CONS505 MUSEUMS AND HERITAGE PLACES
| Course Code: | 8560505 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Graduate Program in Conservation of Cultural Heritage |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
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| Offered Semester: | Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
The main objectives of the course are:
- to introduce students the conceptual and contextual interactions of museums and heritage places
- to engage students in the critical analysis and interpretation of heritage places and their relationship with museums
- to provide basic knowledge of the historical trajectory of museums and heritage places
Course Content
Conceptual and contextual relationship between museums and heritage places; theoretical approaches, practical methods, and scholarly debates about museums and heritage places; historical trajectory of museums and heritage places; presenting historic buildings as museums; adaptive-reuse of historic buildings as museums; historic museums as heritage places; historic house museums; museumification of contested heritage places; open-air museums; intangible heritage; museums in historic cities; museums as urban regenerators; culture-led urban regeneration; museum quarters/clusters; cultural quarters, theme parks; disneyfication; musealisation
Course Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, the students will be able to:
- develop an understanding of the theoretical approaches, practical methods, and scholarly debates about the changing relationships of museums and heritage places
- think critically about the boundaries between museums and heritage places
- situate different cases from Turkey within the global discussions of museums’ effects on heritage places