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Cultural Heritage Centre for Asia and the Pacific, Deakin University

Contact details: Kristal Buckley, Lecturer in Cultural Heritage
Dr Linda Young, Senior Lecturer and Course Director
Email: kristal.buckley@deakin.edu.au / linda.young@deakin.edu.au
Phone: 03 9224 6828 / 0439 361 793 (Kristal)
Website: http://www.deakin.edu.au/arts-ed/chcap/
Registered Training Organisation: No
Training provided in: Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland and Torres Strait, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Training provided

Non-accredited training delivered
  • Principles of cultural heritage management (Burra Charter basics)
  • Legislation
  • Management planning - process & key steps
  • Developing conservation and management strategies
  • Site recording and documentation
  • Caring for cultural heritage objects and remains
  • Setting up consultations about heritage with appropriate stakeholders
  • Assessing significance
  • Identifying management issues
  • Identifying and recording evidence of threats and deterioration
  • Monitoring cultural places
  • Using databases to manage cultural information

Other: our program has subjects that are adaptable for training formats, including: Heritage Interpretation, Heritage Tourism, Collections, Exhibitions, Virtual Heritage, Museum Operations, Museum Marketing, World Heritage, Heritage & Memory

Trainers

The Cultural Heritage Centre for Asia and the Pacific trainers are non-Indigenous and deliver the training through a partnership between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people.

Qualifications

Deakin University's Cultural Heritage Centre for Asia and the Pacific (CHCAP) has five members of its academic staff that provide teaching in the Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies program:

All teaching staff have post-graduate qualifications in cultural heritage and museum studies and significant teaching experience - the qualifications and areas of expertise of staff can be viewed on the website. The teaching staff also have significant industry experience in their areas of expertise.

CHCAP offers post-graduate courses in cultural heritage and museum studies, as well as Higher Degrees by Research (MA, PhD). Many of the modules in its courses are adaptable to training contexts, and CHCAP has tailored training for client organisations by arrangement. Coursework is provided at the Melbourne campus (Burwood) and on-line. Specialist courses in the field have also been provided, including international field schools and in partnership with overseas institutions.

Training experience

Refer above

Recent experience

Staff from CHCAP have not delivered cultural heritage management training to an Indigenous group within the last 12 months (valid at March 2012).

PLEASE NOTE: The Register of Cultural Heritage Management Training Providers is provided for information only. The Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities does not endorse or recommend any listed training provider on the Register or warrant that any providers are suitable or appropriately qualified. Organisations should conduct their own procurement processes before choosing or engaging a trainer. Information on the Register is as provided by the listed training providers.

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