Heritage and museums are
transformative concepts, which identify entities as valuable and decide whether
to collect, conserve or present them related to specific periods and contexts.
In this sense, museums and heritage places have historically followed a similar
trajectory. This course aims to introduce students to the conceptual and
contextual relationship between museums and heritage places. It outlines the
ways in which museums transform heritage places, ranging from single buildings
to historic cities, with changing conceptualisations of heritage notion.
Structured around different themes throughout the semester, the course examines
the conceptual, physical, functional, and associative interactions of museums
and heritage places and how these interactions dialectically influence museum
practices.