This module provides an opportunity for students to study the developing area of art and cultural heritage law and to engage with the legal and policy considerations involved in regulating objects, places and practices that have a cultural, historical, religious or artistic value to particular cultural communities, nations or to humankind.
This module provides an opportunity for students to study the developing area of art and cultural heritage law and to engage with the legal and policy considerations involved in regulating objects, places and practices that have a cultural, historical, religious or artistic value to particular cultural communities, nations or to humankind.
Given the near universal concern for preserving and protecting cultural heritage there is a significant body of international law, soft law, policy documents, domestic legislation and codes of ethics.
Students will therefore gain a developed understanding of this varied material by interpreting, analysing and applying it to scenarios in a critical manner. The module incorporates both public international law elements and domestic law but has a comparative law aspect, for example in the contrasting ways in which different countries have addressed the repatriation of cultural heritage to countries of origin. This module therefore provides an exciting opportunity for students to develop their critical legal skills across a variety of different areas of law that deal with art and cultural heritage, but also to focus on the cultural, historical and political context of the issues relating to cultural heritage. This module will therefore make a direct and concrete contribution to the Law School’s law in context ethos.
Furthermore, the module’s content has a firm interdisciplinary foundation which will encourage students to acquire knowledge and engage in critical debate with the aid of materials derived from cultural policy, museum studies and anthropology.
This is an indicative module outline only to give an indication of the sort of topics that may be covered. Actual sessions held may differ.
Definitional woes
Value, identity and place
International norms
Caring for art and cultural heritage
Repatriation and restitution
Museum codes of ethics as a regulatory mechanism
Commodifying cultural heritage and art (of which some of the following may be covered)
By the end of the module, students should be able to:
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Understanding of and ability to apply elements from both the inter- and intra-disciplinarity of art and cultural heritage
law. Ability to discuss critically issues relating to art and cultural heritage.
Ability to critically engage with contemporary issues. Awareness of issues relating to colonisalism and the lasting
impacts of these. Ability to articulate ideas and to engage in discourse.
| Type | Required |
|---|---|
| Lectures | 18 sessions of 1 hour (12%) |
| Seminars | 7 sessions of 1 hour (5%) |
| Private study | 100 hours (67%) |
| Assessment | 25 hours (17%) |
| Total | 150 hours |
No private study requirements defined for this module.
| Category | Description | Funded by | Cost to student |
|---|---|---|---|
| Field trips, placements and study abroad |
Lunch on trip |
Student | £10.00 |
| Field trips, placements and study abroad |
Field trip to museum in London |
Department | £0.00 |
You do not need to pass all assessment components to pass the module.
| Weighting | Study time | Eligible for self-certification | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reflective Diary | 60% | 15 hours | No |
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Students will present a record of their reflections on the objects, places and practices that were |
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| Judgment in the court of law and morality | 40% | 10 hours | No |
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Students will be required to construct a final determination of a claim ‘in the court of law and |
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