World Heritage Studies - Body of Knowledge
World Heritage Studies - Grundlagen
6 LPWiSeEN
Voraussetzungen
Zwingend, im Wortlaut
No successful participation in associated phase-out module 37402 Humanities, Social Sciences and Economics.
Inhalte
The module introduces students to the World Heritage Convention, its backgrounds, and its definitions of heritage (cultural heritage, natural heritage, cultural landscapes etc.) and identification over the course of time. It also introduces to the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.
Lernziele
Students will have aquired the skill to • name, explain & discuss competently the major approaches to the protection of heritage in its different interpretations (cultural heritage, natural heritage, cultural landscapes, intangible heritage). • work and collaborate in diverse teams and learn about and from different perspective • orient themselves within the state of the art of research in heritage studies
Prüfungsleistung
• Active contribution to module in form of • Discussion papers, in group, ~500 words (25%) • Creative presentation in class, in group (25 %) • Exam ~60 min. (50%) Detailed explanation will be given at the beginning of the module.
Literatur (5)
- Brumann, Christoph (2021). The Best We Share: Nation, Culture and World-Making in the UNESCO World Heritage Arena. Berghahn.
- Labadi, Sophia (2018). UNESCO World Heritage Convention (1972). In: Smith, Claire (ed). Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology. Cham.
- Labadi, Sophia (2013): UNESCO, Cultural Heritage, and Outstanding Universal Value: Value-based Analyses of the World Heritage and Intangible Cultural Heritage Conventions, Rowman & Littlefield.
- UNESCO (2011): Preparing World Heritage Nominations. UNESCO Publishing.
- Additional materials are announced at the beginning of the semester
Quelle: Modulbeschreibung der BTU · abgerufen 19.10.2026Original