Heritage Theories and Policies

Code:

MHP022

Acronym:

TPP

Instance: 2011/2012 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of History, Political and International Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in History and Heritage

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
EHP	2	Course Programme	1	-	6	60	162
MHP	18	MHP - Study Plan	1	-	6	60	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

- To observe senses and contexts where one can speak of heritage: “public use of History”, and/or “traditions’ inventions”, expressions which translate the political manipulation of history and culture;
- To provide the students with the perception of the contexts of the documentary information production in time and space, as well as of the identification and validation of information sources, developing specific competences in the critical use of documentation;
- To measure memory policies, of the objects and products which emerge from the construction of human societies; of the reflexion and comprehension of memory constructions in time and space (world of work, handicraft, industry, maritime/coastal, religious, rural and urban world, etc.), by crossing and working the documentary and bibliographical information.

Program

1. Heritage or heritages? – A derivation? An invention? A policy from the past? – a critical review of heritage ideologies and policies;
2. Theory(ies) and practice(s) – from the “nation state” to the widespread commercialisation of the world: heritage, identity, memoir and authenticity issues;
3. Heritage and creation: “fabricating” heritage: “from the cathedral to the tea spoon”, from the “memory places” to the “non-places” – the ontological vivification: the image and policies of visibility and attractiveness.

Mandatory literature

Connerton, Paul; Como as Sociedades Recordam, Oeiras, Celta Editora, 1993
González-Varas, Ignácio; Conservación de Bienes Culturales. Teoria, Historia, Princípios y Normas, Madrid, Ediciones Cátedra, 2003 - 3ª ed.
Martínez Justicia, María José; Historia y Teoria de la Conservación y Restauración Artística, Madrid, Ed. Tecnos, 2001 - 2ª ed.
Martínez Justicia, María José; Historia y Teoria de la Conservación y Restauración Artística, Madrid, Ed. Tecnos, 2001 - 2ª ed.
Guillaume, Marc; A Política do Património, Porto, Campo das Letras, 2003
Choay, Françoise; L' Allégorie du Patrimoine, Paris, du Seuil, 1999

Complementary Bibliography

Nora, Pierre (dir. de); Les Lieux de la Mémoire, Paris, Gallimard, 1984-1992

keywords

Social sciences > Anthropology > Ethnology
Humanities > History > Archaeology > Comparative archaeology
Humanities > History
Social sciences > Anthropology
Social sciences > Cultural studies

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	30,00
	Trabalho laboratorial	20,00
	Trabalho escrito	10,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
	Estudo autónomo	102
	Total:	102,00

Eligibility for exams

Attendance at a minimum of 75% of classes, except in cases foreseen by law.

Calculation formula of final grade

Each student shall actively participate in classes on a “distributed evaluation” regime, completed with a small final rehearsal where he/she will approach a topic concerning his work project.

Examinations or Special Assignments

According to UP regulation

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

According to UP regulation

Classification improvement

According to UP regulation