Modules
Rome: Globalisation, Materiality (CLAM108)
| Staff | Professor Martin Pitts - Convenor |
|---|---|
| Credit Value | 15 |
| ECTS Value | 7.5 |
| NQF Level | 7 |
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Co-requisites | None |
| Duration of Module | Term 1: 11 weeks; |
Module aims
- The module aims to provide critical engagement with the tools to access cultural histories and ideologies which appear unattainable through literary sources, allowing for the expansion and elaboration of existing explanations of the Roman world and challenging the underlying models which inform our understanding of key historical and cultural processes and constructs.
ILO: Module-specific skills
- 1. Develop an understanding and appreciation of appropriate theories and methodolgies for studying material and visual culture
- 2. Work critically with different types of material/archaeological evidence and to use them in effective combination as a tool of historical and socio-cultural analysis and reconstruction
ILO: Discipline-specific skills
- 3. Collate and analyse widely different types of material evidence from the Roman world, much of which is incomplete and ambiguous in its significance
- 4. Draw independent inferences on wide ranging scholarship concerning the role of material culture in debates on imperialism, Romanisation, and globalisation processes in antiquity.
- 5. Reflect critically on the roles of globalisation and objects-in-motion in contemporary cultures.
ILO: Personal and key skills
- 6. Apply key bibliographical skills, the latest forms of information retrieval, as well as word-processing skills
- 7. Think autonomously and analytically on the basis of material and visual sources and secondary literature
- 8. Construct and defend a sustained argument (both in written form and orally)
- 9. Work with instructor and peers in an independent, constructive and responsive way
Syllabus plan
Examples of possible seminar topics include: the Roman world-empire, visual culture as globalising koine, urban change and connectivity, economic integration, roads and time-space compression, globalising institutions: the army, mass consumption and objectscapes, food and regionality, social and economic inequality.
Learning activities and teaching methods (given in hours of study time)
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
|---|---|---|
| 15 | 135 | 0 |
Details of learning activities and teaching methods
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled learning and teaching | 15 | Intensive seminar and reading group teaching |
| Guided independent study | 135 | Working independently and in groups in preparation for seminars and essays |
Summative assessment (% of credit)
| Coursework | Written exams | Practical exams |
|---|---|---|
| 80 | 0 | 20 |
Details of summative assessment
| Form of assessment | % of credit | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essay | 80 | 4000 words | 1-9 | Mark; written and oral feedback |
| Oral presentation (Powerpoint file with recorded voiceover, shared with class on ELE, with handout) | 20 | 20 minutes | 1-9 | Mark; written and oral feedback |
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Details of re-assessment (where required by referral or deferral)
| Original form of assessment | Form of re-assessment | ILOs re-assessed | Timescale for re-assessment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essay | Essay | 1-9 | Referral/Deferral period |
| Oral presentation | Oral presentation (Powerpoint file with recorded voiceover, with handout) | 1-9 | Referral/Deferral period |
Re-assessment notes
Deferral – if you miss an assessment for certificated reasons judged acceptable by the Mitigation Committee, you will normally be either deferred in the assessment or an extension may be granted. The mark given for a re-assessment taken as a result of deferral will not be capped and will be treated as it would be if it were your first attempt at the assessment.
Referral – if you have failed the module overall (i.e. a final overall module mark of less than 50%) you will be required to submit a further assessment as necessary. The mark given for a re-assessment taken as a result of referral will be capped at 50%.
Indicative learning resources - Basic reading
- Appadurai, A (ed.). 1986. The social life of things. Commodities in cultural perspective. Cambridge.
- Hodos, T, with P. Lane, A. Geurds, I. Lilley, G. Shelach-Lavi, M. Pitts, M. Stark & M. Versluys (eds.). 2017. The Routledge Handbook of Archaeology and Globalization, London, Routledge.
- Jennings, J. 2011. Globalizations and the ancient world. Cambridge.
- Pitts, M and Versluys, M.J. (eds.) 2015. Globalisation and the Roman world. World history, connectivity and material culture. Cambridge.
- Thomas, N. 1991. Entangled objects. Harvard.
- Woolf, G. 1998. Becoming Roman. The origins of provincial civilization in Gaul. Cambridge.
- Van Oyen A, & Pitts, M. (eds.) 2017. Materialising Roman Histories. Oxford, Oxbow
Module has an active ELE page?
Yes
Indicative learning resources - Web based and electronic resources
Available as distance learning?
No
Origin date
Feb 2013
Last revision date
27/04/2023
Key words search
Globalisation, Rome, Material Culture