Syllabus for Cultural Heritage in Peace and Conflicts

Kulturarv i väpnade konflikter

A revised version of the syllabus is available.

Syllabus

  • 7.5 credits
  • Course code: 5KV706
  • Education cycle: Second cycle
  • Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Conservation A1N

    Explanation of codes

    The code indicates the education cycle and in-depth level of the course in relation to other courses within the same main field of study according to the requirements for general degrees:

    First cycle

    • G1N: has only upper-secondary level entry requirements
    • G1F: has less than 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
    • G1E: contains specially designed degree project for Higher Education Diploma
    • G2F: has at least 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
    • G2E: has at least 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements, contains degree project for Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science
    • GXX: in-depth level of the course cannot be classified

    Second cycle

    • A1N: has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
    • A1F: has second-cycle course/s as entry requirements
    • A1E: contains degree project for Master of Arts/Master of Science (60 credits)
    • A2E: contains degree project for Master of Arts/Master of Science (120 credits)
    • AXX: in-depth level of the course cannot be classified

  • Grading system: Fail (U), Pass (G), Pass with distinction (VG)
  • Established: 2017-06-07
  • Established by: The Department Board
  • Revised: 2018-04-16
  • Revised by: The Department Board
  • Applies from: Spring 2018
  • Entry requirements:

    A Bachelor's degree, equivalent to a Swedish Kandidatexamen, from an internationally recognised university.

  • Responsible department: Department of Art History

Learning outcomes

The student should, after completing the course, be able to

regarding knowledge and understanding

  • give examples of interventions applied on sites, buildings and objects affected by conflict with the intention of preserving values and contributing to sustainable development,
  • reflect on how conflicts may contribute to altering heritage, memory and identities,
  • account for the international legal institutions protecting heritage in armed conflicts,

regarding competence and skills

  • look critically at conflict and post-conflict development scenarios,
  • independently write a short academic text with references discussing the role of cultural heritage in peace and conflicts,

regarding judgement and approach

  • discuss appropriate solutions for planning, designing and implementing technical interventions on damaged heritage sites with the purpose of restoring, reconstructing or conserving them,
  • reflect on issues concerning the destruction, preservation and use of heritage.

Content

The course provides an introduction to the social implications of cultural heritage in and after conflicts. Conflict is here understood as a strong disagreement between parties in a society, and as struggle originating in incompatible needs. You will study the meanings and uses of cultural heritage before, during and after violent conflict. In conflicts monuments, museums and other heritage do not just become targets. They have often been used for ideological and state-building purposes long before an intra-state or interstate conflict reaches a violent stage. When international actors intervene in post-conflict development there are often aims of using heritage to facilitate a more tolerant, inclusive and peaceful society, but such instrumental aims may be obstructed by existing group identities, notions of heritage, poorly planned interventions and other factors. The course deals with the complexity of heritage in conflicts as well as with the possibilities of using it to promote a peaceful and sustainable development. Students will not only be introduced to the problems associated with heritage in conflict areas, but also to practical and technical interventions on sites with the constructive aim of preserving them or giving them new functions.

Instruction

The course will consist of seminars, lectures, and group exercises. There may be an excursion outside of Gotland. Active participation in seminars, exercises and the excursion is compulsory. Absence from any of these will need to be compensated.

Assessment

Assessment will be based on written hand-ins, oral contributions and a final paper. Grades will be given in accordance with the Swedish grading system. The following grades will be used: Fail (U), Pass (G), Pass with distinction (VG).

If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding special pedagogical support from the University's disability coordinator.

Syllabus Revisions

Reading list

Reading list

Applies from: Autumn 2018

Some titles may be available electronically through the University library.

Mandatory literature

  • Barakat, Sultan Postwar reconstruction and the recovery of cultural heritage : critical lessons from the last fifteen years

    Part of:

    Cultural heritage in postwar recovery : papers from the ICCROM Forum held on October 4-6, 2005

    Rome: ICCROM, 2007

    pp. 26-39

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Foradori, Paolo; Rosa, Paolo Expanding the peacekeeping agenda : The protection of cultural heritage in war-torn societies

    Part of:

    Global change, peace & security.

    Abingdon, Oxfordshire, UK: Carfax Pub., c2003-

    vol. Vol. 29 (2017)

    pp. 145-160

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Heritage under attack : motives for targeting cultural property during armed conflict Brosché, Johan; Legnér, Mattias; Kreutz, Joakim; Ijla, Akram

    2016

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Kalman, H Destruction, mitigation, and reconciliation of cultural heritage

    Part of:

    International journal of heritage studies : IJHS.

    vol. Vol. 23 (2017)

    pp. 538-555

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Kila, Joris; Zeidler, James A. Cultural heritage in the crosshairs : protecting cultural property during conflict

    Leiden: Brill, 2013.

    E-book. Pp. 9-50, 195-218

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Kisić, Višnja Governing Heritage Dissonance. Promises and Realities of Selected Cultural Policies

    European Cultural Foundation, 2017

    E-book. 322 pages.

    Mandatory

  • Legnér, Mattias Post-conflict reconstruction and the heritage process

    Part of:

    Journal of Architectural Conservation

    Taylor & Francis,

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Legnér, Mattias Securitizing the past : a discussion on the connections between heritage and security

    Chişinău: 2017

    5:1, 5-23

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Leturq, J.-G. Heritage-making and Policies of Identity in the “Post-conflict Reconstruction” of Sudan

    Part of:

    Égypte/Monde arabe

    Centre d'Etudes et de Documentation Economiques, Juridiques et Sociales,

    (2009) nr. nr. 5-6

    Part of: Pratiques du Patrimoine en Égypte et au Soudan Pp. 295-328

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Nasser, Rabat Heritage as a Right : Heritage and the Arab Spring

    Part of:

    International Journal of Islamic Architecture

    Intellect Limited,

    vol. Vol. 5 (2016) nr. 6

    pp. 267-278

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Newson, Paul; Young, Ruth Post-conflict archaeology and cultural heritage : rebuilding knowledge, memory and community from war-damaged material culture

    New York: Routledge, 2018.

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Rehberg, K. S.; Neutzner, M. The Dresden Frauenkirche as a Contested Symbol : The Architecture of Remembrance after War

    Part of:

    War and cultural heritage : biographies of place

    New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2015

    pp. 98-127

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Rush, L. W. Cultural Property as a Force Multiplier in Stability Operations : World War II Monuments Officers Lessons Learned

    Part of:

    Military review.

    Fort Leavenworth, Kan.: Command and General Staff School,

    March-April 2012, pp. 36-42

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Stone, P. Human right and cultural property protection in times of conflict

    Part of:

    International journal of heritage studies : IJHS.

    vol. Vol. 18 (2012) nr. 3

    pp. 271-284

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Viejo-Rose, Dacia Reconstructing Heritage in the Aftermath of Civil War : Re-Visioning the Nation and the Implications of International Involvement

    Part of:

    Journal of intervention and statebuilding

    Abingdon, Oxfordshire, UK: Routledge, Taylor & Francis, 2007-

    vol. Vol. 7 (2013) nr. 2

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Watenpaugh, H Cultural Heritage and the Arab Spring

    Part of:

    International Journal of Islamic Architecture

    Intellect Limited,

    vol. Vol. 5 (2016) nr. 6

    pp. 245-263

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

Additional literature of no more than 300 pages may be distributed during the course.

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