Module

Voraussetzungen

Inhalte

The module introduces students to the reflexive and critical approach in Heritage Studies: • Theories of Critical and reflexive heritage studies • Heritage as a social construction, Positionality and heritage studies • Heritage and universality and/vs. pluriversality Colonialism and heritage, capitalism and heritage, minority heritage • Examples of heritage, global and local and their relation to systemic inequalities (e.g. gender, race, class etc.)

Lernziele

Students will have aquired the skill to • Name, explain & discuss competently the major approaches to the reflexive and critical heritage studies • Use the methodological tools of reflexive heritage studies and reflect on the influence of their positionality on heritage studies • Aquire awareness of how inequalities both global and local, e.g. gender, race, class etc. are part of heritage studies. • Work and collaborate in diverse teams and learn about and from different perspective • Orient themselves within the state of the art of research in reflexive and critical heritage studies

Prüfungsleistung

• Active contribution to module in form of • Discussion paper, in group, ~500 words (20%) • creative presentation in class, in group (20 %) • group work on case study, including paper hand in ~500 words (20%) • Exam ~60 min. (40%) Detailed explanation will be given at the beginning of the module.