Geography in the Archive (U02522)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : GEO-4-ARCHIVE

This research elective will introduce students to the nature, purpose and function of the archive as a "knowledge space" - a site for the safe keeping, curation and production of scholarly and other materials. Using a number of archives within the resources of the University and within institutions in the city of Edinburgh, attention will be paid to the ways in which the archive as a space and archiving as a process determine the nature of knowledge. Rather than focus alone on the content of relevant geographical and other archived material, students will be expected to interrogate and to understand the archives' own conditions of existence, including provenance, cataloguing and accessibility. The course has the firm support of archive and library staff within the Special Collections division of the University Library. (NB: 'Archive' is used here to include printed works and non-textual sources).

Entry Requirements

? This course is not accepting further student enrolments.

? This course is not available to visting students.

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Geography, (School of GeoSciences, Schedule N)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 4th year

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

? Other Required Attendance : 2 hour(s) per week for 1 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
25/09/2006	11:10	13:00	Room 2.05, Old Infirmary (Geography)	Central

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Monday	11:10	13:00	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

As a result of this course, students will
- have knowledge and understanding of the management and content of selected archives as research repositories;
- be able to exercise critical judgement in the management of a research problem, with reference to its intellectual content and with insight into the provenance, and archival treatment of the sources in question;
- have attained skills in the design, implementation and critical examination of specific research questions;
- be able to present, verbally and in writing, a reasoned argument exploring the theory of the archive as a space for the storage, preservation and management of
scholarly materials.