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Study Plan
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Master's degree in History of the Arts - Enrollment from 2025/2026The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.
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Legend | Type of training activity (TTA)
TAF (Type of Educational Activity) All courses and activities are classified into different types of educational activities, indicated by a letter.
Anthropology of Cultural Heritage (2025/2026)
Teaching code
4S010529
Teacher
Coordinator
Credits
6
Also offered in courses:
- Heritage anthropology of the course Master’s degree in Promotion and Management of Territorial Heritage and Tourist Destinations
- Cultural Anthropology of the course Master’s degree in Historical Studies (interuniversity)
Language
Italian
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
M-DEA/01 - DEMOLOGY, ETHNOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY
Period
CuCi 2 B dal Apr 7, 2026 al May 30, 2026.
Courses Single
Not Authorized
Learning objectives
The approval of the UNESCO Convention on intangible cultural heritage (2003) has led to a broadening of the understanding of cultural heritage. The primary objective of the course is to bring an anthropological perspective to aspects of the material and intangible heritage of communities and their contexts. Through various teaching methods (lectures, discussions, meetings with experts), that favor the seminar-type approach, the course aims to bring students to a critical understanding of some of the themes and concepts of the discipline so as to approach with a relativistic gaze the different practices and productions of human societies and reflect on how historically the ‘others’ were built and narrated (first part) and how these representations have influenced – and continue to do so – the perception of their material and intangible heritage inside and outside museums (monographic part). Students are expected to actively participate in class discussions and to engage in a personal research project. At the end of the course the student is expected to: 1. have acquired knowledge of the categories and language used in anthropology to investigate patrimonial processes related to tangible and intangible assets; 2. be capable of making use of the acquired tools to critically approach such processes.
Prerequisites and basic notions
some knowledge of key concepts of Cultural Anthropology
Program
The course initially explores key theoretical and methodological issues of the discipline, before focusing on the question of restitution and the various forms it can take.
First part: gaze, relativism–universalism, Indigenous ontologies, fieldwork and its ethical implications, ethnographic relationships, sharing context, agency.
Second part: cultural heritage, the “intangible turn.” Who do the memories and histories of objects in museum collections belong to? Decolonial practices currently implemented in some museum institutions. Repatriation requests.
Course Readings, see Leganto
Bibliography
Didactic methods
The class will be participatory: alongside traditional lectures, time will be dedicated to in-depth exploration and discussion, including:
- Thematic insights proposed to the students
- Meetings with experts
- At least one field trip
In-presence attendance is strongly recommended.
Students will receive the schedule of the activities during the first lesson.
Learning assessment procedures
Final oral exam.
For those attending classes: class participation, in-class presentation and final report.
For those NOT attending classes: Final oral exam. The student is asked questions about the course readings and about the central issues and thematic aspects addressed. The student should bring with her/him the texts which s/he has studied.
Evaluation criteria
For those attending classes: class participation, in-class presentation and final paper. More specific details will be given at the beginning of the course.
For those not attending classes: final oral exam on the whole program. The student is asked questions about the course readings and about the main thematic issues they addressed. The knowledge acquired will be verified and the competence achieved will be evaluated.
The oral exam - through some questions on the scheduled texts and on the thematic aspects covered in them - aims to verify:
- depth and breadth of the knowledge acquired;
-language skills;
-critical and argumentative ability
Erasmus and international students may take the final oral exam in English or French. If interested, they need to discuss the choice of (eventually) new reading materials with me during Office hours.
Criteria for the composition of the final grade
The final evaluation is based on 30/30.
For those attending classes and choosing to write the final paper: paper (max 26/30) + oral discussion (max 4/30). Otherwise oral exam (max 30/30).
Exam language
italiano
