Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Arts (Volume 3 page 99)
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1. History, Faculty of Arts (v3, p99) : Next:131-215 | Prev:131-212
Availability: Not offered in 1996.
Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd years
Coordinator: Dr A. Mayne, Dr D. Goodman.
Prerequisite: Normally, 25 points of first year History.
Contact: Will comprise two time blocks, one of two hours and the second of one hour.
Objectives:
On completion of this subject students should be able to demonstrate a detailed historical knowledge of Melbourne's Central Activities District and the neighbouring Knowledge Precinct; demonstrate a general comparative understanding of the history of urbanisation in the New World during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; understand the epistemological strengths of marrying the genres of social history and cultural history in urban studies; apply historical skills to the assessment of cultural significance in conserving Melbourne's past.
Content:
This subject traces the history of the Central Activities District and the neighbouring Knowledge Precinct from the time of first European settlement in 1835 until the present day. It explores in comparative perspective - the social and spatial development, and the interwoven cultural constructions, of inner Melbourne. The subject will combine classroom instruction with applied research work. The latter will focus on historical and historical-archaeological interpretations of the Little Lonsdale Street 'slum' neighbourhood.
Assessment:
Written work totalling not more than 5,000 words, comprising a research assignment and a reflective essay.
Prescribed texts:
1. History, Faculty of Arts (v3, p99) : Next:131-215 | Prev:131-212
2. History, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p125) : Next:131-215 | Prev:131-212
Availability: Not offered in 1996.
Credit points: 16.7
Coordinator: Dr A. Mayne, Dr D. Goodman.
Prerequisite: Normally, 25 points of first year History.
Contact: Two time blocks, one of two hours and one of one hour each week.
Objectives:
On completion of this subject students should be able to demonstrate a detailed historical knowledge of Melbourne's Central Activities District and the neighbouring Knowledge Precinct; demonstrate a general comparative understanding of the history of urbanisation in the New World during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; understand the epistemological strengths of marrying the genres of social history and cultural history in urban studies; apply historical skills to the assessment of cultural significance in conserving Melbourne's past.
Content:
This subject traces the history of the Central Activities District and the neighbouring Knowledge Precinct from the time of first European settlement in 1835 until the present day. It explores in comparative perspective - the social and spatial development, and the interwoven cultural constructions, of inner Melbourne. The subject will combine classroom instruction with applied research work. The latter will focus on historical and historical-archaeological interpretations of the Little Lonsdale Street 'slum' neighbourhood.
Assessment:
Written work totalling not more than 5,000 words, comprising a research assignment and a reflective essay.
Prescribed texts:
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2. History, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p125) : Next:131-215 | Prev:131-212
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