Guidelines for Project Assignment, Milestone 1: Defining the Theme Teams
Milestone 1 (10%) is broken into two parts. You can start to do the reading for the second part (Tuesday 29 May) as soon as it is assigned, but make sure you have completed the first part I in time for Thursday May 24.
Before you start
- Read and explore the Presidio maps, your brochure contents, and the Presidio Trust website: http://www.presidio.gov/.
- Read Fowler, P. 2004 Landscapes for the World: Conserving a Global Heritage. WINDgather Press, Macclesfield, Cheshire, UK. Chapter 1, 12 (pdfs available for download in “Resources” area of the BSpace website). This reading is for Thursday 26 May.
- During the course you will be reading in greater detail some of the Presidio public documents at http://www.presidio.gov/trust/documents/. But for Tuesday 29 May, you need to read/explore the following documents about Fort Winfield Scott Site Management Plans that are available for download in the Resources area of your BSpace site:
- Fort Scott Contemplative Retreat. This is chapter 3 of the Presidio Trust Site management Plan when it took over the SF Presidio. http://www.presidio.gov/trust/documents/environmentalplans/ptmp.htm You can read what became of this plan in the same document online.
- Fort Scott Creek and Gardens Visioning Plan
- Fort Scott Cultural Landscape Assessment
- Read assigned article on your theme (to be read and used for discussion Tuesday 29 May). All readings and website links are in the “Milestone 1b) folder in the Resources area of the BSpace website. Links and citation details are also in the public website. Treat these readings as sources for your response rather than things to be memorized:
- Historical/Tangible:
- UNESCO definition of Tangible Heritage (here is your list): http://www.unesco.or.id/activities/culture/general/268.php
- NPS Standards and Guidelines for Historic Building Preservation: http://www.cr.nps.gov/hps/pad/PlngStds/index.ht
- Identifying Architectural Character (NPS) (peruse only) http://www.cr.nps.gov/hps/tps/briefs/brief17.htm
- The Process of Architectural Investigation (NPS) (peruse only) http://www.cr.nps.gov/hps/tps/briefs/brief35.htm
- Ecological/Cultural Landscapes
- This website from New Zealand site lists the elements of Ecological Heritage: http://www.ccc.govt.nz/Education/FactSheets/EcologicalHeritageSites/
- Head, L., J. Atchison and R. Fullagar. 2002 Country and Garden: ethnobotany, archaeobotany, and Aboriginal landscapes near the Keep River, northwestern Australia. Journal of Social Archaeology 2(2):173-186
- Useful website about Protecting Cultural Landscapes (NPS) http://www.cr.nps.gov/hps/tps/briefs/brief36.htm
- Cultural/Intangible> Readings and Links are about oral histories, digital stories, and ephemeralae
- UNESCO definition of Intangible Heritage http://www.unesco.or.id/activities/culture/general/258.php
- Bender, B. 1998 Stonehenge: Making Space. Materializing Culture. Berg, Oxford. pages 90-95, 145-171, 197-208. Barbara Bender writes about the Free Festivalers and an ephemeral installation exhibit that she set up about alternative meanings of Stonehenge.
- Website about the Stonehenge Free Festivals 1972-1985. http://www.ukrockfestivals.com/henge-menu.html
- An excellent website about BBC project in collaboration with the Center for Digital Storytelling in Berkeley to capture lives and memories in Wales: http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/capturewales/conference/joelambert.shtml
- Brand new forum about the use of digital storytelling to capture history. http://storiesforchange.net/
What is expected for the Milestone 1:
- (May 24) Maximum one page, double spaced, based on your reading of Fowler chapters write one paragraph about each of our four themes and how they are documented at cultural heritage sites
- (May 29) One page, double spaced, based on your reading of Fowler, the existing site management plans and your assigned theme literature, on how your theme can be addressed at the Presidio and Fort Winfield Scott. You will find it useful as part of this assignment to list the things (artifacts, plants, etc) that you would focus on to record for your theme.
- (May 29) Choose one of the three areas of Fort Scott for focus
How to hand in Milestone 1:
For this first week, please email your document as an attachment to clmorgan@berkeley.edu.
