Intangible Cultural Heritage Specialisation

Total units 24 Units

Areas of interest Cultural Studies, Museums and Collections, Heritage Studies
Specialisation code INHC-SPEC

Academic career Postgraduate
Academic Contact Dr Yujie Zhu

Intangible Cultural Heritage is a rapidly growing area within the broader domain of cultural heritage. Its essential importance is being recognised both internationally and nationally. In 2003 UNESCO passed the Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Heritage and in so doing explicitly acknowledged the value of forms of cultural knowledge such as performance, song, storytelling and dance, and the practices that underpin tangible artistic outcomes. Increasingly intangible heritage is seen as a fundamental and integral part of cultural heritage with its own particular challenges around the question of safeguarding. This specialisation is designed to meet the growing need for heritage practitioners and scholars to acquire an understanding of the key issues of intangible heritage in its various forms and to apply this knowledge within the areas of heritage management and museum practices.

Learning Outcomes

analyse, research, reflect on and synthesise complex approaches to intangible cultural heritage, relevant public policy and heritage agencies and their relationships to societies
evaluate significant debates, problems, controversies, concepts and theories pertinent to intangible cultural heritage
develop critical understanding and engagement with the range of communities of interest in the intangible cultural heritage management process
communicate and interpret knowledge and ideas of intangible cultural heritage to policymakers and to general and specialists heritage audiences