and is best done via closely supervised project work and detailed case studies.

Minimum total expected workload equals 12 hours per week consisting of:

Contact hours for on-campus students:

Study schedule for off-campus students:

Additional requirements for ALL students:

FIT

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Tom Chandler