School Of Social Sciences And PsychologyIssues in Contemporary HeritageWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 101601.3
Discipline: TOURISM
Student Contribution Band: 3
Level: 2
Credit Points: 10
About this Unit
The aim of this unit 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 unit 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 unit will introduce concepts such as national identity, ethics, memorialisation, belonging, nostalgia, heritage values, status, control and repatriation. It will also introduce and examine heritage legislation, theory and practice.