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AHIS 1317: Cultural Heritage in Crisis

In recent times, objects of cultural heritage have become contested sites where power struggles play out around political, racial, religious, class, sexual, and gender issues etc. The destruction of cultural heritage has become a tool of war and cultural cleansing. It features in protests calling for social justice. It has also resulted from natural disasters and climate change. Theft of culturally significant objects has been used to profit from the oppressed, control marginalized peoples, and in some cases conduct genocide. This course makes explicit the ways in which cultural heritage can be a symbol and visual reinforcement of oppressive power and a tool of propaganda denouncing certain groups. Students explore how vandalism and destruction of objects or sites can contribute to cultural genocide. In this course, students look at cultural heritage in the context of how these power struggles operate by examining aspects of conflict, commemoration, social justice movements, cultural appropriation, vandalism, destruction, theft, and repatriation.

Course Information:

Credits:

3.0

Additional Fees:

None

Repeat Limit:

2

Lecture Hours:

3.0

Seminar Hours:

0.0

Lab Hours:

1.0

Offered online:

False

Course outline(s):

None


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Transfers:

Course Destination Credit Start/End
AHIS 1317 AU AU HERM 2XX (3) 20220501 to Present
AHIS 1317 CAMO CAMO ART 1XX (3) 20220501 to Present
AHIS 1317 CMTN CMTN ANTH 2XX (3) 20220501 to Present
AHIS 1317 CNC CNC ANTH 2XX (3) 20220501 to Present
AHIS 1317 DOUG DOUG PEFA 2XXX (3) 20220501 to Present
AHIS 1317 KPU KPU ANTH 2XXX (3) 20220501 to Present
AHIS 1317 SFU SFU CA 1XX (3) Art, Performance, Cinema Studies 20220501 to Present
AHIS 1317 TRU TRU VISA 1XXX (3) 20220501 to Present
AHIS 1317 UBCO UBCO ARTS_O 1st (3) 20220501 to Present
AHIS 1317 UBCV UBCV ARTS_V 1st (3) 20220501 to Present
AHIS 1317 UNBC UNBC ANTH 1XX (3) 20220501 to Present
AHIS 1317 UVIC UVIC AHVS 1XX (1.5) 20220501 to Present
AHIS 1317 VIU VIU ARTS 310 (3) 20220501 to Present

Inactive Transfers:

No inactive transfer agreements found.

Current Offerings:

No offerings found for this semester (2025 10).

Previous Offerings:

Semester Seats Waitlist Days Time Room Type Instructor
2024 20 1 48 ------- - WWW WWW Anne Kristiansen
2023 20 3 23 ------- - WWW WWW Anne Kristiansen
2022 20 7 28 ------- - WWW WWW Anne Kristiansen