Course Name |
Irish Celtic Studies & Folklore - Folklife & Ethnology |
Course Provider |
University College Dublin |
Course Code |
IRFL20090 |
Course Type |
Lifelong Learning |
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Course provider |
Attendance Options |
Part time, Online or Distance |
Location (Districts) |
Belfield |
Enrolment and Start Dates Comment |
TRIMESTER: Spring |
Application Date |
2022-2023 Academic Year
Pre-Registration for Autumn 2022 will be reopening in August!
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Duration |
Expand+Spring Trimester - January to May
MODE OF DELIVERY: Online
Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Specified Learning Activities 50
Autonomous Student Learning 30
Lectures 22
Total 102
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
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MODE OF DELIVERY: Online
Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Specified Learning Activities 50
Autonomous Student Learning 30
Lectures 22
Total 102
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Teaching in the module is geared towards the promotion of a spirit of enquiry among students and towards encouraging them to develop a reflective approach to their studies. Teaching is carried out in lectures and, when staff resources allow, in small-group tutorials.
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Link to Course Fee |
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Eligibility |
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
Not applicable to this module.
Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module. |
Course Content |
Expand+IRFL20090 Folklife & Ethnology
Academic Year 2022/2023
This course explores the tangible manifestations of tradition through a broad range of material culture in Ireland and beyond, including vernacular architecture, furniture, traditional crafts...
Hide-IRFL20090 Folklife & Ethnology
Academic Year 2022/2023
This course explores the tangible manifestations of tradition through a broad range of material culture in Ireland and beyond, including vernacular architecture, furniture, traditional crafts and technologies, foodways and clothing. The creation, application, transmission and transformation of vernacular forms of material expression in time and space reveal as much about our present as they do our past. Together we will listen to the stories these everyday objects have to tell us by highlighting their power in narrating the lives of those who create and utilise them. From a recipe that gathers family and friends around the kitchen table to the lone creations of unknown street artists on centuries-old cityscapes, each object demonstrates individual agency and collective aesthetics in the innovation and adaptation of vernacular material culture. The impacts of family and social structure and the effects of the global economy on local lifeways are met with these vernacular lifeways’ ability to provide tested and resilient strategies in our contemporary lives.
Learning Outcomes:
On completion of the module, the student will be able to:
1. Define various forms of vernacular material culture in Ireland and their international counterparts;
2. Contextualise the creation of material objects as tangible traditions whose forms and functions are transmitted and transformed across time and space;
3. Develop ethnographic methods in documenting material culture in its various forms;
4. Engage in ethnographic collections within both museums and archives in documenting material culture in Ireland and internationally;
5. Describe traditional lifeways in the cycles of farming and communal subsistence, and identify the principal forms and regional characteristics of vernacular architecture in Ireland;
6. Research, compose and communicate material object biographies, and present a biography for a particular traditional object, drawing on primary and secondary research materials.
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Number of Credits |
5 |
Careers or Further Progression |
Open Learning is one of our most flexible pathways for entering into UCD undergraduate study. With 12 UCD undergraduate programmes, learners are able to accumulate 30 credits towards a NFQ Level 7 Certificate in Open Learning at their own pace from a variety of undergraduate modules. We have a dedicated team ready to support you in planning your unique learning journey, contact us via: all@ucd.ie. |
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