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Introduction to Heritage Studies: Theory and Method (HSTM)

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Course Type Course Code No. Of Credits
Foundation Core HRM3HS201 4

Aims and Objectives:

This course is the foundational basis for heritage, identified as an asset that should be preserved for future generations and manifest its significance in public and private consciousness. The course aims to familiarize doctoral students with the significant philosophical and methodological issues in producing valid knowledge of heritage studies. It focuses on the specificities of heritage research in the context of general theories of knowledge and research paradigms to enable the utilization of heritage components as a resource for skill-based activity.

The research intends that the doctoral student's learning will entail engaging with the methodological and theoretical assumptions of different approaches to heritage studies. The course will help doctoral students understand the various perspectives to actualize how our knowledge of reality shapes our interpretation of it. The research paradigm shapes the choice of methodology and influences the research process and outcomes. Understanding the research paradigms will teach the researchers the correct values to adopt the most appropriate data collection, analysis, and interpretation method.

Learning Outcomes: 

  • Understanding the models and paradigms of heritage studies.
  • Learning the analysis of primary sources and literature review
  • Knowledge of Indian and Western aesthetics in the context of heritage
  • Understanding the role of museums in the preservation and creation of awareness of heritage among the communities
  • Case Studies

Modules:

  • Module 1: The Discipline of Heritage Studies
  • Module 2: Heritage as Identity, Modernity and Materiality 
  • Module - 3: Indian and Western Aesthetics and Interpretation of Art and Archaeological Objects.
  • Module 4: Archaeological Historiography and Interpretation of Archaeological Remains
  • Module 5: Museification and Heritage Marketing

 

Reading List:

  • Agarwal, R C (2008). Heritage Education: A Case Study in India, pp.448-52 in Heritage and Development, Papers and Recommendations of the 12th International Conference of National Trusts, New Delhi. 3-5 December 2007. INTACH
  • Harrison, Richard. (1994).Manual of Heritage Management. Butterworth Heinemann.
  • Harrison, Rodney. (2013).Heritage: Critical Approaches. Routledge
  • Lowenthal, David. (1998).The Heritage Crusades and Spoils of History. Cambridge University Press.U.K. Smith, Laurajane. 2006. Uses of Heritage. Routledge
  • Starr, Fiona. (2010). The Business of Heritage and the Private Sector (pp. 147-169) in Sophia Labadi (Ed.) Heritage and Globalization. Routledge. 
  • Thakurta, Tapti Guha. (2004). Monuments, Objects, Histories, Institutions of Art in Colonial and Post Colonial India. Permanent Black, Columbia University Press, USA.
  • Thapar, Romila. 2018. Indian Cultures as Heritage: Contemporary Pasts. Aleph
  • Albert, Marie-Theres; Bernecker, Roland & Rudolff, Britta. (Eds.) (2013). Understanding Heritage. UNESCO.
  • Allchin, B.; Allchin FR & Thapar BK (Eds.) (1989). Conservation of Indian Heritage. Cosmo Publications.
  • Malpas, Simon and Paul Wake (Ed.), (2013). The Routledge Companion to Critical and Cultural Theory. Routledge, New York.
  • Nagaswamy, R. (2012). Vedic Roots of Hindu Iconography. Kaveri Books, New Delhi.
  • Sivaramamurti, C. (1980). Ethical Fragrance in Indian Art and Literature. Kanak Publications, New Delhi.
  • Woods, Team, (2010). Beginning Postmodernism. Viva Books, New Delhi.
  • Atkinson, R.J.C. 1953. Field Archaeology. Methuen and Co, London. 
  • Bahn, Paul G. 1966. Archaeology. Cambridge University Press, New York. 
  • Colin Renfrew, Paul G. Bahn. 2016. Archaeology: Theories, Methods, and Practice. Thames & Hudson, London
  • Burdhan, Anand. 2018. Colonial Museums: An Inner History. Research India Press, Delhi.
  • Harrison, Rodney. 1974. Heritage Critical Approaches. Routledge, London and New York.
  • Knell, Simon J, Suzanne Mackleod and Sheila Watson. 2007. Museums Revolutions. Routledge, London and New York.
  • Thakurta, Tapti Guha. 2004. Monuments, Objects, Histories, Institutions of Art in Colonial and Post-Colonial India. Permanent Black, Columbia University Press, USA

 

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