EM 205 Cultural Preservation & Traditional Knowledge (4 credits)
Course Description
This course will explore the importance of protecting, preserving, and restoring both tangible and intangible cultural heritage in the face of disasters and emergencies and how traditional knowledge can be applied to disaster planning.
Course Content
A. Introduction to Cultural Heritage and Native Lifeways
B. The Role of Cultural Heritage Protection in Community Recovery
C. The Value and Protection, Preservation, and Restoration of Artifacts, Human Remains, and Contemporary Objects
D. The Value and Use of Knowledge and Traditional Knowledge Systems
E. Preparing and Mitigating Against Disasters
F. Responding to Disasters
G. Recovering from Disasters
H. Creating a Cultural Heritage Preservation, Protection, and Restoration Disaster Plan
Student Outcomes
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Define cultural heritage and native lifeways
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Research the role of cultural heritage protection in community recovery
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Differentiate between tangible and intangible cultural heritage collections
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Evaluate methods to prepare for, mitigate against, respond to, and recover from disaster using traditional knowledge
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Research local and non-local sources for additional information relevant to cultural heritage disaster planning
Degree Outcomes
Program Outcomes: Demonstrate methods to preserve cultural heritage and apply traditional knowledge to the Tribal emergency management environment.
Core Abilities: Intercultural Engagement
Graduates demonstrate self-efficacy in intercultural engagement to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion through reflections and expressions of cultural humility, empathy, and social and civic engagement and action. Further, graduates examine how identities/positionalities such as races, social classes, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, and cultures impact perceptions, actions, and the distribution of power and privilege in communities, systems, and institutions.
Global Citizenship
Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable and equitable systems.
Lecture Contact Hours 40
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 40
Potential Methods
A. Participation in Class Activities
B. Discussion Board
C. Exams and Quizzes
D. Individual Assignments
E. Individual Projects
F. Written Paper
G. Audio/Video Submissions
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