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Heritage Resources Management 501: Issues in Heritage Resources Management is a 3-credit course in the Heritage Resources Management Diploma program. HERM 501 introduces students to the practices, challenges, and issues that face practitioners in the heritage field.

Unit 1: Heritage Resources Management

Required Readings
Be sure to check the Reading File for other required readings.
UNESCO. Definition of the Cultural and Natural Heritage. Articles 1 and 2. In United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, 1972, 2.
Home page: UNESCO World Heritage
David C. Harvey. Heritage Pasts and Heritage Presents: Temporality, Meaning and the Scope of Heritage Studies. International Journal of Heritage Studies 7, no. 4 (2001): 319-338.
Supplementary Readings
Visit the course website for the list of supplementary readings.

Unit 2: Types of Practice: Museums and Archives

Required Readings
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Ian E. Wilson. Archives. Canadian Encyclopedia Historica.

Home page: Canadian Encyclopedia
Ian E. Wilson. Towards a Vision of Archival Services. Archivaria 31 (Winter 1990-91): 91-100.
Home page: Archivaria (Association of Canadian Archivists)
Supplementary Readings
Visit the course website for the list of supplementary readings.

Unit 3: Types of Practice: Historic Places Management

Required Readings
Be sure to check the Reading File for other required readings.
Ontario Ministry of Culture. Eight Guiding Principles in the Conservation of Built Historic Properties.
Home page: Ontario Ministry of Culture
Michael Valpy. When God Can’t Pay the Rent. Globe and Mail, September 24, 2005, F7.
Heritage Canada Foundation. Exploring the Connection Between Built and Natural Heritage. Research Report. Ottawa: Heritage Canada Foundation, 2001, 2005.

Home page: Heritage Canada Foundation
Christina Cameron. The Spirit of Place: The Physical Memory of Canada. Journal of Canadian Studies 35, no.1 (Spring, 2000): 77-94.
Herb Stovel. Scrape and Anti-Scrape: False Idols on Main Street. APT Bulletin 17 no. 3/4 (1985): 51-55.
Mechtild Rössler. World Heritage Cultural Landscapes: A Global Perspective. In The Protected Landscape Approach: Linking Nature, Culture and Community. Edited by Jessica Brown, Nora Mitchell, and Michael Beresford. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK: IUCN, World Conservation Union, 2005, 37–46.
HERITAGE RESOURCES IN THE LAND USE PLANNING PROCESS. Cultural Heritage and Archaeology Policies of the Ontario Provincial Policy Statement, 2005
R. G. Forbis and W. C. Noble. Archaeology. Canadian Encyclopedia. Revised by Raymond LeBlanc, Ian Dyck, and David Morrison.
Home page: Canadian Encyclopedia
Parks Canada. Excerpt from Section 4.2: Guidelines for Archaeological Sites. Standards and Guidelines for the Conservation of Historic Places in Canada. 2nd ed. Ottawa: Parks Canada, 2010. Read pages 97-100 (Note: This document may take a few minutes to download. You may want to save the downloaded PDF, as it contains additional readings for the course.)
Home page: Parks Canada
Supplementary Readings
Visit the course website for the list of supplementary readings.

Unit 4: Structuring Practice: Governance and Ethics

Required Readings
Be sure to check the Reading File for other required readings.
Association of Canadian Archivists. Code of Ethics.
Home page: Association of Canadian Archivists
ICOMOS. Ethical Commitment Statement for ICOMOS Members (Revision, November 2002, Madrid).

Home page: International Council of Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS)
Geoffrey Lewis. The Role of Museums and the Professional Code of Ethics. Chapter 1, In Running a Museum: A Practical Handbook. Paris: International Council of Museums (ICOM), 2004, 1–16.
Supplementary Readings
Visit the course website for the list of supplementary readings.

Unit 5: Justifying Heritage Through Tourism

Required Readings
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ICOM. Proposal for a Charter of Principles for Museums and Cultural Tourism.
Home page: International Council of Museums (ICOM)
ICOMOS. International Cultural Tourism Charter (Managing Tourism at Places of Heritage Significances, 1999).
Home page: International Council of Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS)
Supplementary Readings
Visit the course website for the list of supplementary readings.

Unit 6: Who Controls the Past?

Required Readings
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Hugues de Varine. Decolonising Museology. ICOM News 58, no. 3 (2005): 3.
Home page: ICOM News Magazine
Geoffrey Lewis. The Universal Museum: A Special Case? ICOM News 57, no. 1 (2004).
Home page: ICOM News Magazine
Declaration on the Importance and Value of Universal Museums. ICOM News 57, no. 1 (2004).
Home page: ICOM News Magazine
Peter-Klaus Schuster. The Treasures of the World Culture in the Public Museum. ICOM News 57, no. 1 (2004):4-5.
Home page: ICOM News Magazine
George Abungu. The Declaration: A Contested Issue. ICOM News 57, no. 1 (2004):5. (scroll to second page)
Home page: ICOM News Magazine
Ruth B. Phillips. Re-Placing Objects: Historical Practices for the Second Museum Age. Project Muse. CHR Forum. Canadian Historical Review 86, no. 1 (March, 2005): 83-110.
Supplementary Readings
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Unit 7: What to Keep and Why: Determining Heritage Significance

Required Readings
Be sure to check the Reading File for other required readings.
Ian E. Wilson. The Fine Art of Destruction Revisited. Archivaria 49 (2000): 124-139.
Home page: Archivaria (Association of Canadian Archivists)
Supplementary Readings
Visit the course website for the list of supplementary readings.

Unit 8: Conservation

Required Readings
Be sure to check the Reading File for other required readings.
Parks Canada. Excerpts from Standards and Guidelines for the Conservation of Historic Places in Canada, 2nd ed. Ottawa: Parks Canada, 2010.(Note: If you saved this PDF when you downloaded for Unit 3, just return to that document.) Read the following: Introduction: (page VIII) Chapter 1: The Conservation Decision Making Process (pages 3-12) Chapter 2: The Conservation Treatments: Preservation, Rehabilitation, and Restoration (pages 15-17)
Home page: Parks Canada
Parks Canada.

Excerpt from Chapter 3: The Standards for the Conservation of Historic Places in Canada. In Standards and Guidelines for the Conservation of Historic Places in Canada, 2nd. Ottawa: Parks Canada, 2010. Read pages 21-37.

Home page: Parks Canada
Meryl Olivier. Cultural Landscape Conservation Experiences in Canada. In Cultural Landscapes: The Challenges of Conservation. World Heritage Papers 7. Paris: UNESCO World Heritage Centre, 2003, 101-103.
Home page: UNESCO World Heritage
David Hanington. To Treat or Not to Treat—That is the Question. Canadian Conservation Institute: Preserving My Heritage.

Home page: Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI)
Parks Canada. Chapter 4.0, Heritage Conservation. In Rideau Canal National Historic Site of Canada: Management Plan. Ottawa: Parks Canada 2005.
Home page: Parks Canada
Susan Bigelow. Duels or Dialogues? The Relationship Between Archivists and Conservators. Archivaria 29 (Winter, 1989/1990): 51-56.
Home page: Archivaria (Association of Canadian Archivists)
Supplementary Readings
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Unit 9: Approaches to Heritage Education

Lynda Kelly. Making a Difference: What Have We Learned About Visitor Learning? Sydney: Australian Museum Audience Research Centre, 2000/2009.
Home page: Australian Museum
Required Readings
Be sure to check the Reading File for other required readings.
National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior Interpretive Development Program. The Interpretive Process Model, 2002.
Home page: United States National Park Service
Supplementary Readings
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Unit 10: Interpretive Programming

Required Readings
All required readings for Unit 10 are in the Reading File.
Supplementary Readings
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