Courses
Advanced Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage
The course deepens the knowledge about intangible cultural heritage and its safeguarding. On the one hand, we explore the meaning of intangible heritage in an urban super-diverse context - in close collaboration with heritage communities and local heritage specialists. On the other hand, we intensively engage with the 2003 UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage and related international politics and mechanisms.
The course is designed for MA students in Critical Heritage Studies at the University of Antwerp.
Intangible Cultural Heritage - Introduction
This course provides an introduction to intangible heritage. We examine how the concept can be understood theoretically and approached from an ethnological perspective. The focus is on processes of 'heritage making', whereby everyday culture is declared cultural heritage, and the actors, factors and negotiations involved in this. In addition to the theoretical part, various areas of interest, such as intangible heritage and museums, tourism, sustainability and the senses, are discussed in detail. The course includes discussions with both intangible heritage brokers and intangible heritage communities, as well as practical fieldwork exercises.
The course is designed for MA students in Critical Heritage Studies at the University of Antwerp.
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Lectures and Lecture Series
Strained Heritage
The Chair is co-organizer of the online lecture series on intangible cultural heritage in the polycrisis. Hosted and organized by EKW-EE, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU Munich), the series is primarily designed for students but is open to anyone with an interest in the topic. The link for participation is available via the QR code.
Contribution of the UNESCO chair to the UNESCO MOOC on living heritage and sustainable development
The UNESCO chair contributed to the UNESCO MOOC on living heritage and sustainable development: UNESCO MOOC on living heritage and sustainable development - UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage This MOOC was developed by UNESCO in collaboration with the International Information and Networking Centre in Asia and the Pacific under the auspices of UNESCO (ICHCAP) and the SDG Academy. See SDGAcademyX: Living Heritage and Sustainable Development | edX ,with versions in English, اَلْعَرَبِيَّةُ, Spanish, Bahasa Indonesia and Portuguese.