Humanities, Social Sciences and Cultural Heritage

Recommended Prerequisites

n/a

Teaching Methods

This course unit will be taught as a seminar: presentation of contents, clearing of doubts, and supervision of tasks by the teachers; preparation, presentation, and discussion of tasks by the students. Experts will also be invited to deliver lectures.

Learning Outcomes

Further develop knowledge on the links between the humanities, the social sciences and cultural heritage/museology; on the correlation between deontological questions in the contexts of the humanities and social sciences and of cultural heritage/museology; and on the value of studying cultural heritage and museology policies.

Acquisition of skills in researching the humanities and social sciences fields, in the drafting and implementation of cultural heritage/museology projects, and in the assessment of cultural heritage/museology policies and projects.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. History of the relation of human societies with cultural heritage and museums.

2. History of conceptions and policies, of legislation and institutions/organizations, and of practices in the field of cultural heritage.

3. Fundamental concepts at the deontological, epistemological, theoretical, and methodological levels. Contemporary epistemological paradigms.

4. Theory and history of the humanities and social sciences.

5. Common sense/ideology, arts, humanities, sciences, and technologies.

6. Research/dissemination in humanities/social sciences and research/intervention in cultural heritage and museums.

7. Remains, documents, cultural heritage (tangible and intangible; movable, integrated, and immovable), and natural heritage.

8. Case studies

Assessment Methods

Assessment
In addition to the mandatory evaluation elements — bibliographic and documentary research work (15 pages of text including footnotes), critical review (7 pages), presentation and discussion of a topic —, students are encouraged to participate in classes, write observation reports, and organize and participate in dialogue conferences and field trips, etc.: 100.0%

Bibliography

CALLEBAUT, D.; KILLEBREW, A. E. & SILBERMAN, N. A. (ed.), Interpreting the past. Presenting archaeological sites to the public, Flemish Heritage Institute [etc.], 2004

GUILLAUME, M., A política do património, Porto, Campo das Letras, 2003

LACROIX, M., O princípio de Noé ou a ética da salvaguarda. Lisboa, Instituto Piaget.

Lopes, M. A. (2015), “Musealizar misericórdias conhecendo a sua história”, in Pedras R. (Coord.), I Jornadas de museologia nas Misericórdias. Misericórdia de Penafiel, pp. 49-62

PEREZ-JUEZ GIL, A., Gestión del Patrimonio Arqueológico: el yacimiento como recurso turístico. Ariel. Barcelona, 2006

WORBOYS, G. L.,  LOCKWOOD, M.,  KOTHARI, A., FEARY, S., PULSFORD, I. (eds.), Gobernanza y gestión de áreas protegidas, Universidad del Bosque, ANU Press, 2019

Redentor, A. (2019), “A ocupação romana do território de Bragança”. In F. Sousa (Coord.), História de Bragança: das origens à Revolução Liberal de 1820. CMB/CEPESE, vol. I, pp. 131-185.