FOLK-F 732 CULTURAL HERITAGE AND CULTURAL PROPERTY (3 CR.)
Drawing on methods and theories in folklore studies and allied fields (ethnomusicology, cultural anthropology), this graduate seminar examines cultural heritage and cultural property practices and contests through particular cases considered ethnographically, wide-spread phenomena viewed comparatively, and key concepts engaged theoretically. Illustrative themes include appropriation, tourism, repatriation, traditional knowledge, and copyright.
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Spring 2025
| Component | Credits | Class | Status | Time | Day | Facility | Instructor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEM | 3 | 30095 | Closed | 10:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. | R | C2 272 | Jackson J |
Regular Academic Session / In Person
SEM 30095: Total Seats: 10 / Available: 0 / Waitlisted: 0
Seminar (SEM)
- Above class meets with ANTH-E 600.
Once novel concerns within the ethnographic disciplines of folklore studies, ethnology, ethnomusicology, and cultural anthropology, cultural heritage and cultural property are now central topics within them and, more importantly, within the lives of diverse peoples around the world. Heritage and property are not just narrow issues embraced or rejected by specific individuals and groups, these phenomena reorganize lifeways worldwide and produce new kinds of subjects, objects, and processes, connecting them into dynamic and complex extra-local networks. In this graduate seminar, participants will explore the concepts of heritage (particularly in relation to intangible cultural heritage [ICH]) and property, both as separate matters and in their intersections. Specific themes to be investigated include the status of lay and expert knowledge in heritage and property contests, museum repatriation, cultural appropriation, cultural policy, international and national cultural heritage regimes such as those shaped by UNESCO, community-level cultural protection, preservation, and revitalization work, heritage tourism, intellectual property systems, and the economics of vernacular culture as transformed into heritage and property. In the course we may also touch more lightly on neighboring-but-illuminating issues such as farmer¿s rights, the right-to-repair movement, surveillance and privacy, and conflicts over bioprospecting, genetic engineering, and other new technologies that rework, reorganize, and revalue inherited cultural knowledge and practices.
The College of Arts