| CODE | ANT2124 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Intangible Cultural Heritage: Applications and Implications | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Anthropological Sciences | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The UNESCO 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding for Intangible Cultural Heritage has served as an important International Instrument for the recognition of intangible cultural heritage on a global scale and has led to the development of several national and international efforts aimed at safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage as well as recognising instances of good practice. This study-unit will introduce students to the concept of Intangible Cultural Heritage and the Convention. Students will examine the way in which the Convention is applied and interpreted through a variety of case studies. Students will then be expected to produce an ‘Inventorying File’ by the end of the study-unit which will reflect an application of the skills and issues learnt throughout the course of studies. Students will also apply anthropological theory to the convention and its mechanisms in order to develop their understandings of the relationship between anthropological concepts of culture and the ways in which culture is understood and interpreted in these applied heritage contexts. In particular the study-unit will focus on a hands-on study of the contribution of anthropologists to the study and implementation of Intangible Cultural heritage. Study-Unit Aims: The main aim of this study-unit is to train students towards developing and understanding of the theory and applications of Intangible Cultural Heritage. This study-unit will involve a theoretical component, in terms of a critical understanding of the way in which discourses of safeguarding cultural heritage effect and construct the very object of their study. Students will also however be expected to be familiar with the processes and functioning of the convention both at a national level and at an international level. It is therefore also a course in applied anthropology encouraging students to examine the ways anthropologists contribute to the ICH field. Students will be instructed on the ethical challenges of such processes as well as exposed to the impact of such processes of heritigisation. Using ethnographic methods students will be exposed the basic features of ICH and the contribution of anthropology to the evaluation, consultation and impact of ICH processes. At the end of the study-unit student will be expected to produce an ‘inventory file’ in collaboration with communities. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Provide a written analysis of the risks and ethical challenges involved in cultural inventorying; - Present an understanding of the anthropological debates surrounding the concept and politics of Intangible Cultural Heritage across a variety of case studies; - Demonstrate knowledge of the content and procedures in the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Develop ethnographic analysis in understanding impact of ICH within communities; - Develop Team-work skills used to co-ordinate and present research; - Demonstrate capacity to understand processes of National Inventorying and UNESCO incriptions; - Write an Inventory Application with accompanying supporting documentation in collaboration with community members. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - Arizpe, L. & Amescua, C. (Eds.) (2013) Anthropological Perspectives on Intangible Cultural Heritage. Dordrecht: Springer. - Stefano M. L & Davis P. (eds) The Routledge Companion to Intangible Cultural Heritage. London: Routledge. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Tutorial | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Jean-Paul Baldacchino |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2025/6. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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