Introduction to Heritage Studies
Objectives
Overview of the historical development of the concept of heritage, relating it to the main debates about artistic heritage in the contemporary world.
Acquaintance with the main international and national institutions, encouraging critical analysis of the charters and conventions on cultural heritage.
Contact with the main Portuguese cultural laws, in order to recognize the stages of heritage safeguard and main categories of intervention.
Understanding the current parameters of cultural heritage recognition in its multiple thematic approaches, in order to perceive both the specificity and transversality of the artistic heritage.
General characterization
Code
711061056
Credits
6.0
Responsible teacher
Maria Margarida Simão Tavares da Conceição
Hours
Weekly - Available soon
Total - 168
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
Available soon
Bibliography
Araujo, Renata. 2015. "Influência, Origem, Matriz", Patrimónios de influência portuguesa: modos de olhar, ed. Walter Rossa e Margarida Calafate Ribeiro, 37-53. Coimbra: Imprensa da Universidade.
Assmann, Aleida. 2008. "Canon and Archive". Cultural Memories Studies. An International and Interdisciplinary Handbook, ed. Astrid Erll and Ansgar Nünning, 97-197. Berlin: De Gruyter.
Choay, Françoise. (1992) 2000. Alegoria do Património. Lisboa: Edições 70.
Custódio, Jorge, coord. 2010. 100 anos de património. Memória e identidade. Portugal 1910-2010. Cat. Lisboa: IGESPAR.
Hall, Stuart. 1999. “Whose heritage? Un-settling the Heritage, re-imagining the post-nation”. Third text. London: Routledge, nº 49, 3-1
Harrison, Rodney. 2012. Heritage: critical approaches. London: Routledge.
Lowenthal, David. (1985) 2003. The past is a foreign country. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Neto, Maria João Baptista. 2001. Memória, Propaganda e Poder: o restauro dos monumentos nacionais (1929-1991). Porto: Publicações FAUP.
Riegl, Alois. (1903) 2016. O culto moderno dos monumentos. Lisboa: Edições 70.
Vaz, Pedro. 2019. Edificar no Património. Pessoas e Paradigmas na Conservação & Restauro. Lisboa: Edições 70.
Teaching method
Theoretical-practical teaching. Topics will be taught on lecture format, complemented by case studies discussion, field trips, guest lectures and practical sessions co-organised by students. The last module of the syllabus will be taught in a full practical format and its contents will be interpolated with the theoretical component. The schedule of practical classes will be available in due course.
Evaluation method
The final assessment should balance three elements: participation in practical sessions, individual written essay and final open-book test.
All assessment elements are mandatory. Late delivery of any assessment element may be penalised or not accepted.
Subject matter
1. Cultural heritage conceptualisation problems
The art works and the heritage categories
The multidisciplinary scope of the heritage sciences and the role of the art historian
Heritage, memory and identity: contemporary debates
2. Evolution of the concept of heritage
From Humanism to Enlightenment: concepts of Ancient and Monument
The historical monument and the context of the French Revolution
Conservation and Restoration: John Ruskin and Viollet-le-Duc
The contributions of Camillo Boito and Alois Riegl
The emergence of urban heritage: Camillo Sitte and Gustavo Giovannoni
Evolution in the Portuguese context and the institution of the DGEMN
3. Institutional framework and heritage law
UNESCO and international conventions
Charter of Athens and Charter of Venice
World Heritage Convention
Other conventions: multiplicity and specificity in heritage
Portuguese institutions: previous lines and current affairs
Main Portuguese heritage legislation
4. Heritage management and communication tools
Studies, inventories, and information systems
Interventions: from restoration to integrated conservation
Communication and fruition