Semiotics and Cultural Heritage
| Title | Σημειωτική και πολιτισμική κληρονομιά / Semiotics and Cultural Heritage |
| Code | ΕΜ-11 |
| Interdepartmental Programme | Semiotics, Culture and Communication |
| Collaborating Schools | French Language and Literature Italian Language and Literature Journalism and Mass Communications Architecture |
| Cycle / Level | 2nd / Postgraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600014994 |
Programme of Study: Semiotics, Culture and Communication
Registered students: 0
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KORMOS | Elective Courses | Winter/Spring | - | 7.5 |
| Academic Year | 2018 – 2019 |
| Class Period | Spring |
| Faculty Instructors | |
| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Total Hours | 39 |
| Class ID | 600141770
|
Course Type 2021
Specific Foundation
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600141770
- At the Website of the School: https://dpms-semiotics.frl.auth.gr/index.php/el/plirofories/mathimata-2/prosferomena-mathimata
- eLearning: https://elearning.auth.gr/course/view.php?id=12560
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Make decisions
- Work autonomously
- Work in an international context
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
- Generate new research ideas
- Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
The course "Semiotics and Cultural Heritage" explores throughout on different representations the broad concepts of culture, semiotics, and cultural heritage and their ‘semantic’ evolution in modern western societies It analyses the new methodological tools offered by semiotics with new perspectives and considerations of interpretation of cultural phenomena and new ways of perceiving the world. It aims to investigate and explore spaces, structures and environments where cultural phenomena and 'products', messages, meanings and representations are constructed and deconstructed. It examines the theoretical and sociopolitical context of an interpretative approach to cultural and archaeological heritage by analysing the multiple biographies of monuments and objects making use the interpretive ‘channels’ of the rhetoric of semio-narratives.
Focus is placed on the critical analysis of practical and methodological semio-tools through case studies. Emphasis is given to the analysis of the framework of cultural management, structures and practices for a holistic approach of integrated implementation studies, aiming at the sustainability and production of new methods of development and creation of postmodern cultural 'products'.
Keywords
semiotics, cultural heritage, archeology, material and immaterial culture
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
- Multimedia
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Description
In the courseit will be used the elearning platform and audiovisual material.
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 13 | ✓ | |||
| Laboratory Work | 26 | ✓ | |||
| Reading Assigment | 75 | ✓ | |||
| Field trips and participation in conferences / seminars / activities | 6 | ||||
| Written assigments | 70 | ✓ | |||
| Total | 190 |
Student Assessment
Description
The course includes continuous evaluation and a Written Assignment in the end of the semester.
Student Assessment methods
- Written Assignment (Formative, Summative)
- Performance / Staging (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
Bapty, I. & Yates, T. (eds.) (1990). Archaeology after structuralism. Post-structuralism and the practice of archaeology. London: Routledge.
Gardin, J.-C. (1992). “Semiotic trends in archaeology”. In J.-C. Gardin & C. Peebles (eds.), Representations in Archaeology. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 87–104.
Hodder, I. (1986). Reading the past: current approaches to interpretation in archaeology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Hodder, I. (ed.) (1987). The Archaeology of Contextual Meanings. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Knappett, C. (2005). Thinking Through Material Culture: An Interdisciplinary Perspective. Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press.
Lele, V. P. (2006). “Material habits, identity, semeiotic”. Journal of Social Archaeology 6: 48–70
Marila, M. (2014). “Things in Action – Interpreting the Meanings of Things in Archaeology”. Monographs of the Archaeological Society of Finland 2: 9–20.
Nash, G. & G. Children (eds.) (2008). The Archaeology of Semiotics and the social order of things. British Archaeological Reports. Oxford: Archaeopress.
Preucel, R. W. (2010). Archaeological Semiotics. Malden: Blackwell.
Preucel, R. W. (2016). “Pragmatic Archaeology and Semiotic Mediation”. Semiotic Review 4, https://semioticreview.com/ojs/index.php/sr/article/view/11.
Vecco, M. (2010). “A definition of cultural heritage: From the tangible to the intangible”. Cultural Heritage 11: 321–324
Yaco, S., Ramaprasad, A. Rizvi, S. (2016). “Envisioning the semiotics of cultural heritage artifacts”. In Conference: International Conference on Culture & Computer Science, Namibia.
Yaco S., Ramaprasad A. (2018). “Cultural Heritage Semiotics”. In: Jat D., Sieck J., Muyingi HN., Winschiers-Theophilus H., Peters A., Nggada S. (eds) Digitisation of Culture: Namibian and International Perspectives. Springer, Singapore, 49-64.
Waterton, E. & S. Watson (2014). The Semiotics of Heritage Tourism. Bristol, Buffalo, Toronto: Channel View Publications.
Last Update
30-11-2023
