Tudy Uide: E H, D M I S

EUROPEAN MASTERS PROGRAMME IN
EUROPEAN HERITAGE, DIGITAL MEDIA AND THE INFORMATION SOCIETY
STUDY GUIDE
DECEMBER 2007
EuroMACHS Study Guide .
1. WELCOME......................................................................................................................................... 3 2. THE EUROMACHS NETWORK .................................................................................................... 4 3. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE MASTERS DEGREE ........................................................ 5 4. OVERALL STRUCTURE OF THE STUDY PROGRAMME ...................................................... 7 5. REQUIREMENTS AND ENROLMENT....................................................................................... 10 6. UNDERSTANDING YOUR OPTIONS (SECOND SEMESTER, THESIS THEME).............. 11 UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA ................................................................................................................... 11 UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE .................................................................................................................. 11 UNIVERSITY OF TURKU ....................................................................................................................... 12 UNIVERSITY OF LECCE........................................................................................................................ 12 7. THE ON-LINE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT ........................................................................... 13 8. STUDY AND ASSESSMENT.......................................................................................................... 14 9. INTERNSHIPS AND THESIS ........................................................................................................ 17 10. GETTING SUPPORT, CONTACTS, WEBSITES. .................................................................... 18 11. COURSES OFFERED AT EACH INSTITUTION..................................................................... 19 12. ACADEMIC STAFF ...................................................................................................................... 35
1. Welcome
The Universities of Coimbra, Cologne, Turku and Salento proudly announce the launch of their innovative new Masters programme in European Heritage, Multimedia and the Information Society, open to students from Europe and the rest of the world. The programme is called EuroMACHS, which stands for Europe, Digital Media, Arts and Cultural Heritage Studies, the concepts that lie at the heart of this endeavour. EuroMACHS addresses new needs of the labour market with an approach that is based on interdisciplinarity, diversity and convergence. Drawing upon high levels of expertise from different disciplines of the Humanities and Information Science, it provides a diverse academic environment that spans four countries, while converging in a project-oriented approach to learning. After a long planning process that started in 2003, EuroMACHS finally accepted its first intake of students in the academic year 2006/2007, with the support of the European Union through the Socrates programme. EuroMACHS innovates because it addresses a major issue that has, till now, impeded the emergence of a healthy and creative content industry namely the separation that has traditionally existed in Higher Education between the Humanities on the one hand (which expose students to areas of rich cultural content and methods of accessing, understanding and elaborating such content), and Technology on the other (which introduces students to the new technologies and endows them with the skills that can enable them to become producers of information objects). By offering a dual specialization in these different areas, with the added focus of effective project development and management, this programme not only innovates but also provides a stimulating environment for students, training a much-needed new type of professional for the industry. All those involved in the creation of this Masters programme share a profound belief that the Humanities and Information Technology have a exciting future, full of opportunities for creativity and high-impact achievement, much of which has yet to be realized. We are sure that this approach will appeal to highly-motivated students that enjoy challenges and are not afraid to venture across academic and cultural borders. We therefore welcome anyone that shares this vision to join us on this project. Joaquim Carvalho Coordinator
2. The EuroMACHS network
EuroMACHS (European Digital Media, Arts and Cultural Heritage Studies) is a university network that combines the study of the European cultural heritage with current developments in ITC and Digital Media and their commercial implications, in order to respond to some of the challenges of producing new content for the Information Society. EuroMACHS started off as a partnership between the Universities of Coimbra (Portugal), Cologne (Germany), Turku (Finland) and Lecce (Italy). Each partner has extensive experience in creating innovative links between the Humanities and Digital Media, particularly in the areas of Multimedia production, Digital Libraries, e-learning and Historical-Geographical Information Systems. EuroMACHS fosters ongoing connections with institutions related to its core interests, such as museums, libraries, government bodies in the area of cultural heritage, companies, and other stakeholders. Contacts also exist with other academic institutions that allow temporary mobility, staff exchanges and external review of procedures. This wider network (known as the friends of EuroMACHS) provides advice, internship opportunities, grants and general guidance to the academic activities of the partner institutions, helping to foster an environment that offers creative challenges to both students and academic staff alike.
3. Aims and objectives of the Masters degree
Information Technology and Communications have an important role to play in the economic and social development of our societies. One of the central problems of today's Information Society is the gap between the rapid evolution of technology and the much slower pace of production of new content for the emerging media. The programme centres on the perceived need for a new type of professional - a "frontier actor" capable of bridging the gap between the vast repository of content provided by Humanistic knowledge (especially History and Cultural Heritage Studies) with the new possibilities opened up by the new media (Internet sites, digital repositories, computer games, historical-geographic information systems, etc). This new type of professional will not only bring a dual awareness of the Humanistic and Technological components of digital content production, but will also present honed general skills in project management, organization, complex information processing and communication. The rationale governing the programme intersects with several major European concerns: the creation of the European Higher Education Area (by bringing together diverse and high quality academic traditions and experiences); the focus on heritage, European history and cultural diversity (by providing an environment where new ways of harvesting and disseminating such information will be discovered); the emphasis on the new information society (without being limited to technological aspects, it attempts to bridge the gap between this and existing contents and traditions in an original way); an original way to bring together the humanistic tradition and the ITC area. the valuing of Humanities degrees (by combining interdisciplinary knowledge and high-level general skills); the emphasis on content production, one of the key factors in the success of the information and knowledge society defined in the Lisbon strategy. Main competences/learning outcomes to be provided by the Masters programme: An overview of Europe's history and heritage, with a focus on cultural and artistic aspects through time, and their links with world heritage. The main purpose is to encourage a sense of diversity, while developing a notion of the major European periods that structure our common heritage (e.g. artistic styles, main literary movements, etc.). Students will be able to concentrate on specific contents and relate them to the common European heritage; An overview of local/regional/national history and heritage (similar to the previous objective, but at the local/regional/national level). Students will be able to focus on specific contexts and relate them to the European heritage as a whole; An overview of technological possibilities as a means of expression (Web, DVD, CD-ROM, games, mobile technologies, etc). Students will learn about
EuroMACHS Study Guide . the potential, limitations, costs and skills required for different technological solutions; Specific competences related to the production of content for the new media, including: writing for the digital public; structuring and organizing information in the new media; awareness of the requirements necessary for texts and other types of information, design and functionality. Students will have the opportunity to produce or manage the production content for the new media; An awareness of the problems related to intellectual property rights within the context of management issues related to cultural heritage and the production of content. Students will acquire a very high level of general skills, particularly in project management and team work, though also including financing, budgeting and marketing.
4. Overall Structure of the Study Programme
EuroMACHS is a two-year programme (120 ECTS). The first year is dedicated to seminars, lectures, web-based and methodological courses. The second year is mainly dedicated to a project or thesis. The true challenge of designing a joint curriculum lies in combining the different areas in the best possible way, particularly in view of the two-year limitation. Thus, students are encouraged to concentrate on a given field, while at the same time taking advantage of the opportunities offered by the curriculum to gain exposure to areas that were not their core choice. Another important aspect of the Masters course is the development of not only specialized transversal competences, but also high-level general skills, such as project management; the ability to work in an international context; teamwork, and communication skills. This can only be achieved by practical work and project-based learning. EuroMACHS provides an integrated approach to these objectives through four main strategies: Students spend their first semester at a home university, where they attend presential seminars specific to that institution, while at the same time participating in a common online seminar. This gives them the opportunity to communicate, share knowledge and cooperate on projects and tasks with students from other institutions. In the second semester students move to a host university where they attend specialized seminars in that institutions specific area of expertise. During the second year, students concentrate mainly on the production of a Masters thesis, normally done at their home university. Dissertations that involve the application of acquired expertise to a home context are particularly encouraged. EuroMACHS actively promotes internships and placements in order to provide a real world environment for the production of the project/dissertation. Staff mobility, especially in the first semester, allows students to be exposed to expertise available at the partner institutions. These four main strategies provide each student with the following: A home university, where they start the course and to which they will return to complete the thesis. First-semester seminars provide a general background in the area of the Masters programme; An online environment, where all the students from the programme can interact and learn how to collaborate at a distance in problem solving and cooperative work;
EuroMACHS Study Guide . A specialization semester in a different country, where they will attend seminars together with students from different countries and different home universities; Exposure to the various fields of expertise provided by other partner institutions, through work done in the online environment and through seminars provided by academic staff in short mobility periods.
There is also an opportunity to develop the thesis project in a real-life situation, through internships obtained by the EuroMACHS partners Teaching materials and methodologies Hands-on experience is central to the programme. Project-based methodologies will be used and students will be expected to accomplish increasingly complex projects requiring both autonomous and cooperative work. Distance-learning methodologies E-learning isused at several levels: the programme has a strong web-based support, involving professor-to-student communication, materials, mailing lists, etc. A common platform is used for that purpose to ensure that students will encounter the same environment in all of the participating universities.
EUROMACHS Curriculum
Coimbra Cologne Salento Turku First Semester (30 ECTS credits) Students at home university.
Common Seminar (10)* Cultural Heritage and the Challenges of Digital Communication(10) Fundamentals of Multimedia (10) Common Seminar (11)* IT in the Cultural and Historic Disciplines (19) Common Seminar (8)* European Heritage: places and land in the Middle Ages (8) European Heritage: places and land in the Modern and Contemporary Ages (8) Multimedia Technologies and Production (6) Database Design for Flexible HistoricoGeographical Systems (8) Cartographical Representations of Historical Situations (8) Software Packages for Database Implementation (6) GIS and Historical Research (8) Common Seminar (10)* Studying the Past: theory and practice (5) Research Theory in Cultural Production (5) Questions, Methods and Representations (5) Interactive Applications (5) ICT-pedagogy in the Humanities (20) Either: o European Cultural Heritage (10) o European Cultural Heritage (5) and Optional Studies (5)
Second Semester (30 ECTS credits) Students at host university

Interactive Multimedia Production (10) Game Studies (10) Advanced Project Management (10) IT Methodology (15) Digital Libraries (15)
Third and Fourth Semesters (60 ECTS credits) Students preferably at home institution, or partially at host.
Supervision seminar (10) Thesis (inc. internship) 50) Advanced IT Techniques (19) Internship + Thesis (44) Supervision seminar (10) Thesis (50) Project management and practical training (10) Seminar (10) Thesis (40)
* The common on-line seminar has a common core for all students (i.e. collaborative work, communication, problem
solving etc) and a varying local part (involving the development of content, normally related to the first-semester seminars given at their home institution), which is then shared online. This explains the slight variation between institutions as regards the workload for the common seminar.
5. Requirements and enrolment
Students may enrol at any of the participating institutions. Please note that different institutions have different enrolment periods and that these may vary from academic year to academic year. Check http://www.EuroMACHS.net for details. The general requirements for enrolment are given below. Again, details may vary from institution to institution due to national or institutional specificities. Academic requirements Candidates are required to have a three-year first degree or equivalent in an applicable field (eg. history, art history, archaeology or cultural studies). The degree should correspond to at least 180 ECTS. Language requirements All students must have a good knowledge of English. Students must also have an adequate level of proficiency in the language of instruction of their chosen home institution (note that the language of instruction at the University of Turku is English). Students will be exposed mainly to two languages of tuition: the language of the home institution and English. The language of the home institution will be used mainly in the first semester and also, probably, during the second year, when the student produces the project/thesis. English will be used in the second semester at each of the institutions and in common learning activities, such as in the online seminar. The study guide and other general documents will also be in English. The exception to this rule is the University of Turku, where the programme is in English from beginning to the end, through student are nevertheless encouraged to pursue language courses and attend optional classes in Finnish. All partners offer free language course in their own national language. This policy means that, in practice, students will require a good level of English at the outset, and a certain degree of proficiency in Portuguese, German or Italian, according to their choice of home institution. For students that are not native speakers of one of the national languages of their home institution, the Masters programme provides an opportunity to develop language proficiency at academic level. Tuition fees Currently tuition fees vary from institution to institution in accordance with local regulations.
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6. Understanding your options (second semester, thesis theme)

During your second semester, you will attend courses at another institution. Each institution specializes in a particular area within the broad aims of the programme. You will get more information about each institution (i.e. its teaching staff and students; the type of approaches it offers, and the knowledge and competences it develops) during the first semester in the online seminar. You may, however, be required to choose your preferred destination for the second semester early on in your first year. This is due to deadlines imposed by Erasmus / Socrates mobility programmes. In this section of the Study Guide, you will find a profile of each partner in terms of areas of expertise, development opportunities and general academic environment. Details about the courses offered and the academic staff at each university are provided elsewhere in this Guide. Further information may be acquired using the contact information provided by each University.
University of Coimbra
The University of Coimbra has invested significantly in the use of multimedia technologies for the dissemination of historical knowledge, usually in partnership with external media companies. Major projects include: CD-ROMs, computer games and internet sites. Both the history department and the computer science department will be collaborating closely in this programme. The University of Coimbra brings experience in multimedia production (including links with the industry) and in the teaching of multimedia project management and computer skills to humanities students. Contact person: Joaquim Ramos de Carvalho (euromachs@fl.uc.pt)
University of Cologne
The University of Cologne is the only university in Germany offering a course in Computer Science Applied to the Humanities. It has played a major role in developing and providing digital repositories for the humanities and in assessing their relevance to the humanistic disciplines. For the joint degree, it will contribute real computer science skills, and provide content in the area of digital library technologies, as applied in the library, archive, museum and research communities respectively. Contact person: Manfred Thaller (euromachs-contact@uni-koeln.de)
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University of Turku
The University of Turku coordinated the European e-learning history project eHLEE (eHistory Learning Environment and Evaluation, 2003-2006, in partnership with institutions from six European countries), which involved the promotion, testing and discussion of the potential for e-learning in European history departments. It has also participated in the CLIOHnet Socrates thematic network (a conglomerate of over 80 history departments in Europe), and is a founding member of The Finnish Virtual University of History, presently responsible for co-ordinating its functions of bringing e-learning courses to 10 departments in 8 universities in Finland. Turku University will bring to the programme expertise in: cultures of history; material and intellectual heritage, including landscapes and representation of heritage; digital culture and digital representations of history; e-learning, life-long learning. Contact person: Kimi Krki (EuroMACHS@utu.fi) http://www.hum.utu.fi/historia/jointdegree/index.html
University of Lecce
The University of Lecce integrates heritage information into the general infoscape available to the general public, thereby cooperating with regional and municipal administration in providing GIS historical information. The expertise that this University brings to the programme is in the fields of: historical- geographical systems and derived products; geographical databases, and mapping of historical data for administrative and planning purposes. Contact person: Maria Marcella Rizzo (EuroMACHS@ateneo.unile.it) http://www.studistorici.unile.it/EuroMACHS/
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7. The On-line Learning Environment
Euromachs provides students with an on-line environment that is essential for the integration of the various students and teachers in a coherent learning community. The system, hosted by the University of Coimbra, is used for the on-line common seminar of the first semester, where teachers and students from the different universities participate in common learning activities and cooperate in common tasks and short projects. The environment also works as a communication infrastructure, providing private messaging between students, a forum and chat facilities, file sharing and wikis. In this sense, it also functions as a collaborative tool. Experience has shown that this software also plays an important social function, especially when students from different universities have to plan their stay abroad, using communication facilities to help each other with practical arrangements.
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8. Study and Assessment
The concept of ECTS A credit system is a systematic way of describing an educational programme by attaching credits to its components. The European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) is a student-centred system based on the student workload required to achieve the objectives of a programme, objectives preferably specified in terms of learning outcomes and competences to be acquired. ECTS makes study programmes easy to compare for all students, local and foreign, and facilitates mobility and academic recognition Credits in ECTS can only be obtained after successful completion of the work required and appropriate assessment of the learning outcomes achieved. Learning outcomes are sets of competences, expressing what the student will know, understand or be able to do after completion of a process of learning, long or short. Credits are allocated to all educational components of a study programme (such as modules, courses, placements, dissertation work, etc.) and reflect the quantity of work each component requires to achieve its specific objectives or learning outcomes. Expected workload ECTS is based on the principle that 60 credits measure the workload of a full-time student during one academic year. The student workload of a full-time study programme in Europe amounts in most cases to around 1500-1800 hours per year and in those cases one credit stands for around 25 to 30 working hours. Student workload in ECTS consists of the time required to complete all planned learning activities such as attending lectures, seminars, independent and private study, preparation of projects and examinations. Thus, the credit system is based on a full student workload and is not limited to contact hours only. Grading and assessment The grading or assessment of courses usually includes lectures, course participation, essay writing and/or, team work in the context of projects and also a written examination. EuroMACHS uses the ECTS grading scale to achieve comparable results across the partner institutions.
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EuroMACHS Study Guide . The ECTS grading scale is based on the students rank in a given assessment, i.e. how he/she has performed relative to other students. The ECTS system classifies students into broad groups and thus makes interpretation of ranking simpler. The ECTS system initially divides students between pass and fail groups, and then assesses the performance of these two groups separately. Those obtaining pass grades are divided into five subgroups: the best 10% are awarded an A-grade, the next 25% a B-grade, the following 30% a C-grade, the following 25% a D-grade and the final 10% an E-grade . The ECTS grading scale can be represented in tabular fashion:
Courses may be assessed by tests during or following a taught course, and 'book exams' on specified literature. Students' work may also be evaluated through continuous assessment and special participation in group projects, and students may contribute to their marks by submitting or presenting a self-evaluation journal or log at the end of the course. Feedback is organized through group discussions or individually, either in writing or face-to-face. The ability to work autonomously is taken into account in the assessment, while the ability to organize available time, choose priorities, work to deadlines and deliver what has been agreed on, is essential. The thesis is assessed on the basis of originality, the ability to gather documentary evidence in support of the argument, clarity and independence of thought, concern for coherence and objectivity, clarity of presentation and/or participation in group activities. Ethics Students are expected to maintain the standards of academic conduct, and honesty and patience are essential in all academic and scholarly pursuits. Academic honesty means that students work is genuine and original, completed only with the assistance allowed according to the rules, policies and guidelines of universities. In particular, the words, ideas, scholarship and intellectual property of others used in the work must be appropriately acknowledged.
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EuroMACHS Study Guide . Academic dishonesty includes plagiarism, collusion, the fabrication or deliberate misrepresentation of data, and failure to adhere to the rules regarding examinations in such a way as to gain unfair academic advantage. Violation of academic conduct and the rules of universities is considered a serious offence and will be punished by failure of the course in question, a warning by the academic authorities, and in serious cases, suspension from the programme. The most serious violations are considered to be cheating in examinations and plagiarism in an examination or essay.
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9. Internships and thesis
Given the project-oriented nature of EuroMACHS, the programme aims to provide an appropriate environment for the production of theses, and will also make relevant contributions to solving specific needs of content production. The programmes policy, therefore, is to link internships with thesis production, in order to help students focus their acquired knowledge and skills in a practical and real-world context. For this purpose, an expanding network of companies, institutions and medium-length projects has been set up to offer opportunities for internships that can provide a basis for a good thesis project.
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10. Getting support, contacts, websites.
The main source of information about the EuroMACHS programme is the website located at http://www.euromachs.net For general information about the programme, contact the coordinator, Joaquim Carvalho, at EuroMACHS@fl.uc.pt. For information related to a specific institution, please check the following list University of Coimbra Portugal o Contact person: Joaquim Ramos de Carvalho (EuroMACHS@fl.uc.pt) o Homepage: http://www.uc.pt/fluc/euromachs/ University at Cologne Germany o Contact person: Manfred Thaller (EuroMACHS-contact@unikoeln.de) University of Turku Finland o Contact person: Kimi Krki (EuroMACHS@utu.fi) o Homepage: http://www.hum.utu.fi/historia/jointdegree/index.html University of Lecce Italy o Contact person: Maria Marcella Rizzo (EuroMACHS@ateneo.unile.it) o Homepage: http://www.studistorici.unile.it/EuroMACHS
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11. Courses offered at each institution

University of Coimbra - Modules M.1. Cultural Heritage and the Challenges of Digital Communication Course Code: 5033324 Level of Course: MA Year of study, semester: 1st year, 1st semester Number of Credits: 10 ECTS Name of Lecturer: Antnio Filipe Pimentel Prerequisites: None. Course contents: Global overview of Europe's history and heritage, with a special focus on the development of those political, cultural and artistic aspects that constitute the common European heritage; models of identification and valorisation of heritage-related content at the European level; Portuguese heritage and culture in the production of content for the Information Society. Students will be able to assess the interest and value of specific content at the European level, based on its relation to the common heritage. Teaching methods: Seminar lectures, teamwork Assessment Methods: Individual participation in seminars, contributions to common project. Language of Instruction: Portuguese M2 Fundamentals of Multimedia Course Code: 5033325 Level of Course: MA Year of study, semester: 1st year, 1st semester Number of Credits: 10 ECTS Name of Lecturer: Antnio Jos Mendes Prerequisites: Basic computer skills. Course contents: General introduction to the different multimedia technologies, as means of expressing specific content. The seminar will cover the areas of Web, CD-ROM, DVD, Games and Mobile Technology. Students will be able to evaluate the different technological possibilities, their degree of complexity and specificity, and the requirements for the production of content to the new media. Teaching methods: Seminar lectures, teamwork Assessment Methods: Individual participation in seminar, contributions to common project. Language of Instruction: Portuguese M3 Web based common seminar Course Code: 5033326 Level of Course: MA Year of study, semester: 1st year, 1st semester Number of Credits: 10 ECTS Name of Lecturer: Joaquim Carvalho Prerequisites: None Course contents: Seminar centred on the specific competences related to content production for the new media: writing for digital media; structuring and organization of information requirements for texts and other types of data; design and functionality constraints. This seminar will correspond to the common web-based introductory seminar (8 ECTS), but certain modules of the introductory seminar can be used in the other two, depending on the specific theme. Teaching methods: Seminar lectures, teamwork Assessment Methods: Individual participation in seminar, contributions to common project. Language of Instruction: Portuguese
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Second semester (seminars for incoming students) M4. Interactive Multimedia Production Course Code: 5033327 Level of Course: MA Year of study, semester: 1st year, 2nd semester Number of Credits: 10 ECTS Name of Lecturer: Antnio Jos Mendes Prerequisites: basic computer skills. Course contents: Project-based seminar that provides opportunities for in-depth development of competences in interactive multimedia production. Students will choose specific project areas and be guided through the steps of the development process. Teaching methods: Seminar lectures, teamwork Assessment Methods: Project. Language of Instruction: English M5: Game Studies, Design and Development Course Code:5033328 Level of Course: MA Year of study, semester: 1st year,, 2nd semester Number of Credits: 10 ECTS Name of Lecturer: Licnio Roque Prerequisites: None Course contents: The seminar focuses on games as an innovative way to structure cultural heritage products. Topics covered include: languages and models; storytelling, simulations and socio-technical contexts; genres and play styles; development methods, techniques and tools. Teaching methods: Seminar lectures, teamwork Assessment Methods: Individual project based on a game script. Language of Instruction: English M6: Advanced Project Management in the Content Industries Course Code: 5033329 Level of Course: MA Year of study, semester: 1st year, 2nd semester Number of Credits: 10 ECTS Name of Lecturer: Joaquim Carvalho Prerequisites: None Course contents: The seminar will address project management methodologies and special issues related to the content industries, including the management of intellectual property rights, marketing and distribution strategies, and identification and interaction with stakeholders. The approach will be theoretical and practical, with a strong emphasis on case studies. Teaching methods: Seminar lectures, teamwork Assessment Methods: Students will manage a collaborative project or parts thereof, and participate in the definition, planning and budgeting of a project. Language of Instruction: English. Third and fourth semesters M6. Thesis, related where possible to internship experience. (50 ECTS) M7. Tutorial supervision seminar (10 ECTS)
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University of Cologne - Modules The core aim of the Cologne version of the Masters Programme consists of the ability to understand advanced IT methodology and apply it to a given knowledge domain within the Humanities / Cultural Heritage sector. The structure of the first three terms is rather similar, therefore, as the Cologne students go through an exercise dedicated to that purpose twice, while the foreign students visiting Cologne do the same at a lower technological level. MODULE 1. IT AND THE CULTURAL HERITAGE (19 ECTS) This module introduces students to a specific IT technology and to a class of Humanities / Cultural Heritage research problems, and trains them to create a system based on the technology studied in order to solve the research questions presented. Both the specific technologies and the problem domains vary from term to term. The technologies presented are: (a) Algorithms of image processing; (b) 3 D / game engine programming; (c) Semantic web technologies; (d) Non-relational data bases; (e) Distributed systems; (f) Markupsystems. The problem domain is taken from (g) processing multi-level editorial texts; (h) collections of images (with or without metadata) describing objects and (i) structured collections of "facts". M 1.1. Lecture "Advanced Programming" Level of course: MA Year of study, semester: 1st year, winter term Number of credits: 2 ECTS Name of the lecturer: Course contents Lecture introducing into selected IT technology. Teaching methods: lecture Assessment methods: Language of instruction: German M 1.2. Seminar "Advanced Programming" Level of course: MA Year of study, semester: 1st year, winter term Number of credits: 7 ECTS Name of the lecturer: Manfred Thaller and assistants Course contents Group work, undertaking a component of one joint project, which applies the technology from M 1.1 to a problem domain from the Humanities and Cultural Heritage studies for which documented IT solutions exist. Students are expected to analyse this problem with the help provided by M1.3. Teaching methods: seminar Assessment methods: Evaluation of continuous participation, oral presentation by students and written seminar work / programming project. Most of the marks are allocated to either a conventional theoretical analytical seminar paper or a programming project applying a specific technique to a subject area in the Humanities. During the MA course, each student is required to submit one theoretical and one practical project. (If a theoretical paper is submitted here, practical project work will be required in Module 5 and vice versa.) Language of instruction: German M 1.3. Tutorial "Formalising Cultural Heritage Problems" Level of course: MA Year of study, semester: 1st year, winter term Number of credits: 4 ECTS Name of the lecturer: Various assistant lecturers and tutors Course contents Group work introduced by guided reading into changing problem domains in the Humanities and Cultural Heritage studies for which documented IT solutions exist.
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Teaching methods: seminar Assessment methods: Continuous assessment of participation, and written seminar work / programming project. Language of instruction: German M 1.4. Masters Examination Level of course: MA Year of study, semester: 1st year, winter term Number of credits: 6 ECTS Course contents Students are expected to prepare themselves * by working through reading lists for an exam which shows their understanding of the general technology covered by M 1.1 M1.3. Teaching methods: self study. Assessment methods: 4-hour written exam. Language of instruction: German
MODULE 2. INTERNATIONAL PREPARATORY MODULE (11 ECTS) This module introduces students to the objectives and methods of the Master's programme. It provides the basis for developing both the general and subject-specific competences necessary for the programme. In the introductory module, the students also have to write their individual study plan, which helps them manage their studies more effectively. M 2.1. Introduction Level of course: MA Year of study, semester: 1st year, winter term, first period Number of credits: 3 ECTS Name of the lecturer: co-ordinator Manfred Thaller, Susanne Kurz Course contents: Introductory seminar with lecturers from partner universities; preparation of individual study plan; information about the university and library Teaching methods: lectures, meetings with the tutor and co-ordinator Assessment methods: paper Language of instruction: English M 2.2. Web-based International Seminar Level of course: MA Year of study, semester: 1st year, winter term, 1st 2nd period Number of credits: 8 ECTS Name of the lecturer: Contact person Manfred Thaller Prerequisites: Course contents: Teaching methods: Assessment methods: Language of instruction: English
MODULE 3. IT METHODOLOGY (15 ECTS) This module closely follows the structure and rationale of Modules 1 and 5, taught to the students participating in Cologne. However, while the modules for Cologne students assume that the result of the analysis of a Humanities / Cultural Heritage problem usually leads to the development of a solution based on Higher Programming Language programming, this
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module, targeted at visiting students from the partner universities, expects such solutions to be based upon an appropriate application system. M 3.1. Colloquium "Formalized Methods for Cultural Heritage" Level of course: MA Year of study, semester: 1st year, summer term Number of credits: 4 ECTS Name of the lecturer: Course contents The students discuss examples of IT solutions in the domain of the Humanities/Cultural Heritage on the basis of a reading list. IT method and Humanities/Cultural Heritage problems are selected from the same list as given in the introduction to M 1.1. Each student is expected to compare different approaches to the solution of one such problem in the form of a term paper. Teaching methods: Colloquium Assessment methods: term paper. Language of instruction: English M 3.2. Laboratory course "Application Systems" Level of course: MA Year of study, semester: 1st year, summer term Number of credits: 5 ECTS Name of the lecturer: Manfred Thaller and assistants Course contents In-depth hands-on training into one or more application system for the IT method selected in M 3.1., applicable to the selected knowledge domain. An example for the type of system chosen would be Protege, if the method selected in M 3.1 is Semantic Web Technologies or 3 DS Max if 3D technologies is chosen. Teaching methods: laboratory work Assessment methods: Continuous assessment of participation, and students' programming project. Language of instruction: English M 3.3. Module Examination Level of course: MA Year of study, semester: 1st year, summer term Number of credits: 6 ECTS Name of the lecturer Course contents Students are expected to prepare themselves by working through reading lists for an exam which shows their understanding of the general technology covered by M3.1 M3.2. Teaching methods: self study. Assessment methods: 4-hour written exam. Language of instruction: English
MODULE 4. DIGITAL LIBRARIES (15 ECTS) M 4.1. Seminar "Digital Libraries " Level of course: MA Year of study, semester: 1st year, summer term Number of credits: 4 ECTS Course contents At the end of this course, students are expected to show knowledge of the current issues in digital library technology. This includes: understanding the architecture of digital library systems; understanding the metadata debate, the issues of long-term digital preservation and the specifics of multimedia data bases, as applied to digital library systems.
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Teaching methods: Seminar Assessment methods: Term paper. Language of instruction: English M 4.2. Laboratory course "Digital Libraries" Level of course: MA Year of study, semester: 1st year, summer term Number of credits: 5 ECTS Name of the lecturer: Manfred Thaller and assistants Course contents In-depth hands-on training into one or more application system digital libraries, as, e.g., Fedora. Teaching methods: laboratory work Assessment methods: Continuous assessment of participation, and students' programming project. Language of instruction: English M 4.3. Module Examination Level of course: MA Year of study, semester: 1st year, summer term Number of credits: 6 ECTS Course contents Students are expected to prepare themselves by working through reading lists for an exam which shows their understanding of the general technology covered by M 4.1 M 4.2. Teaching methods: self study. Assessment methods: 4-hour written exam. Language of instruction: English
MODULE 5. ADVANCED IT TECHNIQUES (16 ECTS) This module is very similar to Module 1 above. It introduces the students to one more IT methodology / Humanities or Cultural Heritage knowledge domain. However, as the students are expected to be more advanced, the tutorial element is missing. M 5.1. Lecture "Advanced Programming" Level of course: MA Year of study, semester: 2nd year, winter term Number of credits: 3 ECTS Name of the lecturer: Course contents Lecture introducing selected IT technology. Teaching methods: lecture Assessment methods: term paper. Language of instruction: German M 5.2. Seminar "Advanced Programming" Level of course: MA Year of study, semester: 2nd year, winter term Number of credits: 7 ECTS Name of the lecturer: Manfred Thaller and assistants Course contents Group work, realizing a component of one joint project, which applies the technology from M 5.1 to a problem domain in the area of Humanities and Cultural Heritage Studies for which documented IT solutions exist. Students are expected to analyse this problem domain themselves independently. Teaching methods: seminar
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Assessment methods: Continuous assessment of participation, oral presentation by students, and written seminar work / programming project. Most of the marks are allocated either to a conventional theoretical-analytical seminar paper or to a programming project realizing the application of a specific technique to a Humanities subject area. During the MA course, each student is required to submit one theoretical and one practical project. (If a theoretical paper has been submitted in Module 1, practical project work will be required now and vice versa.) Language of instruction: German M 5.3 Masters Examination Level of course: MA Year of study, semester: 2nd year, winter term Number of credits: 6 ECTS Course contents Students are expected to prepare themselves by working through reading lists for an exam which shows their understanding of the general technology covered by M 5.1 and M 5.2. Teaching methods: self study. Assessment methods: 4-hour written exam. Language of instruction: German
MODULE 6. INTERNATIONALIZATION / INTERNSHIP (14 ECTS) This module gives the students the chance to (a) test their ability to create IT solutions under realistic conditions; (b) apply the knowledge they have gained during their term abroad. M 6.1. Internship Level of course: MA Year of study, semester: 2nd year, winter term Number of credits: 8 ECTS Name of the lecturer: host institutions Course contents In this module, students will be placed as trainees in an institution supporting cultural heritage information systems. This internship will be organized in such a way to ensure that the student has the ability to undertake a realistic extension of a functioning cultural heritage system, and will be responsible for all aspects of a well-defined project which can be evaluated independently of the systems of the institution as a whole. Teaching methods: Assessment methods: project work.. Language of instruction: German M 6.3 Masters Examination Level of course: MA Year of study, semester: 2nd year, winter term Number of credits: 6 ECTS Name of the lecturer Course contents: Students show that they have fully understood the techniques needed within the institution where they were placed and that they have a clear perspective of how the methods and the internationalisation problems *encountered during their term at a partner university should be handled in this context. Teaching methods: self study. Assessment methods: 45-minute oral exam. Language of instruction: German
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MODULE 7 MASTERS THESIS (30 ECTS) 7.1. Masters Thesis Level of course: MA Year of study, semester: 2nd year, summer term Number of credits: 30 ECTS Name of the lecturer: Professors Prerequisites: Course contents: Teaching methods: Assessment methods: Language of instruction: German
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University of Turku - Modules MODULE 1. INTRODUCTORY MODULE (10 ECTS) HERI0100
This module introduces students to the objectives and methods of the Master's programme. It provides the basis for developing both the general and subject-specific competences necessary for the programme. In the introductory module, the students also have to write their individual study plan, which helps them manage their studies more effectively. M 1.1. Introduction Course code: HERI 0101 Level of course: MA Year of study, semester: 1st year, autumn term, first period Number of credits: 2 ECTS Name of the lecturer: co-ordinated by Ilse-Mari Sderholm Course contents: Introductory seminar with lecturers from partner universities; designing the individual study plan; information about the university and library Teaching methods: lectures, meetings with the tutor and co-ordinator Assessment methods: Language of instruction: English, Finnish M 1.2. Web-based International Seminar Course code: HERI 0102 Level of course: MA Year of study, semester: 1st year, autumn term, 1st 2nd period Number of credits: 8 ECTS Name of the lecturer: Ilse-Mari Sderholm Prerequisites: Course contents: Teaching methods: Assessment methods: Language of instruction: English
MODULE 2. THEORY AND METHODOLOGY (15 ECTS)
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This module aims at deepening and broadening students theoretical and methodological knowledge. They are expected to be aware of research and debates taking place in the field of study and know how to use techniques accepted in the profession. Students should be able to understand the overall structure of the disciplines taught in the programme and their connection to other disciplines. In this module, students will familiarize themselves with academic methods as well as with the different technologies in content production for digital media.They should acquire a conceptual framework for understanding phenomena in a culture that is undergoing digitalization, and also practice-based skills and knowledge required by work in a digital environment. M 2.1. Studying the Past: Theory and Practice Course code: HERI 0201 Level of course: MA Year of study, semester: 1st year, autumn term, 1st 2nd semester Number of credits: 5 ECTS Name of the lecturers: Janne Tunturi, Taina Syrjmaa (person in charge), Hannu Salmi, Prof. Bruce Johnson, Ilse-Mari Sderholm
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Prerequisites: Participation in Introductory Module Course contents: a) History: discipline & worldview? b) Reading the past c) The problem of public history: how history exists in the present day c) Cultural studies and the historical perspective Teaching methods: Lectures, meetings with the co-ordinator Assessment methods: Examination, lecture diary Language of instruction: English M 2.2. Research Theory in Cultural Production Course code: HERI0202-0204 Level of course: MA Year of study, semester: 1st year, autumn term, second period Number of credits: 5 ECTS Name of the lecturer: Jaakko Suominen Prerequisites: Participation in the Introductory Module Course contents: Theory and perspectives of digital culture Teaching methods: Lectures Assessment methods: Examination Language of instruction: Finnish and English M 2.3. Questions, methods and representations Course code: HERI0205-0206 Level of course: MA Year of study, semester: 1st year, autumn term, 1st 2nd period Number of credits: 5 ECTS Name of the lecturers: Anna Sivula (coordinator), Heidi Grnstrand, Maunu Hyrynen, IlseMari Sderholm Prerequisites: Participation in the Introductory module Course contents: a) Dealing with cultural representations b) Landscape studies Teaching methods: Lectures, seminars, meetings with the co-ordinator Assessment methods: Examination, essay Language of instruction: English
MODULE 3. OPTIONAL SPECIALISATION STUDIES (25 35 ECTS)
HERI0300
Students will acquire a good command of a specialized field within the discipline at an advanced level, including the newest theories, interpretations and methods, and will learn how to apply theoretical and methodological knowledge to more specialized subject-related issues in the fields of history, cultural heritage and digital culture. They will also acquire competences in comprehensive digital content production, and specialize in digital media solutions for cultural phenomena. Students also learn to appreciate diversity and multiculturalism in European society. They acquire an overview of national and local history, cultural heritage and diversity in a broader context of European history and heritage. Students can also specialize in the possibilities of e-learning in the teaching of history and cultural heritage. They will learn about the processes of designing, planning and tutoring of web-based courses. M 3.1. European Cultural Heritage
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Course code: HERI 0301-0303 Level of course: MA Year of study, semester: 1st year, spring term, 2nd period Number of credits: 5-10 ECTS Name of the lecturers: Tuija Aarnio, Rauno Lahtinen, Silja Laine, Riitta Laitinen, Hannu Salmi (person in charge), Taina Syrjmaa Prerequisites: Course contents: The course analyses relations between cultural heritage and urban environment in both a general and specific way, with reference to the Baltic area. The course traces the presence of past in urban space, cultural heritage and history culture, urban way of life as a cultural heritage, city as a sensory experience and the connections between urbanity, nationality and consumerism. The course starts with lectures (6 lecturers). After this students will work in teams and make presentations based on local source material. The aim is to combine Finnish and foreign students in teams. Teaching methods: lectures and teamwork Assessment methods: Examination, essays, teamwork presentations Language of instruction: English M 3.2. Interactive Applications Course code: HERI 0304-0305 Level of course: MA Year of study, semester: 1st year, autumn and spring term, 1st 2nd period Number of credits: 5-10 ECTS Name of the lecturers: Anna Sivula, Jaakko Suominen (coordinator) Prerequisites: Course contents: Heritage of Robot Culture I II Students are introduced to the cultural history of robots, and produce material and plan for a museum exhibition, to be held at the end. Teaching methods: Lectures, practical exercise Assessment methods: Examination, team work presentations Language of instruction: English M 3.3. ICT-pedagogy for the Humanities Course code: HERI 0306-0310 Level of course: MA & BA?? Year of study, semester: 1st year, spring term, 1st 2nd semester Number of credits: 20 ECTS Name of the lecturer: Sirkku Anttonen, Henri Terho (coordinator) Prerequisites: Course contents: a)Course planning and e-learning b) On-line tutoring c)Digital materials and copyright issues d)Technical implementation of the course area and learning platforms e)Training Teaching methods: Lectures, practical training Assessment methods: Examination, exercise Language of instruction: English M 3.4 Optional Studies Course code: HERI 0311-0312 Level of course: MA Year of study, semester: 1st and 2nd year Number of credits: 5 ECTS
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Name of the lecturer: Auvo Kostiainen Prerequisites: Course contents: This may include language studies, thematically applicable special courses etc. Teaching methods: Lectures, seminars Assessment methods: Examination or essay etc. Language of instruction: Finnish, English MODULE 4. PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND PRACTICAL TRAINING (10 - 20 ECTS) HERI0400 In this module students will acquire high-level skills in project management. Project Management is characterized by a practice-based and multidisciplinary approach. The students are provided with an overview of cultural policy and * management. The students will acquire extensive skills in project design and management, as well as in financing, budgeting and marketing. The module includes a training period, which enables students to develop and apply their knowledge and skills in practice. M 4.1. Cultural Management Course code: HERI 0401-0403 Level of course: MA Year of study, semester: 2nd year Number of credits: 10 ECTS Name of the lecturer: Anna Sivula Prerequisites: Modules 1 and 2 in the 1st year Course contents: a) Project management b) Planning the practice period Teaching methods: Lectures Assessment methods: Examination, assessment of the practice plan Language of instruction: Finnish, English M 4.2. Practical Training Course code: HERI 0404 Level of course: MA Year of study, semester: 2nd year Number of credits: 10 ECTS Name of the lecturer: Co-ordinator, Ilse-Mari Sderholm Prerequisites: M 4.1. Course contents: Realization of the practice plan in a cultural institution, company etc. Teaching methods: Assessment methods: Report, in which students assess the competences gained during the practice period. Language of instruction: Finnish, English
MODULE 5. THESIS (50 ECTS) HERI0500 Students acquire the capacity for applying theoretical and methodological competences and skills in practice. They show their ability to plan, carry out and present a research-based thesis in English . 5.1. Seminar Course code: HERI 0501-0502
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Level of course: MA Year of study, semester: 1st 2nd year Number of credits: 10 ECTS Name of the lecturer: Professors Prerequisites: Course contents: a) Seminars b) Academic writing in English Teaching methods: Seminar sessions Assessment methods: Continuous assessment Language of instruction: English 5.2. Masters Thesis Course code: HERI 0503 Level of course: MA Year of study, semester: 2nd year Number of credits: 40 ECTS Name of the lecturer: Professors Prerequisites: Course contents: Teaching methods: Assessment methods: Language of instruction: English
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University of Salento - Modules First semester M 1.1. On-line Seminar (common with other partners) Course code: MACH 0101 Level of course: MA Year of study, semester: 1st year, autumn term, 2nd period Number of credits: 8 ECTS. Name of the lecturer: Person in charge: coordinator J. Carvalho. Course contents: Teaching methods: Assessment methods: Language of instruction: English, Italian. M 1.2. European Heritage: Places and Land in the Middle Ages Course code: MACH 0102 Level of course: MA Year of study, semester: 1st year, autumn term, 1st - 2nd period. Number of credits: 8 ECTS. Name of the lecturers: C. Massaro and C.D. Poso. Course contents: This course focuses upon the development features and changes that took pIace in European urban centres between late antiquity and the 15th century. It explores various phenomena connected to urban and rural history, such as the dynamics of * settlement, town and country relations, social articulation, the structures of production and of the market. A deeper examination will be made of the Southern Italian city, with the aim of developing parallel and complimentary themes. Teaching methods: Lectures, seminars. Assessment methods: written test and oral exam. Language of instruction: Italian. M 1.3. European Heritage: Places and Land in the Modern and Contemporary Ages Course code: MACH 0103 Level of course: MA Year of study, semester: 1st year, autumn term, 1st - 2nd period. Number of credits: 8 ECTS. Name of the lecturers: F. Mineccia - M. M. Rizzo. Course contents: This course aims at developing an understanding of rural (landscape, agriculture, environment) and urban features in 18th-20th century Europe, with particular reference to the Mediterranean area, through studies carried out using the most innovative methodology (Historical-Geographical Information Systems). The objective is to demonstrate how the use of data banks and dynamic cartography serves to "measure" and "represent" historical processes that display long-term stratifications and modifications over the spatial reality examined. Teaching methods: Lectures, seminars. Assessment methods: Papers and colloquium. Language of instruction: Italian. M 1.4. Multimedia Technologies and Production Course code: MACH 0104 Level of course: MA Year of study, semester: 1st year, autumn term, 2nd period. Number of credits: 6 ECTS.
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Name of the lecturers: F. Tommasi , A. Magurano. Course contents: The course aims to provide students with a range of skills and knowledge appropriate to a rapidly developing area of technology with almost unlimited applications in industry, commerce, education and entertainment. The course will be essentially practical in nature. One of its objectives is to enable students to build their own multimedia project, culminating in the production of an original DVD video dedicated to a relevant aspect of the European Cultural Heritage. The course will be based on the use of the iLife multimedia suite, and a suitable multimedia classroom will be made available at the Engineering Faculty of the University of Lecce. Teaching methods: Lectures, computer laboratory. Assessment methods: The student will produce a DVD and discuss the techniques used. Language of instruction: Italian. Second semester (for incoming students): M 2.1. Database Design for Flexible Historical and Geographical Systems Course code: MACH 0201 Level of course: MA Year of study, semester: 1st year, spring term, 1st - 2nd period. Number of credits: 8 ECTS. Name of the lecturer: F. Tommasi. Course contents: The course aims to provide students with an understanding of the problems involved in the design of Data Bases in the field of historical and geographical systems. The experience acquired in the design of sTOria [1] will be dissected and put into perspective through comparison with other similar efforts. The first half of the course will consist of lectures, while the other half will take place in a computer laboratory. Teaching methods: Lectures, computer laboratory. Assessment methods: In the last part of the course, the students will work on the design of an historical/geographical Data Base. Language of instruction: English. M 2.2. Cartographic Representations of Historical Situations (Demographic, Economic, Cultural Aspects in the 19th-20th centuries) Course code: MACH 0202 Level of course: MA Year of study, semester: 1st year, spring term, 1st - 2nd period. Number of credits: 8 ECTS. Name of the lecturer: R. Basso. Course contents: Cartographic representation in the humanities and social sciences, including history, is on the increase in both academic contexts and * media communication. Mapping is appreciated by scholars because, in linking together* facts and places, it appears to extend knowledge, revealing hidden connections and geographies. Thematic cartography is also useful for describing and presenting scientific issues in a simple and effective way. This module teaches the use of this specific tool in order to exploit the historical and cultural heritage of local/national/supranational community. It develops in two parts: the first is theoretical and methodological in character, while the second is mostly practical. Teaching methods: lectures, seminar, tutorial. Assessment methods: short paper. Language of instruction: English. M 2.3: Software Packages for Database Implementation Course code: MACH 0203 Level of course: MA
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Year of study, semester: 1st year, spring term, 2nd period. Number of credits: 6 ECTS. Name of the lecturer: C. Di Maggio. Course contents: The course introduces the students to the world of SQL database engines and of MySQL in particular. It analyses the component parts of the SQL system and how they interact. Topics include: fundamentals of logical design and cover installation, use, optimisation and administration tasks in order to produce maintainable, expandable databases. The course will be based on a mixture of lectures and * project work, together with practical exercises designed to promote assimilation during the course rather than afterwards. Students should be able to put their MySQL training to immediate use. Teaching methods: lectures; practical exercises. Assessment methods: Setup and configuration of MySQL in realistic scenarios, and discussion of techniques used. Language of instruction: English. M 2.4. GIS and Historical Research Course code: MACH 0204 Level of course: MA Year of study, semester: 1st year, spring term, 1st - 2nd period. Number of credits: 8 ECTS. Name of the lecturers: F. D'Andria G. Semeraro. Course contents: This module illustrates and discusses the use of GIS (Geographical Information Systems) for historical research and the management of cultural heritage. The main theme is the methodology of the study of settlements and the relationship between settlement and unsettled land. GIS is the most appropriate instrument for manipulating data of a heterogeneous origin and nature, in order to generate new information. Various types of data will be examined (cartography, images, textual data, literary sources) to illustrate methods of representation within a GIS system. The module will deal with the problems inherent in the construction of archives for the integrated management of various types of data (alphanumeric, raster and vectorial) and in those pertaining to the elaboration of data both through quantitative and spatial analysis. The lessons will use examples taken from the 'Laboratorio di Informatica per l'Archeologia dell 'Univerist di Lecce.' (I. T. Laboratory for Archaeology at the University of Lecce) Problems relating to the online implementation of GIS will also be illustrated, as will WebGis applications produced as part of the LandLab project. Teaching methods: lectures and practical sessions. Assessment methods: short written piece. Language of instruction: English.
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12. Academic Staff

University of Coimbra
Joaquim Carvalho (EuroMACHS coordinator) has a PhD in Modern History from the University of Coimbra, and has taught computer methods at the Faculty of Letters of the University of Coimbra since 1987. He has also been involved in various projects related to historical content and multimedia, namely the production of computer games, CD-ROMS and Internet sites. His current scientific interests are closely connected to computer applications in historical research, namely social simulation and network analysis. He is a member of the coordinating committee of CLIOHRES.net (http://www.cliohres.net), a Network of Excellence under the Six Framework Programme, where he also leads one the six thematic work groups. He has participated in activities related to the European Higher Education Area (EHAE), has acted as an ECTS counsellor for the European Commission since 2002, and is a member of the coordinating committee of the CLIOHnet Socrates-Erasmus Network (http://www.clioh.net); he has also taken part in the History Group in the Tuning Educational Structures Project I, II and III and is on the management committee of Tuning America Latina. He also participated in the TEEP-I project in trans-national evaluation by the ENQA in 2002-2003 and the institutional evaluation of the University of Coimbra by the EUA in 2006-2007. He has collaborated with the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education of the United Kingdom (QAA) in projects related to the EHAE and contributed to the chapter on Quality Assurance of the Tuning II report. Antnio Mendes has a PhD in Computer Engineering from the University of Coimbra where he has taught mainly Multimedia, Educational Technology and Programming, since 1983. His main research interests are in the area of educational technology. He is a member of the ACM SIG Computer Science Education project and has participated in several European level networks and projects, namely the Socrates-Erasmus thematic networks European Computing Education and Training and Doctoral Education in Computing, and the Alpha Program Red Virtual en informatica educativa (ReVIE). Antnio Pimentel, has a PhD in Art History from the University of Coimbra, where he has taught since 1986. His main research interests are in the area of Portuguese Baroque art, and more specifically, the mechanisms of representation of political power through art, having researched the processes of design and construction of royal palaces. He has organized numerous exhibitions of art history and contributed to CD-ROMs on historical subjects. He has directed the Institute of Art History at the University of Coimbra since 2005 and has held relevant posts on various committees related to the teaching of Cultural Heritage and Art History in Portugal. He is currently pro-rector for Heritage of the University of Coimbra with responsibility for the application of the university historical site to UNESCO World Heritage status. Licnio Roque obtained a PhD in Computer Engineering from the University of Coimbra while developing Context Engineering, a socio-technical approach to the development of Information Systems. He has practised participatory action-research and technological development in such diverse fields as: management information systems, administration, individual and organizational learning, interactive entertainment, and Internet technologies for online communities. For the last 10 years, he has taught Software Engineering and HumanComputer Interaction on Engineering courses, by promoting contextual approaches to learning in studio and project-based environments. He is currently engaged in research into learning contexts and the design of multiplayer online games as learning contexts in diverse fields of knowledge.
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University of Cologne Manfred Thaller, born 1950 in Austria, Manfred Thaller began his academic career as a historian of the nineteenth century (complemented by classical mediaevalist training plus some exposure to Ancient Oriental studies). An early interest in interdisciplinary studies brought him to Sociology postdoc at the Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna and, as an IT enthusiast, into contact with numerous fields of research ranging from prehistorical archaeology to the history of the former German Democratic Republic. As a fellow of the Max-Planck-Institut for History in Gttingen, Germany since 1978, and director of a Humanities' IT research institute in Bergen, Norway, since 1997, he has developed these experiences into the notion of an Applied Computer Science for the Humanities, a discipline he has headed as Professor at the University at Cologne since 2000. Recently his research interests have been mostly connected to numerous projects in the field of digital repositories for Cultural Heritage, where he is an outspoken advocate of the systematic conversion of institutional holdings into digital form, and their permanent preservation. While maintaining his long-term interest in a consistent theory of IT as applied to the Humanities, his other current focus of attention is the feasibility of turning visualization and simulation techniques into standard tools of analysis in history and the Humanities. University of Turku Auvo Kostiainen is Professor of general history at the School of History, University of Turku, Finland. He has undertaken research into issues such as contacts between cultures and populations in the context of history of migration and history of travel and tourism, and has published 12 monographs/compilation works and around 200 articles on various topics. He has directed projects on history of tourism and global issues, amongst others, and is a member of several networks of university researchers and lecturers, and history editor of Annals of Tourism Research (Elsevier Press). Taina Syrjmaa, PhD, senior assistant and adjunct professor, teaches history in the School of History, University of Turku. Her main fields are history of tourism and consumer culture, modern and contemporary urban history, and Italian history. She has worked for some years in multidisciplinary tourism studies, focusing on issues such as the role of history and heritage in the promotion of tourism. Currently she is especially interested in historical spatiality, having recently published a monograph entitled Constructing Unity, Living in Diversity. A Roman Decade (2006). Anna Sivula is senior lecturer in history at the School of Cultural Production and Landscape Studies, University of Turku. Her main interest is in cultural varieties of history, i.e. the immense diversity that exists as regards ways of documenting, understanding, explaining and representing history. Her doctoral thesis (2006) explored the methodological heritage of French historian Marc Bloch, and she is currently working with the theme of how history is and may be used as a material of computer games. Hannu Salmi is Professor of Cultural History at the University of Turku in Finland. A historian of film and popular culture, he has also published on the history of music in Finland and Germany, most recently on the history of Wagnerism under the title Wagner and Wagnerism in Nineteenth-Century Sweden, Finland, and the Baltic Provinces: Reception, Enthusiasm, Cult (University of Rochester Press, 2005). His fields of interest include public history, and especially, cinematic representations of history, to which he has contributed with a section in Film & History, Screening the Past, and Columbia Companion to American History on Film (Columbia University Press, 2004).
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Jaakko Suominen works as a lecturer of Digital Culture at the University of Turku, School of Cultural Production and Landscape Studies (Located in Pori) and is interested in the cultural history of computing and digital culture. Recent research includes work on the innovation culture of the 1950's, Donald Duck comic books, Nigerian fraud emails, computer romances, and retrogaming. University of Salento (formerly University of Lecce) Francesco D'Andria teaches Greek and Roman Archaeology and Art History at the Faculty of Cultural Heritage at Lecce University, Italy. He directs the Post-Graduate School in Classical Archaeology at that university, and co-ordinates the SOCRATES project for the development of partnerships between the European universities of Lecce, Amsterdam, Pau, Barcelona, Louvain and Thessalonica. He is a corresponding member of the Deutsches Archaeologisches Institut of Berlin, the Austrian Institute of Archaeology at Vienna and the British School at Rome, and was elected member of the National Heritage Council (Consiglio Nazionale BBCCAA) for the period 1993 to 1997. Research into the Messapian and other Adriatic cultures in antiquity has fostered close ties between the University of Lecce and research institutes in Yugoslavia, Greece and Albania. Since 2000, he has directed the Italian Archaeological Mission at Hierapolis (Turkey), and is also currently director of a CNR Institute-IBAM (Archeological Heritage - Monuments and Sites), having been acting director from July 2001 to April 2004. He has also published accounts of archaeological research in the Mediterranean (Turkey, Sicily and southern Italy) in about 200 journals and other publications. Francesco Tommasi teaches Operating Systems I, II and III at the Engineering Faculty of Lecce University. He is a member of the Department of Innovation Engineering, where he researches in the fields of Network Service Quality, IP Mobility and Satellite Internetworking. He is responsible for the Laboratory of Internetworking and System Interoperability (LIIS) and the computer networks of the University of Lecce. In 2003 he taught "Advanced IP Networking" at Troyes Technological University (France) for one semester. He also heads several research projects in the field of Satellite Internetworking, Satellite Distance Learning and Networking. More information available at: http://liis.unile.it Grazia Semeraro teaches Archaeology of Magna Graecia and IT Applied to Archaeology at the Faculty of Humanities of Lecce University. In 1981 she started her research into computer applications in archaeology, particularly data management and postexcavation methodology. She is a member of the editorial board of the journals Archeologia e Calcolatori and Studi di Antichit. She is presently co-ordinating the Lecce University's Laboratory of Archaeological Computing. As head of the Research Unit, she has recently been involved in the Landlab Project (Multimedia Laboratory for Research, Education and Communication regarding Archaeological Landscapes), promoted by the University of Lecce and co-financed by the European Union under the auspices of the National Operational Programme 2000-2006 entitled Scientific Research, Technological Development, Higher Education. Her main fields of research are: contextual approaches to the study of archaeological data; computerassisted applications to * archaeological research (database for the management of excavation data; GIS applied to territorial data and to excavation data; spatial analyses). Rosanna Basso teaches Contemporary History at the University of Lecce, Italy, and has carried out research into cultural and local history from a gendered perspective. Her interest in the use of computer science for research and the dissemination of historical knowledge and information started when she participated in the design and implementation of the project sTOria (Storia di Terra d'Otranto: Risorse, istituzioni, ambiente History of Terra dOtranto: Resources, Institutions and Environment), a historical and geographical database for the 19th and 20th centuries. She is a member of the scientific committee of this project, for which she has produced the section on literacy. More recently, as part of the project Archivio della
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scrittura femminile salentina, which she supervises, she has extended her interest to ecollections, by setting up a laboratory: Libri nella rete. Riedizione digitale di scritture introvabili. Carmela Massaro teaches Medieval History at the Faculty of Humanities of Lecce University, Italy, dealing mainly with the urban and general history of the Mediterranean economy in the 13th-15th centuries. In her latest publications (Potere politico e comunit locali nella Puglia tardomedievale, Galatina 2004; Citt e territorio nella contea di Lecce, in G.Vitolo (ed.), Citt e contado nel Mezzogiorno tra medioevo ed et moderna, Salerno 2005 and Economia e societ in una quasi citt del Mezzogiorno tardomedievale: S. Pietro di Galatina, in B. Vetere (ed.), I principi Del Balzo Orsini e il Salento, Galatina 2006), she examined the situation in Apulia with particular attention to problems of territorial organization and rural communities. Francesco Mineccia teaches Modern History at the Faculty of Education * of Lecce University. His main research topics include: the history of Italian agriculture and agrarian landscape in the modern and contemporary age; economics and society in the pre-unification Italian states; European Community studies, with particular reference to reconstruction of social space and relational networks between different social and professional groups; political, institutional and socio-economic aspects of the modernization process, as begun by the French in the revolutionary and Napoleonic periods. As far as history and computer science are concerned, he has been involved in nominal surveys for the reconstruction of relational networks via the MUSCAT hierarchical system, as described in the volume La pietra e la citt. Famiglie artigiane e identit urbana a Fiesole dal XVI al XIX secolo (Venice 1996). Cosimo Damiano Poso teaches Medieval History at the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literature of Lecce University. He is involved in research programmes into the history of Mediterranean port cities in Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages(??) and * the application of new methods and IT to historical sources of Mediterranean cities. He is interested in the political, institutional, economic and social history of the early Middle Ages, with particular attention to forms of rural settlement and urban systems in Apulia. He has published several essays and monographs, including Il Salento normanno. Territorio, istituzioni, societ, Galatina 1988; Ostuni nel medioevo. Lo sviluppo urbano dallXI alla met del XII secolo, Galatina 1997; Puglia medievale. Politica, istituzioni e territorio tra XI e XV secolo, Galatina 2000; Citt e territorio nel Basso Medioevo. Lesempio di Ostuni nellet di Carlo I dAngi, Manduria 2003; Aspetti della vita economica di Taranto in et primoangioina (1266-1285), Bari 2004. Maria Marcella Rizzo teaches Contemporary History at the Faculty of Cultural Heritage of Lecce University, Italy. Her main areas of interest are urban and social history, and she has coordinated and edited the publication of the volume Storia di Lecce dallUnit al secondo dopoguerra, Laterza, 1992, which provides an overview of the city's role in the urban system of the South of Italy in 19th and 20th centuries from a series of different perspectives. She is a member of the Scientific Committee of the interdisciplinary and international project sTOria (Storia di Terra dOtranto: risorse, istituzioni, ambiente History of Terra dOtranto: Resources, Institutions and Environment) aimed at creating a historical and geographical database; in this project, she has been responsible for producing data related to general elections in the Salento area between 19th and 20th centuries. She also participated in Socrates European Intensive Seminars on Villes symboles et symboles d'urbanit Cities as symbols and symbols as cities (Paris, 27 March -2 April 2002, at the University of Paris 13 Saint-Denis), and La ville et ses reprsentations - Cities and their representations (Barcelona, 2-12 April 2003, at the University Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona). She collaborates with research groups of the Universities of Bari, Foggia, Catania and Naples (Federico II)
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involved in investigating and enhancing the important cultural heritage of Southern Italy by computerizing sources and preparing cartographic representations of a wide range of phenomena, such as demographic, economic, institutional, environmental and artistic data. The first result of this activity has been the publication of the volume Storia e misura: indicatori sociali ed economici nella storia del Mezzogiorno dItalia (secc. XVIII-XX), in which she co-authored the essay Luoghi e spazi nelle strategie elettorali del secondo Novecento. Dalla circoscrizione ionico-salentina ai collegi uninominali (1948-2001).
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