Specialisms

Module code: MU7020

Your specialism will give you an opportunity to develop expertise within a particular area of museum studies, such as the natural environment, heritage, education, global museologies and the digital world. In these specialisms you'll address current and emerging cross-disciplinary themes such as the pervasive influence of digital technologies and sustainable practices in the museum. Each specialism will be delivered through an intensive three-week period of teaching (followed by a reading week) and assessed using a variety of formats that will equip you with a portfolio of achievements.

Topics covered

• Your digital life (Digital)
• User centred design (Digital)
• Gaming the museum (Digital)
• Design for disability (Digital, Education, Heritage)
• Creative learning (Education)
• Participatory pedagogy (Education)
• Oral histories (Education, Heritage)
• Museums as spaces of Care (Education)
• Heritage education (Education, Heritage)
• Politics of heritage and identity (Heritage)
• Difficult heritage (Heritage)
• Emotions (Heritage)
• Museums and the Anthropocene (Green)
• Museums, climate change, biodiversity and pollution (Green)
• Green Museums (Green)
• Sustainable practices (Green)
• Indigenous and Feminist approaches (Global) 
• Postcolonialism (Global) 
• Southeast Asian museology (Global)
• Politics and local museology in South Africa (Global)