(in Polish) UNESCO World Heritage – characteristics, methodology, management

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Course ID:	19-UWH-AMU-PIE
Erasmus code / ISCED:	(unknown) / (unknown)
Course title:	(unknown)
Name in Polish:	UNESCO World Heritage – characteristics, methodology, management
Organizational unit:	Faculty of Archaeology
Course groups:	(in Polish) Moodle - przedmioty Szkoły Nauk Humanistycznych AMU-PIE offer, summer semester
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	English
Short description:	Year: 2019/2020 Semester: Summer Hours: 30 Language: English Building: Coll. Historicum Room: 2.132
Full description:	Week 1. Introduction. Week 2. Contemporary ideas of heritage, context of heritage protection and management. Week 3. Characteristics of achievements and problems of UNESCO World Heritage. Week 4. The origins, foundations and institutions of UNESCO World Heritage. Week 5. The subject of the World Heritage Convention. Week 6. Methodology of the analysis of World Heritage resources - attributes and indicators. Week 7. Obligations of states-parties and requirements for the management of UNESCO's resources in the light of conventions and working guidelines. Week 8. System and plan for managing World Heritage properties - assumptions and structure. Week 9. The UNESCO World Heritage List. Week 10. Selected aspects of UNESCO heritage sites in Poland – pt. 1. Week 11. Selected aspects of UNESCO heritage sites in Poland – pt. 2. Week 12. Selected aspects of UNESCO heritage sites in Poland – pt. 3. Week 13. Presentations and discussion – pt. 1. Week 14. Presentations and discussion – pt. 2. Week 15. Discussion
Bibliography:	Albert M.-T. 2015. The global strategy of World Heritage: challenges and weaknesses of the 5Cs. In The limits of heritage. The 2nd Heritage Forum of Central Europe, K. Jagodzińska, J. Purchla (eds.), Kraków, 161-177. Bertorelli C. 2018. The challenges of UNESCO intangible cultural heritage. Journal of Tourist Studies 17, 91-117. Bortolotto C. 2015. UNESCO and heritage self-determination: negotiating meaning in the intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the ICH. In Between imagined communities of practice. Participation, territory and the making of heritage, N. Adell, R. F. Bendix, C. Bortolotto, M. Tausche (eds.), Gottingen, 83-108. Available at: https://books.openedition.org/gup/pdf/234 Cave C., Negussie E. 2017. World Heritage conservation: the World Heritage Convention, linking culture and nature for sustainable development, New York. De Ascaniis S., Gravari-Barbas M. and Cantoni L. 2018. Tourism management at UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Lugano. Available at: https://www.fun-mooc.fr/asset-v1:Paris1+16008+session01+type@asset+block@MOOC_TMatUWHS_manual.pdf Di Giovine M.A. 2015. UNESCO’s World HeritagepProgram: The challenges and ethics of community participation. In Between imagined communities of practice. Participation, territory and the making of heritage, N. Adell, R. F. Bendix, C. Bortolotto, M. Tausche (eds.), Gottingen, 83-108. Available at: https://books.openedition.org/gup/213 Gfeller A. E., Negotiating the meaning of global heritage: ‘cultural landscapes’ in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, 1972–92. Journal of Global History 8, 483-503. Gfeller A. E., Eisenberg J. 2015. UNESCO and the shaping of global heritage. In UNESCO and the shaping of global heritage, P. Deudahl (ed.), 277-299. Meskell L. 2015. Transacting UNESCO World Heritage: gifts and exchanges on a global stage. Social Anthropology 23, 3-21. Meskell L. 2018. A future in ruins. UNESCO, World Heritage, and the dream of peace. Oxford. Meskell L., Liuzza C., Bertacchini E. Saccone D. 2014. Multilateralism and UNESCO World Heritage: decision-making, States Parties and political processes. International Journal of Heritage Studies 21(5), 423-440. Piotrowska K. 2017. Protection of World Heritage in Poland. Ochrona Zabytków. Dodatek Specjalny 55-66. Available at: https://www.nid.pl/upload/iblock/e36/e36acec91798a6233a73c25b25b5898c.pdf Smith L. 2006. Uses of heritage. London, New York. Szmygin B. 2015. (ed.), Management of UNESCO World Heritage properties in Poland: Selected issues. Warszawa. Available at: http://bc.pollub.pl/dlibra/publication/13042/edition/12724/content?ref=desc Willems W.J.H. 2014. The future of World Heritage and the emergence of transnational heritage regimes. Heritage & Society 7, 105–120. World Heritage 2017. Special issue: World Heritage in Poland. Available at: https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000250321 Websites: https://en.unesco.org/ http://www.unesco.pl https://whc.unesco.org/archive/convention-en.pdf https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000132540 http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/
Learning outcomes:	The course aims to introduce students to the issues related to UNESCO World Heritage from the international perspective. It is divided into some interrelated topics that cover characteristics, methodology and management of UNESCO World Heritage. It starts with a synthetic presentation of a contemporary approach to heritage (tangible and intangible) and its protection which shows a wider context that defines the most important aspects and directions of the development of the World Heritage movement. Next, it addresses such aspects as: the origins, assumptions and institutions related to World Heritage; achievements and current problems facing this movement; analysis of the subject of UNESCO conventions, that is, the characteristics of outstanding universal value and the typology of cultural goods; methodology of analysis of UNESCO properties; requirements for the protection and management of World Heritage properties in the light of legal documents and requirements for management plans for UNESCO properties. Students will be also acquainted with selected aspects of management of World Heritage sites in Poland.

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