Unit Outline

Tasmania and Australia are rich in history and heritage. What gets presented and celebrated however is contested and challenged. This unit does not only introduce a critical reading of heritage, it offers tools and frameworks for participants to reflect and be cognizant of the challenges of presenting the past, and address difficult challenges in offering heritage to the community and to tourists. Being sensitive and balanced is necessary but what that means is contested. By addressing difficult issues, this unit provides guidance on how to create, formulate and mediate exciting and meaningful heritage experiences.

Field trip dates: 9-12 April 2024.

Intended Learning Outcomes

As per the Assessment and Results Policy 1.3, your results will reflect your achievement against specified learning outcomes.

On completion of this unit, you will be able to:


1.	Identify and explain the protocols, conventions and Acts of Parliament that underpin the development of cultural heritage tourism products.
2.	Synthesise the current and future challenges for cultural heritage managers in a tourism context.
3.	Critically evaluate options for managing cultural heritage experiences in a sensitive and ethical manner.
4.	Effectively communicate the challenges of tourism growth in a chosen heritage site.

Alterations as a result of student feedback

How will I be Assessed?

For more detailed assessment information please see MyLO.

Assessment schedule


ASSESSMENT TASK #	ASSESSMENT TASK NAME	DATE DUE	WEIGHT	LINKS TO INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES
Assessment Task 1:	Group oral presentation	Refer to Assessment Description	15 %	LO4
Assessment Task 2:	Executive summary	Refer to Assessment Description	30 %	LO1, LO2
Assessment Task 3:	Tourism Site Plan	Refer to Assessment Description	55 %	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4

Assessment details

Assessment Task 1: Group oral presentation

Task Description:

In a small group, oral presentation of the challenges of tourism in a chosen heritage site, e.g. evaluating an heritage experience product at Port Arthur Historic Site

Task Length:

15min

Due Date:

Refer to Assessment Description (12/Apr/2024)

Weight:

15 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	x	LO4

Assessment Task 2: Executive summary

Task Description:

Executive summary of the protocols, conventions and acts that guide a cultural heritage site. Basically answer this question: "What does it mean when a place is considered a protected heritage site?" Use an example or examples.

Task Length:

1000wd or equivalent

Due Date:

Refer to Assessment Description (23/Apr/2024)

Weight:

30 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)

How your final result is determined

To pass this unit, you need to demonstrate your attainment of each of the Intended Learning Outcomes, achieve a final unit grade of 50% or greater, and pass any hurdle tasks.

Submission of assignments

Where practicable, assignments should be submitted to an assignment submission folder in MYLO. You must submit assignments by the due date or receive a penalty (unless an extension of time has been approved by the Unit Coordinator). Students submitting any assignment in hard copy, or because of a practicum finalisation, must attach a student cover sheet and signed declaration for the submission to be accepted for marking.

Requests for extensions

If you are unable to submit an assessment task by the due date, you should apply for an extension.

A request for an extension should first be discussed with your Unit Coordinator or teaching support team where possible. A request for an extension must be submitted by the assessment due date, except where you can provide evidence it was not possible to do so. Typically, an application for an extension will be supported by documentary evidence: however, where it is not possible for you to provide evidence please contact your Unit Coordinator.

The Unit Coordinator must notify you of the outcome of an extension request within 3 working days of receiving the request.

Late penalties

Assignments submitted after the deadline will receive a late penalty of 5% of the original available mark for each calendar day (or part day) that the assignment is late. Late submissions will not be accepted more than 10 calendar days after the due date, or after assignments have been returned to other students on a scheduled date, whichever occurs first. Further information on Late Penalties can be found on the Assessments and Results Procedure.

Review of results and appeals

You are entitled to ask for a review of the marking and grading of your assessment task if there is an irregularity in the marking standards or an error in the process for determining the outcome of an assessment. Details on how to request a review of a mark for an assignment are outlined in the Review and Appeal of Academic Decisions Procedure.

Required Resources

Required reading materials

Australia and Port Arthur

Australian Government, Australian Heritage Council. 2009. Guidelines for the Assessment of Places for the National Heritage List. Canberra: Dept. of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. Download

Australia International Council on Monuments and Sites. 2013. The Burra Charter. Download

Discover Tasmania. 2010. Your Guide to Tasmania’s World Heritage Convict Sites. Download.

Marta de La Torre (ed.) 2005. “"Port Arthur Historic Site", Heritage Values in Site Management - Four Case Studies. Los Angeles: Getty Trust Publications: Getty Conservation Institute. 116-159. Download book.

UNESCO

UNESCO. 2020. The World Heritage Convention. URL - https://whc.unesco.org/en/convention/

Heritage management

Australian Convict Sites Strategic Management Framework 2018.

UNESCO. 2019. Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the WHC.

Working Together: Managing National Heritage Places Australia’s National Heritage: Developing Management Plans.

Heritage and Tourism

Grivari-Marbas, M; Bourdeau, L. & Robinson, M. 2015. ‘World Heritage and Tourism: From Opposition to Co-production’. In Grivari-Marbas, M., Bourdeau, L. & Robinson, M. (eds.) World Heritage, Tourism & Identity. London: Routledge. 1-24.

Harrington, J. and Sullivan, S. 2009. ‘Port Arthur: Heritage, Home, Haven or Horror’. In Turgeon, L. (ed.) Spirit of Place: Between Tangible and Intangible Heritage. Quebec: Les Presses de l’Universite Laval, pp. 3-14.**

Kammeier, H.D. 3003. “Global concerns – local responsibilities – global and local benefits: The growing business of world heritage. ISoCaRP Congress, Cairo. Download.

Ma, Yue; Ooi, Can-Seng and Hardy, Anne. 2021. "Cultural complexity and situated mediation: Chinese visitors at Port Arthur Historic Site", Journal of China Tourism Research, Vol. 17, No. 4, 532-548. DOI: 10.1080/19388160.2021.1971134. Access.

Ooi, C-S. 2020. "Sensitive and sensible tourism development: Frameworks to further the conversation". In Ooi, C-S and Hardy, A (eds). 2020. Tourism in Tasmania. Hobart: Forty South. 9-22.

Ooi, Can-Seng. 2022. "Tourist experiences as attention products". In Sharpley, R. (ed.) Routledge Handbook of the Tourist Experience. London: Routledge. 82-99. DOI: 10.4324/9781003219866-11

Critical and contested issues in heritage

Ooi, Can-Seng. 2013."Tourism policy challenges: Balancing acts, co-operative stakeholders and maintaining authenticity". In M. Smith and G. Richards (eds). Routledge Handbook of Cultural Tourism. New York: Routledge. 67-74.

Steele, J. & Davie, G., 2018, ‘Conjuring conversations in convictism’, Interpretation Journal, Association for Heritage Interpretation, 23 (2).

Recommended reading materials

Brouder, P.; Teoh, S.; Salazar, N.B.; Mostafanezhad, m.; Pung, J.M.; Lapointe, D.; Higgins Desbiolles, F.; Haywood, M.; Hall, C.M. and Balslev Clausen, H. 2020. ‘Reflections and discussions: tourism matters in the new normal post COVID-19, Tourism Geographies, DOI: 10.1080/14616688.2020.1770325. Link.

Sharma, G.D.; Thomas, A. and Paul, J. 2021. ‘Reviving tourism industry post-COVID-19: A resilience-based framework’, Tourism Management Perspectives, 37 DOI: 10.1016/j.tmp.2020.100786. Link.

Steele, J. et al., 2007 ‘The Archaeology of Conviction: Public Archaeology at Port Arthur Historic Site.’ In Jameson, J. & Baugher, S. (eds) Past Meets Present. New York: Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-48216-3_4.

Steele, J., Harrington, J. and Vertigan, C. 2019. ‘Working with Communities and World Heritage Places: Local, Professional and Educational Communities and the Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority’. In Jameson, J. & Musteata, S. (eds) Transforming Heritage Practice in the 21st Century: Contributions from Community Archaeology, Cham: Springer. 251-264. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-14327-5_18

UNESCO. 2020. Series. URL - https://whc.unesco.org/en/series/ (particularly reports 1, 35 & 40).

UNESCO. 2011. Preparing World Heritage Nominations. Link.

Other required resources

Australian Convict Sites (https://www.australianconvictsites.org.au/home)
• Sites (https://www.australianconvictsites.org.au/sites)
• Significance (https://www.australianconvictsites.org.au/significance)
• Strategic docs (https://www.australianconvictsites.org.au/documents)

About Port Arthur Historic Site (Publications & resources – Ministerial Charter, Statutory management plan, Annual report)
(https://portarthur.org.au/about-us/)

History of Port Arthur Historic Site
https://portarthur.org.au/history/

Useful facts about Port Arthur Historic Site
https://portarthur.org.au/education/educational-resources/