Module Code - Title:
HI2120
-
Non-Written Sources for Local History
Year Last Offered:
2025/6
Hours Per Week:
Grading Type:
N
Prerequisite Modules:
Rationale and Purpose of the Module:
The aim of this module is to introduce students to the main non-written sources for local history, secondly to enable students to conduct independent research using such sources and finally, to identify the potential and possibilities of using such sources.
Syllabus:
locating the principal non-written sources û visual, film, video, oral history, folklore, material culture, the landscape; archaeology, maps, place names; identifying problems and possibilities associated with using sources; interpretation; using the non-written source
Learning Outcomes:
Cognitive (Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Analysis, Evaluation, Synthesis)
On successful complete of this module the historian of the locality will have the ability to:
- demonstrate a clear knowledge of the key primary and secondary sources for researching and writing the history of localities;
- explain the usefulness of these sources for the historian of the locality;
- demonstrate an ability to identify and professionally gather these sources;
- recognise the strengths and weaknesses of these sources; and
- ascertain, evaluate and consider what conclusions can be drawn from these sources for answering a historical problem.
Affective (Attitudes and Values)
not applicable
Psychomotor (Physical Skills)
not applicable
How the Module will be Taught and what will be the Learning Experiences of the Students:
The module is taught through a weekly three hour seminar.
Research Findings Incorporated in to the Syllabus (If Relevant):
Prime Texts:
W.G. Hoskins (1993)
Doing Local History in England
, London
Sommer, Barbara W. and Quinlan, Mary Kay (2002)
The oral history manual
, London?
Ó Súilleabháin, Seán (1942)
A Handbook of Irish Folklore
, Dublin
Other Relevant Texts:
Programme(s) in which this Module is Offered:
Semester(s) Module is Offered:
Module Leader:
david.fleming@ul.ie