Institutions and Policies of Cultural Heritage

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

Teaching model fundamentally theoretical and practical, combining, in a balanced way, theoretical presentations, presentation and discussion of relevant themes and challenges of intense critical participation by the students and, also, important input from invited speakers in organized lectures.

Learning Outcomes

Knowing the main lines of thought and action in relation to different types of cultural heritage - especially built - acquiring critical capacity to assess and implement coherent and effective policies, dominating also the instruments to achieve them.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

HERITAGE vs POLICY

Cultural heritage: the concept and its evolution.

The political importance of heritage

International institutions associated with the protection and enhancement of Cultural Heritage

International Charter for the Protection of Heritage

The World Heritage Convention

The role of NGOs in the protection and enhancement of Cultural Heritage

National Institutions for the protection and enhancement of cultural heritage and its powers

 

MATERIAL AND INTANGIBLE GOODS

Monumental heritage

Urban Heritage

Rural Heritage

Intangible Heritage

 

HERITAGE AND SOCIETY

Heritage and Tourism

Heritage and Identity

Heritage and Science

Heritage and Sustainable Development.

Head Lecturer(s)

Paulo Jorge Rodrigues Amado Mendes

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Synthesis work: 100.0%

Bibliography

UNESCO, Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, THE GENERAL CONFERENCE of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Paris, 17-21/Nov/1972.

ICOMOS, Report on Economics of conservation. An appraisal of theories, principles and methods. International Scientific Committee on Economics of Conservation, Paris, 1998.

WMF (World Monuments Fund), 2014 World Monuments Watch Guidelines, http://www.wmf.org/downloads/2014-Watch-Guidelines-English.pdf.

PADERSEN, Arthur, Gestión del turismo en sitios del Patrimonio Mundial: Manual práctico para administradores de sitios del Patrimonio Mundial, Centro del Patrimonio Mundial de la UNESCO, Paris, 2005.

ICOMOS, La Liste du patrimoine mondial: Combler les lacunes–un plan d’action pour le futur. Une analyse de l’ICOMOS. Paris, 2004.

AMADO MENDES, J., Estudos do Património: Museus e Educação, col. “Estudos: Humanidades”, n.º 3, 2ª ed., FLUC / Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra, 2013