The Multifaceted Cultural Heritage

The course deals with how cultural heritage is constructed and represented in historical and contemporary perspectives. The aim is to explore and problematise cultural heritage, history, and memory and how they are produced, reproduced, disseminated, and used. The course has a multidisciplinary approach which makes it possible for students to focus on their own interests for certain assignments.

Students are offered opportunities to hone their analytical skills and identify historical developments of various aspects of power connected to cultural heritage, such as gender, class, and ethnicity, and to deepen their understanding of the importance of history, culture, and memory to people and society.

The course comprises two modules:

Module 1 The world of ideas and cultural heritage (7.5 ECTS cr)

This module explores and problematises how conceptions of cultural heritage have been shaped and reshaped in the past and the present.

Module 2 Cultural heritage environments (7.5 ECTS cr)

In this module, students investigate material and theoretical aspects of cultural heritage environments and cultural heritage work. The module includes visits from professionals working in the field and usually also involves an on-campus meeting combined with a study visit somewhere in Värmland.

Progressive specialisation: G1N (has only upper‐secondary level entry requirements)

Education level: Undergraduate level

Admission requirements: General admission requirements and either History 1b or 1a1+1a2 plus Civics 1b or 1a1+1a2 or History level 1b or level 1a1+1a2 plus Civics level 1b or level 1a1+1a2, or equivalent

Selection: Selection is usually based on your grade point average from upper secondary school or the number of credit points from previous university studies, or both.

This course is included in the following programme

• Master Programme in Social Science: Focus History (studied during year 1)