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Heritage under Threat

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Course Summary

Learn how to protect and preserve cultural heritage sites and buildings in this course. Explore the challenges and issues surrounding heritage protection and develop strategies to address them.

Key Learning Points

Understand the significance of cultural heritage and why it needs to be protected
Learn about the different types of heritage sites and buildings and the challenges they face
Explore strategies for effective heritage protection and preservation

Learning Outcomes

Understand the importance of cultural heritage and its preservation
Identify the challenges and issues surrounding heritage protection
Develop strategies for effective heritage preservation

Prerequisites or good to have knowledge before taking this course

No prior knowledge or experience required
Basic understanding of cultural heritage and preservation is helpful

Course Difficulty Level

Intermediate

Course Format

Online self-paced course
Video lectures
Quizzes and assignments

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Description

In this course you will learn to articulate your own concepts about (threatened) heritage and that of others. What is your heritage? Who defines heritage? Why is heritage under threat? How can we protect heritage?

WW1, WW2, Cold war politics and contemporary conflicts as well as continuing political and socio-economic inequalities and colonial pasts are all factors playing a role in the global heritage discussions and approaches to (or lack of ) valorization and protection of heritage. Hence, issues behind destruction or threats to heritage are related to complex issues, often connected to complex landscapes of wars, the war-on-terror, fundamentalism, migration, global warming, financial crises, inequality and diverse interests of local communities. This course, sponsored by the LDE Centre for Global Heritage and Development and the Honours Academy of Leiden University, and the Netherlands Commission for UNESCO gave its support to one of the sections of the MOOC, will explore these issues. We wish to engage global communities and widen the perspective on threatened heritage. You can help us with this.

Outline

Welcome to this course
Introduction to this course
How to succeed in your online class?
Short welcome from Bellinzona, Switzerland
Meet the instructor & her team
Welcome to the Centre for Global Heritage and Development
Leiden University: Facts & Figures
Community Guidelines
What is your learning path?

What is your heritage?
What is your heritage?
Expert interview: Koosje Spitz
Expert interview: Peter Pels
Research methods
Personal Heritage
Closing remarks from Sada
Example of personal Heritage: Linden tree
Reading for week 1
Introduction to this case study
Personal heritage of the experts
Honors Track Reading for week 1
On the concept of heritage

Heritage and inequality
Introduction to week 2
Who defines heritage
Conceptualising heritage. Expert interview with Dick Douwes
Who defines heritage? Expert interview with Koosje Spitz from UNESCO
The changing values of heritage. Expert interview with Koosje Spitz
Indigenous definition of 'heritage'. Expert Interview: Manuel May Castillo
What is shared about World Heritage? Expert Interview: Koosje Spitz
The relation between nation-state and heritage. Expert Interview: Dick Douwes
Closing remarks from Sada
Intersection of race, inequality and heritage
Reading for week 2
Schokland and surroundings
Honors Track reading for week 2
On the definition of cultural heritage

Heritage, communities and ownership
Introduction to week 3
Who owns heritage?
Expert Interview: Mariana Francozo
Expert Interview: Mariana Francozo
Expert Interview: Peter Pels
Expert Interview: Koosje Spitz
Expert Interview: Mariana Francozo
Expert Interview: Martijn Manders
Expert Interview: Manuel May Castillo
Closing remarks from Sada
Ownership and Contested Heritage
Reading for week 3
Contested collections - Benin heritage
Honors Track reading for week 3
On the ownership of cultural heritage

Heritage threats
Introduction to week 4
Why is heritage under threat?
Expert Interview: Mariana Francozo
Expert Interview: Peter Pels
Expert Interview: Manuel May Castillo
Expert interview Dominique Ngan-Tillard
Expert Interview: Dick Douwes
Expert Interview: Martijn Manders
Closing remarks from Sada
Loss of histories, knowledge and heritage
Reading for week 4
The Al Mahdi case: Intentional destruction
Honors Track reading for week 4
On the threats to cultural heritage

Heritage protection
Introduction to week 5
How can we protect heritage?
How can we best protect heritage? Expert Interview: Peter Pels
Expert Interview: Martijn Manders
How can new techniques help us protect heritage under threat? Expert Interview: Dominique Ngan-Tillard
Expert Interview: Koosje Spitz
Interview with ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda
Closing remarks from Sada
How to protect Heritage?
Reading for week 5
Lessons from the ICC Al-Mahdi Case
Honors Track reading for week 5
On the protection of cultural heritage

Inclusive heritage
Introduction to week 6
How can we utilize heritage?
Expert Interview: Dominique Ngan-Tillard
Expert Interview: Martijn Manders
Expert Interview: Martijn Manders
Expert Interview: Manuel May Castillo
Expert Interview: Dick Douwes
Expert Interview: Peter Pels
Closing remarks from Sada
Ways forward: Inclusive Heritage
Reading for week 6
Inclusive heritage, VR and video games
Honors Track reading for week 6
On inclusive heritage and the way forward

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Discover the importance of heritage protection in this engaging Coursera course. Students have praised the course for its comprehensive coverage and engaging lectures. One key aspect that many users appreciated was the course's emphasis on practical applications and real-world case studies.