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INFOSYS 142AC: Access to American Cultural Heritages

Fall 2003
Fall 2000
Fall 1997
Fall 1995

Course Description

Three hours of lecture per week. Infosys 142 explores how information about American cultural heritages arises, is managed, and used. It is a seminar-style introduction to issues in the preservation, description, and use of tangible forms of cultural heritage. Other topics include documentation, ownership, and control of access to cultural heritage resources in the U.S.A. The course also discusses cultural groups, cultural identity, cultural objects, cultural policies, and cultural institutions (libraries, media, museums, schools, historic sites, etc.). This course satisfies the American cultures requirement, and also the Social & Behavioral Science Breadth requirement.

Prerequisites

None.