This course aims to provide students with the basic knowledge of Cultural Heritage and Museums in Spain, understood within the European context. It will also introduce business-oriented perspectives of Cultural Heritage in a sustainable way. The main goal is to offer as much a practical course as a theoretical one. This will be an opportunity for IES students to put into practice the knowledge acquired in other courses (Art, History, Spanish, Economics & Business) by applying it to specific cases of the management of the Spanish cultural heritage. Students will learn the basic norms of heritage division, types of museums and cultural heritage (archaeological and historical sites, monuments, ecological environments, and ethnological practices), legislation, and cultural heritage exploitation in an integrative effort that will bring them in contact with different aspects of the Spanish culture. This course will also provide students with an opportunity to learn about unique aspects of the Spanish culture that are not available in the main cities.
Prerequisites:
None
Method of presentation:
This course will involve a combination of methods: theoretical presentation of each theme, lectures, case studies, visual aids, student presentations and group discussions. Classroom participation is fundamental. The field visits (three museums and one archaeological site) is mandatory.
Required work and form of assessment:
Class participation and oral presentation: 25%; mid-term exam: 20 %; research paper: 30%; final exam: 25%
content:
WEEK 1:
Introduction to Cultural Heritage
Introduction to Museums in Spain
Formal and legal division of Cultural Heritage
Divulgation of Cultural Heritage
WEEK 2:
Regulations and legislation applied to Cultural Heritage Management.
International norms: European Union, UNESCO; ICOMOS; European Council.
National: Autonomous local administration, National Administration.
Institutions related to Cultural Heritage Management: University, National Science Council, CRM companies, Administration and Museums.
WEEK 3:
History of Cultural Heritage in Spain: Royal Academy of History, San Fernando Liberal Arts Academy, Commission of Monuments, XX Century, “Ley de Patrimonio Histórico Español” (LPHE).
The role of Museums in the Cultural Heritage Management
Problems in the Spanish Cultural Heritage
Types of Cultural Heritage
WEEK 4:
Critical histories of museums
The history of collecting
Types of Museums
Principles of interpretation:
Cultural Heritage Management: exploitation and conservation policies
Restoration, protection costs and cultural budgets
WEEK 5:
The economic exploitation of Cultural Heritage:
Introduction to the concept of self-sustainability.
Analysis of “Paradores” as an example of self-sustainability.
WEEK 6:
The international and national museum scene
Legislation relating to museums
Museum and heritage education
Stages in the projection of self-sustainability in Cultural Heritage
Planning and organization
Designing viable projects: integrating natural, archaeological, historical and ethnological heritage
WEEK 7:
Museums in Spain now: Considering economic costs and funding sources: European Union, National and Local administrations, private funding.
Strategic planning
WEEK 8:
Project design
Tourism and Cultural Heritage
Multi-choice models
Use of volunteers and marketing
WEEK 9:
Comparing the Spanish, the European and the American models of Cultural Heritage Management
The range of communications media (including visitor centres and exhibitions)
The role of Internet
WEEK 10:
Guest speakers:
UNESCO projects and self sustainability at archaeological sites
WEEK 11:
Cultural Heritage protection and Business
Eco-museums and Rural Tourism as applied example.
WEEK 12:
Differential distribution of Museums and Cultural Heritage in Spain: preferential areas of investment and development
WEEK 13:
The future transformation of Cultural Heritage Management policies: towards privatization and globalization of self-sustainability and government protection.
The museums in the post-modern world
WEEK 14:
Final presentations of students' field study projects.
Required readings:
Burrow P. & Hunter R. 1990. Contracting Archaeology?. The Field Archaeologist, 12: 194-200. University Press, 1984.
Hernandez Hernandez, Francisca. 1998. El museo como espacio de comunicación
Hernandez Hernandez, Francisca 1994. Manual de Museología. Síntesis, Madrid.
Recommended readings:
Callaham, William: Church, Politics and Society in Spain, 1750-1984. Cambridge Mass.: Harvard. TREA, Madrid.
Querol, M. Angeles & Martínez Díaz B. 1996. La gestión de Patrimonio arqueológico en España. Anaya, Madrid.
Management Of Cultural Heritage
This course aims to provide students with the basic knowledge of Cultural Heritage and Museums in Spain, understood within the European context. It will also introduce business-oriented perspectives of Cultural Heritage in a sustainable way. The main goal is to offer as much a practical course as a theoretical one. This will be an opportunity for IES students to put into practice the knowledge acquired in other courses (Art, History, Spanish, Economics & Business) by applying it to specific cases of the management of the Spanish cultural heritage. Students will learn the basic norms of heritage division, types of museums and cultural heritage (archaeological and historical sites, monuments, ecological environments, and ethnological practices), legislation, and cultural heritage exploitation in an integrative effort that will bring them in contact with different aspects of the Spanish culture. This course will also provide students with an opportunity to learn about unique aspects of the Spanish culture that are not available in the main cities.
None
This course will involve a combination of methods: theoretical presentation of each theme, lectures, case studies, visual aids, student presentations and group discussions. Classroom participation is fundamental. The field visits (three museums and one archaeological site) is mandatory.
Class participation and oral presentation: 25%; mid-term exam: 20 %; research paper: 30%; final exam: 25%
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Some articles will be available in photocopy.