Base Knowledge
Non applicable
Teaching Methodologies
Oral presentation from the basic contents to the acquisition of skills, research-oriented activities to be held during the contact time and beyond, Preparation of projects under guidance; Oral presentation and discussion of work done in groups. Preparation and discussion of visit reports.
Learning Results
1. To understand the concept of heritage, theoretical principles and main means of interpretation;
2. Identify similarities and conceptual differences between interpretation and museology, as well as between their respective institutions and support infrastructures (eg museums, ecomuseums, interpretation centers, etc.);
3. Assess the potential of cultural or natural heritage for the implementation of interpretation projects, taking into account public policies, legislation and applicable support instruments;
4. Apply techniques and instruments of interpretation appropriate to specific situations.
5. Draw up simple plans for interpreting the cultural or natural heritage;
6. Use programs of interpretation in natural, cultural and recreational spaces for the promotion of educational processes.
Program
a) Introduction to interpretation: conceptualization and applications;
b) Museums and museology; the new museology and the ecomuseums; Infrastructures: centers for interpreting and welcoming visitors;
c) Analysis of interpretation programs; Case Study;
d) Distinction between means, techniques and instruments of interpretation; their adequacy to specific situations;
e) The planning of programs and projects of interpretation: analysis of the situation; setting objectives; collection of information; definition of the target audience; implementation and evaluation;
f) Interpretation and educational processes
Internship(s)
NAO
Bibliography
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PEREZ DE LAS HERAS, M. (1999), La guia del ecoturismo. Ediciones Mundi-Prensa, Madrid.
ATKINSON et al (2001), A sense of place: an interpretative planning Handbook. 2rd edition. James Carter Editor. Scotland.
Staiff, Russell (2014), Re-imagining Heritage Interpretation: Enchanting the Past-Future. Routledge, 208 p.
Bourdeau, L.; Gravari-Barbas, M.; Robinson, M. (ed.) (2015), World Heritage, Tourism and Identity (Inscription and Co-production). Routledge, 290 p.
Wood, M. E. (2017), Sustainable Tourism on a Finite Planet (Environmental, Business and Policy Solutions). Routledge, 328 p.