HUMN 2073 Issues in Contemporary Heritage
HUMN 2073 Issues in Contemporary Heritage (10 Credit Points)
The aim of this subject is to get students thinking critically about heritage. To do so, it examines two main questions: “What is heritage?” and “Why does it matter?”. While the answers to both may appear fairly straightforward, this subject is designed to make students question and problematise their own assumptions, rethink what is and is not heritage, and consider why, in fact, we even care at all. The subject will introduce concepts such as national identity, memorialisation, belonging, collective memory, forgetting and repatriation. It will also introduce and examine heritage legislation, theory and practice.
Level: Undergraduate Level 2 subject
Equivalent Subjects: TOUR 2001 - Issues in Contemporary Heritage
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