Module Details

The information contained in this module specification was correct at the time of publication but may be subject to change, either during the session because of unforeseen circumstances, or following review of the module at the end of the session. Queries about the module should be directed to the member of staff with responsibility for the module.
Title Heritage & Legacy: The Beatles’ Liverpool 1967-Present
Code MUSI536
Coordinator Dr ML Jones
Music
Eben@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2023-24 Level 7 FHEQ Second Semester 15

Aims

1) This module will enable students to understand the complex and often contested relationship the city of Liverpool has had with its Beatles heritage
2) This module will enable students to critically analyse and apply various and complex theorisations of heritage, legacy and culture
3) This module will enable student to develop knowledge about and evaluate strengths, weaknesses and differences between various historic and present-day iterations of Liverpool’s Beatles heritage
4) This module will contextualise Liverpool’s Beatles heritage within wider critical understanding of the economic, industrial and political frameworks
5) This module will embody and approach to learning that creates and articulates narratives of Liverpool’s Beatles heritage for a robust and diverse global tourism market
6) This module will support a wider agenda of understanding the local, regional, national, and global stakeholders involved in managing Beatles heritage in Liverpool and Britain.


Learning Outcomes

(LO1) Students will be able to understand the complex and often contested relationship the city of Liverpool has had with its Beatles heritage.

(LO2) Students will be able to critically analyse and apply various and complex theorisations of heritage, legacy and culture.

(LO3) Students will be able to evaluate strengths, weaknesses and differences between various historic and present-day iterations of Liverpool’s Beatles heritage.

(LO4) Students will be able to contextualise Liverpool’s Beatles heritage within wider critical understanding of the economic, industrial and political frameworks.

(LO5) Students will be able to create and articulate narratives of Liverpool’s Beatles heritage for a robust and diverse global tourism market

(LO6) Students will be able to understand the local, regional, national, and global stakeholders involved in managing Beatles heritage in Liverpool and Britain.

(S1) Communication, listening and questioning respecting others, contributing to discussions, communicating in a foreign language, influencing, presentations developed by participation in class lectures, discussions and debates, reading/viewing a range of texts and media and actively engaging in guest lectures and field visits (where relevant).

(S2) Information literacy online, finding, interpreting, evaluating, managing and sharing information developed by using the full range of library resources as well as developing independent online research skills.

(S3) Media literacy online critically reading and creatively producing academic and professional communications in a range of media developed by undertaking independent research, fieldwork and writing and directed learning relevant to module content and coursework.

(S4) Positive attitude/ self-confidence A 'can-do' approach, a readiness to take part and contribute; openness to new ideas and the drive to make these happen developed by actively engaging in the university’s global citizenship aims, learning to develop original ideas and being an active participant in lectures and related activities.

(S5) Problem solving/ critical thinking/ creativity analysing facts and situations and applying creative thinking to develop appropriate solutions developed by learning to develop original ideas and being an active participant in lectures and related activities.

(S6) Self-management, readiness to accept responsibility (i.e. leadership), flexibility, resilience, self-starting, initiative, integrity, willingness to take risks, appropriate assertiveness, time management, readiness to improve own performance based on feedback/reflective learning/ developed by learning to develop original ideas and being an active participant in lectures and related activities.


Syllabus

 

Indicative topics to be covered in this module may include:
*Musicians, music-making and music industry in Liverpool
*Theorisations of ‘heritage’ and ‘legacy’
*Explorations of Liverpool’s arts, heritage and culture industries
*Beatles tourism in Liverpool and beyond
*Industry and post-industrial labour in Liverpool
*Politics, trade unions and New Labour
*2008 European Capital of Culture
*The Beatles and Liverpool’s civic infrastructure
*Public-private partnerships, stakeholders and government agencies


Teaching and Learning Strategies

This module will be delivered via 2-hour weekly lectures, held over a 12-week period, supported by self-directed learning and independent study. Where necessary, a blended, hybrid pattern of face-to-face and/or online learning will be adopted.

Scheduled, directed student hours: 24
Unscheduled directed student hours: N/A
Self-directed, unscheduled student hours: 126
Attendance recorded: Yes
Self-directed study may be used for reading, research, writing and independent scholarship


Teaching Schedule

  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours 24

          24
Timetable (if known)              
Private Study 126
TOTAL HOURS 150

Assessment

EXAM Duration Timing
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CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
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Coursework - Critical Inventory Critical Inventory Resit Anonymous Critical Inventory/report    40       
Coursework Report Resit Anonymous Report    60       

Recommended Texts

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