Introduction to museology and Museum practice

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Course ID:	WS-AR-WDMiMw
Erasmus code / ISCED:	(unknown) / (unknown)
Course title:	Introduction to museology and Museum practice
Name in Polish:	Wstęp do muzeologii i muzealnictwa-wyk.
Organizational unit:	Institute of Archaeology
Course groups:
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	English
Subject level:	elementary
Learning outcome code/codes:	KU1_W01 KU1_W03 KU1_W04 KU1_W05 KU1_W06 KU1_W08 KU1_W09 KU1_W13 KU1_W15 KU1_W16 KU1_U01 KU1_U03 KU1_U07 KU1_U08 KU1_U12 KU1_U14 KU1_U15 KU1_K01 KU1_K02 KU1_K03 KU1_K04 KU1_K07 KU1_K08 KU1_K09
Short description:	Introduction to main notions and concepts of contemporary museum, its history, changes, areas of activity, law, regulations. ethics code.
Full description:	1.Notions: museum, museum practice, museology 2. Introduction to the history of museums 3. Museum definition and museum's activities 4. Areas of activity 5. Museum and law 6. Museum and politics 7. Ethics in museum 8. Collectioning 9. Ownership and object possesing in museums. Accesion. 10. Provenance research in museums 11. Restitution, revindication, deacsesion 12. Postcolonialism and museums 13. Museum collections management 14. Collections care 15. Conservation in museums 16. Studies and research in museums 17. Digitisation and web 18. Data bases on museums 19. New media and new technologies in museums 20. Museum collections display. 21. Permanent exhibitions 22. Study collections 23. Interactivity in museums 24. Museum staff, museum professionals. Past and present state. 25. Expertising, knowledge, practice 26. Professionalism and specialization in museum work 27. Museum education 28. Kids and school education 29. Seniors in museum 30. Disabled people in museum. Art Therapy and social work. 31. Museum pedagogics 32. Public Relation and museum' promotion 33. Museums in regional life. Regional identity and social politics 34. Museums and tourism 35. Marketing in museums 36. Architecture of museums. 37. Museum interiors standards 38. Globalisation and museums. 39. Nationalism and museum 40. Religion museums and sacrum.
Bibliography:	Baranska, Katarzyna, Muzeum w sieci znaczeń. Zarządzanie z perspektywy nauk humanistycznych, Kraków [Wyd. Attyka] 2013. Edukacja w muzeum rzeczywistym i wirtualnym, red. D. Folga-Januszewska, E. Grygiel, t. 7, seria Muzeologia, Kraków [Universitas] 2013 Ekonomia muzeum, Materiały z polsko-brytyjskiej konfrencji, Muzeum Pałac w Wilanowie, UKSW, 25-26 listopada 2010, t. 1 seria Muzeologia, Kraków [Universitas] 2011 Folga-Januszewska, Dorota, Muzealnictwo, muzeologia, muzeografia, "Muzalnictwo", 47, 2006, s. 11-16. Folga-Januszewska, Dorota, Muzeum:definicja i pojęcie. Czym jest muzeum dzisiaj?, "Muzealnictwo", 49, 2008, s. 200-203. Folga-Januszewska, Dorota, Muzea w Polsce 1989-2008. Stan, zachodzace zmiany i kierunki rozwoju muzeów w Europie oraz rekomendacja dla muzeów polskich, Warszawa 2009, Raport na zlecenie Narodowego Centrum Kultury, publikacja w materiałach Kongresu Kultury Polskiej 2009; publikacja na stronach: http://www.kongreskultury.pl/title,Raport_o_muzeach,pid,137.html Folga-Januszewska, Dorota, 1000 muzeów w Polsce. Przewodnik, Olszanica [wyd. BOSZ] 2011 Gluzinski, Wojciech, U podstaw muzeologii, Warszawa 1980 Krzeminska, Marta, Muzeum sztuki w kulturze polskiej, Warszawa 1987. Malinowski, Kazimierz, Prekursorzy muzeologii polskiej, Prace Komisji Historii Sztuki, t.9. z. 1, Poznan 1970 Matassa, Freda, Zarządzanie zbiorami muzeum. Podręcznik, Kraków, przekł. S. Jasczyńska, red. D. Folga-Januszewska, Kraków , t. 2 seria Muzeologia , Kraków [wyd. Universitas] 2012. Wojnar, Irena, Muzeum czyli trwanie obecnosci, Warszawa 1991 Żygulski Zdzisław, Muzea na swiecie: wstep do muzealnictwa, Warszawa 1982
Efekty kształcenia i opis ECTS:	Student should communicate using proper, professional language to describe contemporary museum' activities, to understand main topics and law regulations, to interpret ethical attitudes. The student should know how to work in a team, how to formulate questions and problems, where to look for professional literature and how to talk with museum professionals.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Lecture, visual and multimedia presentations, visits in museums, discussions. The test at the end of each semester. To receive note 2 - student cannot use properly main notions and concepts dealing with museum practice and museology To receive note 3 - student correctly applies main notions and concepts dealing with museum practice and museology To receive note 4 - student correctly applies main notions and concepts dealing with museum practice and museology, understands relationships among them, points out practical applications of terms To receive note 5 (very good) student also undestands and can explain ethical rules in museum profession, knows fundamental museum law regulations, correctly used notions and concepts .

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