Management of Historic Resources
This class is an introduction to historic preservation. The class will review the way public historians work to protect the material culture of the built environment on a local, state, and national level. The class will consist of lectures on aspects of historic preservation, the discussion of weekly readings, and the execution of a preservation project. The project will be to prepare a National Register of Historic Places nomination on a single property or historic district.
Outcomes: Understand the types of practice that characterizes the field of historic preservation; Understand current emerging issues in historic preservation from an ethical perspective; Experience carrying out the role of the public historian in historic preservation, ability to identify and explain the cultural value of what should be preserved.
Outcomes: Understand the types of practice that characterizes the field of historic preservation; Understand current emerging issues in historic preservation from an ethical perspective; Experience carrying out the role of the public historian in historic preservation, ability to identify and explain the cultural value of what should be preserved.