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DESCRIPTION:
Course pursues a unique opportunity to document and
propose strategies of restoring two historically significant sites in
Mleiha: A collective burial tomb of the Um Naar period (2500 to 2000
BCE/BC) and a recently excavated Fort (1st c. CE/AD) encompassing an area
of 3600 square meters. Registered participants will integrate historical
studies with visual documentary tools (2-D & 3-D; manual &
computerized) while collaborating on a real project with local and
international professionals in the field of Heritage Resource Management.
Open to all majors. Prerequisite: COM 102
OBJECTIVES:
Understand the critical processes in identifying,
documenting, interpreting buildings of historic & cultural
significance;
Explore the appropriateness of international guidelines
& Charters in the restoration of Historic Monuments in the Arabian
Gulf;
Awareness of the disciplines and strategies involved in the study
and didactic display of movable and immovable cultural
properties.
Group preparation of Building History Reports,
Reconstructed Animations of the original condition and Guidelines for
Conservation Proposals.
The compiled student work will be submitted to
the Director of Sharjah Archaeology for potential publication and
implementation.
FORMAT:
Lecture & Lab course with Field Trips (Fujairah, Hatta,
Mleiha). Lectures will provide an overview of international Charters,
techniques and methodologies guiding the documentation, evaluation,
conservation, restoration, preservation, adaptation and presentation of
historically and culturally significant buildings for didactic purposes.
Individual Lab assignments, tailored to student majors, will utilize their
acquired skills of analytical and observational drawing (digital and
manual; 2-D & 3-D).
EVALUATION:
Students must complete all assignments on time.
(NO Examinations)
Field Visit Reports (3): 150
points Data Analysis & Report: 100
points
Assigned Documentation: 100 Leadership &
Participation: 50 points
A = 370 points or above; B =
270--330; C = 170-230; D = 100-170; F =
0-100
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