Art, Heritage and Identities in Europe

Year
0
Academic year
2023-2024
Code
01013101
Subject Area
History
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
Duration
SEMESTRIAL
ECTS Credits
6.0
Type
Elective
Level
1st Cycle Studies

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

Theoretical and practical classes. The theoretical concepts are always accompanied by the display of images supporting periods of reflection and debate in which critical thinking is encouraged. Side by side with the theoretical framework, subjects will be approached through a large set of case studies enhancing the ability to decode the heritage discourses in contemporary society.

Learning Outcomes

This curricular unit aims to promote

- a critical reflection on the correlative concepts of art, heritage and identity

- the familiarity with a set of tools crucial for the understanding of the artistic object in its context of production, complexity and specificity

- to enhance the ability to see, decode and understand art and heritage

- the awareness of the dimension of art and heritage in understanding the history of mankind and thus its patrimonial value

- the awareness of the uses of art and heritage as a political and social instrument

- the awareness of the crucial role of heritage in the construction, consolidation and cohesion of identities.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Identity

1.1.Cultural identity in postmodernity. The identity crisis in Europe. Practical analysis of specific cases

1.2. The Portuguese identity: construction and consolidation

1.3. The Portuguese case as a question of hyperidentity

2. Heritage

2.1. Interdependence between the concepts of Identity, History, Memory and Heritage. Heritage and power: “uses and abuses. Conflicting heritage: religion, ethnicity, propaganda, military conflicts, migration, exclusion and annihilation

2.2. From the legal character to the broadening of the concept

2.3. The paths of heritage: from Alexandre Herculano to the Venice Charter

2.4. Heritage and UNESCO. Analysis of practical cases: Coimbra, Alta e Sofia, Alto Douro Vinhateiro, Monastery of Batalha

3. Heritage: driver and enabler of sustainability and development.

4. Heritage and tourism: “overtourism, mass tourism, overcrowding, crowd control, detourism, slow tourism, sustainable tourism”. The cases of Barcelona, Venice and Lisbon.

Head Lecturer(s)

António Luís Domingues Ginja

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Exam: 100.0%

Bibliography

(2010). 100 ANOS de património: memória e identidade. Portugal 1910-2010. IGESPAR.

Lourenço, E. (1994). Nós e a Europa ou as duas razões. INCM.

Graham, B, & Howard, P. (eds). (2008). The Ashgate Research Companion to Heritage and Identity. Ashgate Publishing Limited.

Hall, S. (2006). A identidade cultural na pós-modernidade (11ª ed.). DP&A.

Mattoso, J. (2008). A identidade Nacional (4ª ed.). Fundação Mário Soares - Gradiva.

Nunning, A., & Erll, A. (2008). Cultural Memory studies. An international and interdisciplinary Handbook. de Gruyter.

 (1993). Dar Futuro ao Passado: exposição. SEC / IPPAR.