14481 - Heritage Studies Modulübersicht

Module Number: 14481
Module Title:Heritage Studies
  Kulturerbestudien
Department: Faculty 5 - Business, Law and Social Sciences
Responsible Staff Member:
  • Dr. phil. habil. Havlin, Tetiana
Language of Teaching / Examination:English
Duration:1 semester
Frequency of Offer: Every winter semester
Credits: 6
Learning Outcome:Students will be able to
  • Name, explain & discuss competently the major approaches to the reflexive and critical heritage studies
  • Use the methodological tools of reflexive heritage studies and reflect on the influence of their positionality on heritage studies
  • Aquire awareness of how inequalities both global and local, e.g. gender, race, class etc. are part of heritage studies.
  • Work and collaborate in diverse teams and learn about and from different perspective
  • Orient themselves within the state of the art of research in reflexive and critical heritage studies
Contents:The module introduces students to the reflexive and critical approach in Heritage Studies. To this end contents are
  • Theories of Critical and reflexive heritage studies
  • Heritage as a social construction, Positionality and heritage studies
  • Heritage and universality and/vs. pluriversality Colonialism and heritage, capitalism and heritage, minority heritage
Examples of heritage, global and local and their relation to systemic inequalities (e.g. gender, race, class etc.)
Recommended Prerequisites:none
Mandatory Prerequisites:

No successful participation in associated phase-out module

  • 37402 Humanities, Social Sciences and Economics.
Forms of Teaching and Proportion:
  • Lecture / 4 Hours per Week per Semester
  • Self organised studies / 120 Hours
Teaching Materials and Literature:

Materials are announced in the first week of the semester.

Module Examination:Continuous Assessment (MCA)
Assessment Mode for Module Examination:
  • Active contribution to module in form of
    • Discussion paper, in group, 500 words (20 %)
    • creative presentation in class, in group (20 %)
    • group work on case study, including paper hand in 500 words (20 %)
  • Exam, 60 min. (40 %)

Detailed explanation will be given at the beginning of the module.

Evaluation of Module Examination:Performance Verification – graded
Limited Number of Participants:None
Part of the Study Programme:
  • no assignment
Remarks:none
Module Components:World Heritage Studies - Body of Knowledge (Integrated lectures)
Components to be offered in the Current Semester:
  • no assignment