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B020851 - ANTHROPOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT
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Type of Assessment
Academic Year 2023-24
Coorte 2022 - Second Cycle Degree in ECONOMICS AND DEVELOPMENT
Course year
Second year - Second Semester
Belonging Department
Economics and Management (DISEI)
Course Type
Single education field course
Scientific Area
M-DEA/01 - DEMOLOGY, ETHNOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY
Credits
6
Teaching Hours
48
Teaching Term
19/02/2024 ⇒ 31/05/2024
Attendance required
No
Type of Evaluation
Final Grade
Course Content
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Lectureship
Mutuality
Course teached as:
B030734 - ANTHROPOLOGY OF CULTURAL HERITAGE
Second Cycle Degree in GEOGRAPHY, SPATIAL MANAGEMENT, HERITAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
B030734 - ANTHROPOLOGY OF CULTURAL HERITAGE
Second Cycle Degree in GEOGRAPHY, SPATIAL MANAGEMENT, HERITAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
Teaching Language
English
Course Content
DECOLONIZING MUSEUMS
This course seeks to address the relationships between heritage museums and our society. In recent decades, museums have encountered enormous changes. We will focus on these changes by mainly working through case studies. The strength of the “heritage paradigm” in the contemporary will be analyzed by focusing on some of the “tensions” surrounding museums and heritage, and the protagonists of their contemporary successes and challenges.
This course seeks to address the relationships between heritage museums and our society. In recent decades, museums have encountered enormous changes. We will focus on these changes by mainly working through case studies. The strength of the “heritage paradigm” in the contemporary will be analyzed by focusing on some of the “tensions” surrounding museums and heritage, and the protagonists of their contemporary successes and challenges.
Suggested readings (Search our library's catalogue)
*Annie E. Coombes, Ruth B. Phillips (eds), Museum Transformations: Decolonization and Democratization, Blackwell Pub.,2020.
*Rodney Harrison, Heritage: Critical Approaches, Routledge 2012.
*The students should have knowledge of the basics of cultural anthropology (the concept of culture, cultural relativism, ethnocentrism, etc.).
Otherwise, the study of a handbook on cultural anthropology is mandatory.
*Barbara Miller, Cultural Anthropology, Pearson, 2017
Non-attending students will have to study:
* Rodney Harrison, Heritage: Critical Approaches, Routledge 2012.
*And all materials uploaded to the moodle platform
For them the final exam will consist of a written assignment, to be done in class, with 4 "open" questions aimed at checking the study and understanding of the exam texts and the acquisition of the basic vocabulary of the discipline. They will be given 2 hours.
*Rodney Harrison, Heritage: Critical Approaches, Routledge 2012.
*The students should have knowledge of the basics of cultural anthropology (the concept of culture, cultural relativism, ethnocentrism, etc.).
Otherwise, the study of a handbook on cultural anthropology is mandatory.
*Barbara Miller, Cultural Anthropology, Pearson, 2017
Non-attending students will have to study:
* Rodney Harrison, Heritage: Critical Approaches, Routledge 2012.
*And all materials uploaded to the moodle platform
For them the final exam will consist of a written assignment, to be done in class, with 4 "open" questions aimed at checking the study and understanding of the exam texts and the acquisition of the basic vocabulary of the discipline. They will be given 2 hours.
Prerequisites
The students should have knowledge of the basics of cultural anthropology (the concept of culture, cultural relativism, ethnocentrism, etc.).
Otherwise, the study of a handbook on cultural anthropology is mandatory.
*Barbara Miller, Cultural Anthropology, Pearson, 2017
Otherwise, the study of a handbook on cultural anthropology is mandatory.
*Barbara Miller, Cultural Anthropology, Pearson, 2017
Teaching Methods
In class lectures and site visits
Type of Assessment
Final paper outline: as preparation for the final paper, students will be required to
produce an outline of the proposal for their research paper (of approx. 500 words) to be
reviewed and approved by the course professor.
Final paper: students will be required to write an original research paper (of 3,000 words)
on the subject of their choice, supported by academic sources (students should use the
sources provided on the syllabus as a starting point) and include an extensive bibliography.
Non-attending students will have to study:
* Rodney Harrison, Heritage: Critical Approaches, Routledge 2012.
*And all materials uploaded to the moodle platform
For them the final exam will consist of a written assignment, to be done in class, with 4 "open" questions aimed at checking the study and understanding of the exam texts and the acquisition of the basic vocabulary of the discipline. They will be given 2 hours.
produce an outline of the proposal for their research paper (of approx. 500 words) to be
reviewed and approved by the course professor.
Final paper: students will be required to write an original research paper (of 3,000 words)
on the subject of their choice, supported by academic sources (students should use the
sources provided on the syllabus as a starting point) and include an extensive bibliography.
Non-attending students will have to study:
* Rodney Harrison, Heritage: Critical Approaches, Routledge 2012.
*And all materials uploaded to the moodle platform
For them the final exam will consist of a written assignment, to be done in class, with 4 "open" questions aimed at checking the study and understanding of the exam texts and the acquisition of the basic vocabulary of the discipline. They will be given 2 hours.