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This course provides students with a hands-on introduction to the study of heritage. We explore ways we might understand and interpret contemporary heritage practices in a range of contexts, including post-earthquake Christchurch.
This course aims to provide students with a hands-on introduction to the anthropological study of heritage and a vocationally-oriented skill set. We explore ways we might understand contemporary heritage practices in a range of contexts, with a particular focus on post-earthquake Christchurch. The first part of the course draws on international and New Zealand case studies to find ways in which we might analyse heritage practices in different times and places. Our main focus, however, is on Christchurch and we begin with Ngāi Tūāhuriri perspectives. We examine some of the main approaches to heritage and carry out an exercise that allows us to apply these frameworks to a particular problem. In the second, we extend the course themes through detailed work in the field, highlighting how heritage ‘embodies relationships of power and subjugation, inclusion and exclusion, remembering and forgetting’. We investigate key issues such as official and unofficial heritage practices, heritage values, ‘difficult’ heritage, interpretation, digital archives, heritage tourism, cultural landscapes and memory. We also confront a series of questions that face those of us studying heritage. What is heritage? Is it necessarily a ‘good’ thing? Who is represented and obscured? Whose story is it? How are heritage and memory connected? What is the relationship between globalisation, nationalism and localised heritage movements? What has been the impact of indigenous politics, multiculturalism and virtual worlds on heritage? Can heritage practices reconcile competing aspirations and histories in diverse societies? How should we respond to the challenge posed by divergent understandings of ownership, value and significance? Who owns the past?
This course will enable each participant to: Critically evaluate the value of heritage as a concept and as a tool for social action.Consider a range of different approaches to the study of heritage and museums, including those of Mana Whenua.Complete a heritage assessment report that applies skills and frameworks developed in the course to the study of heritage in a specific local context.Assess the implications and significance of the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi for heritage research and practice in Aotearoa.Critically reflect on the nature of knowledge and norms, including indigenous models, in a personal learning journal. Contribute effectively in group and co-operative work.
Any 30 points at 200 level from ANTH or SOCI, orany 60 points at 200 level from the Schedule V of the BA.
SOCI388, HIST372
HIST372
Students must attend one activity from each section.
Lyndon Fraser
Domestic fee $1,788.00
International fee $8,200.00
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
For further information see Language, Social and Political Sciences .