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240055 SE BM9 Cultural Heritage: Anthropology and UNESCO (2024W)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 24 - Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie
Continuous assessment of course work

Participation at first session is obligatory!

The lecturer can invite students to a grade-relevant discussion about partial achievements. Partial achievements that are obtained by fraud or plagiarized result in the non-evaluation of the course (entry 'X' in certificate). The plagiarism software 'Turnitin' will be used.
The use of AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT) for the attainment of partial achievements is only allowed if explicitly requested by the course instructor.
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Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 25 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Monday 13.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
  • Wednesday 15.01. 09:45 - 13:00 Seminarraum A, NIG 4. Stock
  • Thursday 16.01. 09:45 - 13:00 Seminarraum A, NIG 4. Stock
  • Friday 17.01. 09:45 - 13:00 Seminarraum A, NIG 4. Stock
  • Tuesday 21.01. 09:45 - 13:00 Seminarraum D, NIG 4. Stock
  • Wednesday 22.01. 09:45 - 13:00 Seminarraum A, NIG 4. Stock
  • Thursday 23.01. 09:45 - 13:00 Seminarraum A, NIG 4. Stock

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This course examines the intersection between anthropology and UNESCO, an international organization dedicated to Education, Sciences, Social Sciences, Communication, and Culture. The seminar focuses on the culture sector with specific attention to cultural heritage. Anthropology has been instrumental in defining UNESCO's mandate, with many anthropologists contributing to shaping its work and significance. Concurrently, scholars have critically studied UNESCO as a research field, highlighting its impact on the understanding and politicization of culture and international development cooperation. The course will introduce the prolific literature of the Anthropology of UNESCO, addressing concepts like heritagization and Unescoization, attentively analyzing social and power dynamics arising from these concepts. These debates will be situated in the broader Anthropology of Development literature. Additionally, the seminar offers practical immersion in UNESCO's activities through discussions with professionals from the organization (more information will be shared in class). A particular emphasis will be placed on cultural heritage management, using case studies to familiarize students with international conventions such as the World Heritage Convention and the Intangible Cultural Heritage Convention, and project management.

During the seminar, you will:
- Gain comprehensive knowledge about UNESCO, including its history, organizational structure, mandates, and key stakeholders.
- Critically examine the concepts of culture and cultural heritage, drawing on academic scholarship and UNESCO’s frameworks and practices
- Receive an introduction to heritage and project management, resulting in the development of a project proposal.
- Reflect generally on the practice of anthropology as a discipline, understanding how anthropologists can become practitioners at UNESCO and how UNESCO becomes a field of research for anthropologists.

Assessment and permitted materials

Attendance is expected (up to one 3-hour session may be missed) as well as active participation during the discussions and the different group exercises. Students will have to prepare one presentation (UNESCO project case study) and write a project proposal related to cultural heritage management. This will be discussed step by step in class.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

All the different assignments given during the semester have to be completed and submitted to pass the course. A minimum of 51% partial credit is required. Students will have to submit a short-written assignment related to readings for missed classes.

90-100 % = 1
77-89 %= 2
64-76 %= 3
51-63 %= 4
0-50 % = 5

Grade breakdown:
Presentation and group work: 35%
In-class participation: 25%
Project proposal: 40%

Examination topics

Presentations, group work, active participation, in-class discussions, final project proposal

Reading list

Selected references

Apaydin, Veysel. “The Entanglement of the Heritage Paradigm: Values, Meanings and Uses.” International Journal of Heritage Studies 24, no. 5 (2018): 491–507. https://doi.org/10.1080/13527258.2017.1390488.

Ashworth, Gregory J., Brian Graham, and John E. Tunbridge. “Towards Pluralizing Pasts: Theories and Concepts of Heritage.” In Pluralising Pasts: Heritage, Identity and Place in Multicultural Societies, 35–53. London: Pluto Press, 2007.

Chirikure, Shadreck, Webber Ndoro, and Janette Deacon. "Approaches and Trends in African Heritage Management and Conservation." In Managing Heritage in Africa: Who Cares?, edited by Webber Ndoro, Shadreck Chirikure, and Janette Deacon, Chapter 1. 1st ed. London: Routledge, 2017.

Chocano, Rodrigo. "Strategic Skepticism: The Politics of Grassroots Participation in an Afro-Andean Nomination to the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Representative List." Journal of American Folklore 136, no. 541 (2023): 249–273.

De Cesari, Chiara. “Thinking through Heritage Regimes.” In Heritage Regimes and the State, Chapter 6, 399–413. Göttingen: Universitätsverlag Göttingen, 2012.

Joy, Charlotte L. "UNESCO and Becoming a World Heritage Site." In The Politics of Heritage Management in Mali: From UNESCO to Djenné, Chapter 3. London: Routledge, 2011.

Kassim, Omar. “The Triple Development Dilemma Confronting Historic Urban Areas.” In Managing Heritage in Africa: Who Cares?, edited by Webber Ndoro, Shadreck Chirikure, and Janette Deacon, Chapter 16. 1st ed. London: Routledge, 2017.

Kothari, Uma. "Towards Decolonising Development: A Role for Heritage." In Critical Approaches to Heritage for Development, 270–74. London: Routledge, 2022.

Labadi, Sophia. “UNESCO, Culture, Aid and Development in the New Millennium.” In The Cultural Turn in International Aid, 1st ed., 73–88. London: Routledge, 2020.

Pocock, Celmara, and Ian Lilley. "Who Benefits? World Heritage and Indigenous People." Heritage & Society 10, no. 2 (2017): 171–190. https://doi.org/10.1080/2159032X.2018.1503836.

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