Course objectives: The course problematizes the role of cultural heritage in the life of communities in Southeast Europe, in the context of contemporary political, economic, socio-cultural and environmental changes and challenges. It examines how cultural heritage in Southeast Europe can contribute to responding to global and regional challenges and policies, especially in the areas of poverty reduction, environmental protection, combating climate change and its consequences, ensuring quality education, reducing inequality and promoting peace and justice. In order to critically reflect on contemporary approaches and concepts of heritage, processes and case studies are analyzed and interpreted on topics: heritage creation and the role of heritage in shaping identity and representation of communities, common or shared heritage, contested heritage, heritage in mediation and intercultural dialogue, heritage in the development and regeneration of communities and areas, heritage and participation, heritage and disaster, the role of heritage in creating resilient and sustainable communities.

Enrolment requirements and/or entry competences required for the course: None    

Learning outcomes at the level of the programme to which the course contributes: (1) Critically assess and apply theoretical approaches to the analysis of phenomena and processes in Southeast Europe

(2) Recognize, use, integrate, and document data from various sources

(3) Design and lead processes of intercultural dialogue

(4) Apply ethical principles in research and professional work

(5) Design and lead processes of intercultural dialogue

Expected learning outcomes at the level of the course:   

(1) Explain the basic concepts and approaches in research and understanding the role of heritage in modern times

(2) Identify and explain professional and ethical principles in heritage case studies

(3) Apply modern approaches and concepts in the analysis and evaluation of heritage case studies in Southeast Europe

(4) Analyze, comment, represent an opinion and propose a solution to (problematic) examples of heritage preservation and management

Course content (syllabus):   

Week 1: Presentation of course content and student obligations

Week 2: Introduction, concepts, terminology

Week 3: Professional and ethical principles, legislation, systems, models, stakeholders

Weeks 4.-5.: Heritage and identities

Week 6: Common or shared heritage

Week 7: Contested heritage

Weeks 8.-9.: Heritage in the processes of mediation and intercultural dialogue

Week 10: Heritage in the development and regeneration of communities and areas

Week 11: Heritage and participation, networking

Week 12: Heritage and disasters, creating resilient and sustainable communities

Week 13: Expert visit to a selected cultural institution or organization; guest lecture

Week 14: Student seminar presentations

Week 15: Systematization of course content

Format of instruction: Lectures, seminars and workshops, field work, independent assignments                               

Student responsibilities: Regular and active participation in classes; participation in discussions; seminar paper; written and oral exam. In the seminar paper, students work on a topic previously agreed with the teacher. Students submit a written version of the seminar paper to the teacher by the deadline agreed at the beginning of the semester. Seminar paper should be presented in class. A positively graded seminar paper is a condition for taking the exam.

Elements which are evaluated: regular attendance and participation in discussions (10%), seminar paper (30%), written and oral exam (60%).

Monitoring student work: Class attendance, research, oral exam, seminar paper, written exam

1. AUCLAIR, Elizabeth and Graham FAIRCLOUGH, eds. 2015. Theory and Practice in Heritage and Sustainability. Between Past and Future. Oxon, New York: Routledge. (selected chapters)
2. BANDARIN, Francesco and Ron van Oers. 2012. The Historic Urban Landscape: Managing Heritage in an Urban Century. Chicester, Wiley-Blackwell. (selected chapters)    
3. Council of Europe. 2014. Heritage for Development in South-East Europe. (selected chapters)
4. FAIRCLOUGH, Graham, Rodney HARRISON, John H. JAMESON Jnr and John SCHOFIELD, eds. 2008. The Heritage Reader. Oxon, New York: Routledge. (selected chapters)
5. KALMAN, Harold. 2014. Heritage Planning. Principles and Process. London, New York: Routledge. (selected chapters)
6. LÄHDESMÄKI, Tuuli, Viktorija L. A. ČEGINSKAS, Sigrid KAASIK-KROGERUS, Katja MÄKINEN and Johanna TURUNEN. 2020. Creating and Governing Cultural Heritage in the European Union. The European Heritage Label. London: Routledge. (selected chapters)
7. MESKELL, Lynn, ed. 2015. Global Heritage. A reader. Chichester: Wiley Blackwell. (selected chapters)

1. AHEARNE, Jeremy. 2009. “Cultural Policy Explicit and Implicit. A Distinction and Some Uses”. International Journal of Cultural Policy, 15 (2):141–153.
2. Compendium of Cultural Policies & Trends. https://www.culturalpolicies.net.
3. DRAGIĆEVIĆ ŠEŠIĆ, Milena and Branimir STOJKOVIĆ. 2013. Kultura. Menadžment, animacija, marketing. Zagreb: Kulturno informativni centar.
4. DRAGIĆEVIĆ ŠEŠIĆ, Milena and Jonathan VICKERY, eds. 2018. Cultural Policy and Populism. The Rise of Populism and the Crisis of Political Pragmatism. Cultural Policy Yearbook 2017-2018. Istanbul: İletişim Yayıncılık A. Ş.
5. DUPIN-MEYNARD, Félix and Emmanuel NÉGRIER, eds. 2020. Cultural Policies in Europe. A Participatory Turn? Toulouse: Éditions de l’Aattribut.
6. DURRER, Victoria, Toby MILLER and Dave O’BRIEN, eds. 2018. The Routledge Handbook of Global Cultural Policy. Abingdon – New York: Routledge.
7. DUXBURY, Nancy, Anita KANGAS and Christiaan DE BEUKELAER. 2017. “Cultural Policies for Sustainable Development. Four Strategic Paths”. International Journal of Cultural Policy, 23 (2):214–230.
8. HILL, Michael. 2010. Proces stvaranja javnih politika. Zagreb: Fakultet političkih znanosti Sveučilišta u Zagrebu.
9. HRISTOVA, Svetlana, Milena DRAGIĆEVIĆ ŠEŠIĆ and Nancy DUXBURY, eds. 2015. Culture and Sustainability in European Cities. Imagining Europolis. London – New York: Routledge.
10. KANGAS, Anita, Nancy DUXBURY and Christiaan DE BEUKELAER, eds. 2018. Cultural Policies for Sustainable Development. Oxon – New York: Routledge.
11. KATUNARIĆ, Vjeran. 2007. Lica kulture. Zagreb: Izdanja Antibarbarus.
12. KELEMEN, Petra and Nevena ŠKRBIĆ ALEMPIJEVIĆ. 2012. Grad kakav bi trebao biti. Etnološki i kulturnoantropološki osvrti na festivale. Zagreb: Naklada Jesenski i Turk.
13. KISIĆ, Višnja. 2020. “Reconciliation through Cultural Heritage in the Post-Yugoslav Space. An Apolitical Endeavour”. In: The Cultural Turn in International Aid. Impacts and Challenges for Heritage and the Creative Industries, ed. Sophia Labadi. London – New York: Routledge, 173–191.
14. KUSTEC LIPICER, Simona. 2012. Vrednovanje javnih politika. Zagreb: Disput.
15. LÄHDESMÄKI, Tuuli, Viktorija L. A. ČEGINSKAS, Sigrid KAASIK-KROGERUS, Katja MÄKINEN and Johanna TURUNEN. 2020. Creating and Governing Cultural Heritage in the European Union. The European Heritage Label. London: Routledge.
16. LANGFIELD, Michele, William LOGAN and Mariread Nic CRAITH, eds. 2009. Cultural Diversity, Heritage and Human Rights. Intersections in Theory and Practice. London – New York: Routledge.
17. LEWIS, Justin and Toby MILLER, eds. 2003. Critical Cultural Policy Studies. A Reader. Malden et al.: Blackwell Publishing.
18. MEINHOF, Ulrike Hanna and Anna TRIANDAFYLLIDOU, eds. 2006. Transcultural Europe. Cultural Policy in a Changing Europe. Hampshire – New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
19. MERCER, Colin. 2002. Towards Cultural Citizenship. Tools for Cultural Policy and Development. Stockholm: The Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation – Gidlunds Förlag.
20. MULCAHY, Kevin V. 2017. Public Culture, Cultural Identity, Cultural Policy. Comparative Perspectives. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
21. PASCUAL I RUIZ, Jordi, Sanjin DRAGOJEVIĆ and Philipp DIETACHMAIR. 2007. Guide to Citizen Participation in Local Cultural Policy Development. Barcelona – Bucharest – Amsterdam: Interarts Foundation – Eumest – European Cultural Foundation.
22. PAQUETTE, Jonathan and Eleonora REDAELLI. 2015. Arts Management and Cultural Policy Research. Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan.
23. PATEL, Kiran Klaus, ed. 2012. The Cultural Politics of Europe. European Capitals of Culture and European Union since the 1980s. London: Routledge.
24. PERRIN, Thomas. 2012. “New Regionalism and Cultural Policies. Distinctive and Distinguishing Strategies, from Local to Global”. Journal of Contemporary European Studies, 20 (4):459–471.
25. PETEK, Ana and Krešimir PETKOVIĆ, eds. 2014. Pojmovnik javnih politika. Zagreb: Fakultet političkih znanosti Sveučilišta u Zagrebu.
26. PRIMORAC, Jaka, Nina OBULJEN KORŽINEK and Aleksandra UZELAC. 2015. “Access to Culture in Croatian Cultural Policy. Moving towards Explicit Policies”. International Journal of Cultural Policy, 23 (5):562–580.
27. PRIMORAC, Jaka, Nina OBULJEN KORŽINEK and Aleksandra UZELAC. 2017. “The Place and Role of Culture in the EU Agenda. Policy Implications of the Culture Sub-programme of the Creative Europe Programme”. Medijska istraživanja. Znanstveno-stručni časopis za novinarstvo i medije, 23 (1):5–23.
28. PRIMORAC, Jaka. 2021. “Izgubljeni prihodi i pronađena solidarnost. Utjecaj prvog vala pandemije bolesti COVID-19 na kulturni sektor u jugoistočnoj Europi”. Sociologija i prostor, 59 (219):219–240.
29. PRIMORAC, Jaka. 2021. “Pitanje kulture kao klasno pitanje? Kulturne politike i društvena stratifikacija u Hrvatskoj”. Revija za sociologiju, 51 (1):129–147.
30. RINDZEVIČIŪTĖ, Eglė. 2021. “Transforming Cultural Policy in Eastern Europe. The Endless Frontier”. International Journal of Cultural Policy, 27 (2):149–162.
31. ROMAINVILLE, Céline, ed. 2015. European Law and Cultural Policies. Bruxelles et al.: Peter Lang.
32. SASSATELLI, Monica. 2009. Becoming Europeans. Cultural Identity and Cultural Policies. Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan.
33. SILVERMAN, Helaine and D. FAIRCHILD RUGGLES, eds. 2007. Cultural Heritage and Human Rights. New York: Springer.
34. SINGH, J. P., ed. 2010. International Cultural Policies and Power. Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan.
35. ŠVOB-ĐOKIĆ, Nada, ed. 2001. Redefining Cultural Identities. Collection of Papers from the Course on Redefining Cultural Identities: Southeastern Europe, Dubrovnik, 14-19 May 2001. Zagreb: Institute for International Relations.
36. ŠVOB-ĐOKIĆ, Nada, ed. 2004. Cultural Transitions in Southeastern Europe. Collection of Papers from the Course on Managing Cultural Transitions: Southeastern Europe, Dubrovnik, 9-16 May 2004. Zagreb: Institute for International Relations.
37. ŠVOB-ĐOKIĆ, Nada, ed. 2005. The Emerging Creative Industries in Southeastern Europe. Collection of Papers from the Course on Managing Cultural Transitions: Southeastern Europe – The Impact of Creative Industries, Dubrovnik, 8-15 May 2005. Zagreb: Institute for International Relations.
38. ŠVOB-ĐOKIĆ, Nada, ed. 2010. Kultura / multikultura. Zagreb: Naklada Jesenski i Turk – Hrvatsko sociološko društvo.
39. TANAUROVSKA KJULAVKOVSKI, Biljana, Nataša BODROŽIĆ and Violeta KACHAKOVA, eds. 2018. Modelling Public Space(s) in Culture. Rethinking Institutional Practices in Culture and Historical (Dis)continuities. Skopje: Lokomotiva – Centre for new initiatives in arts and culture.
40. VALTYSSON, Bjarki. 2018. “Camouflaged Culture. The ‘Discursive Journey’ of the EU’s Cultural Programmes”. Croatian International Relations Review, 24 (82):14–37.
41. VOS, Claske. 2012. “The Ideals and Pragmatics of European Heritage. The Policy and Practice of the Regional Heritage Programme in Serbia”. In: The Cultural Politics of Europe. European Capitals of Culture and European Union since the 1980s, ed. Kiran Klaus Patel. London: Routledge, 179–197.
42. VOS, Claske. 2017. “European Integration through ‘Soft Conditionality’. The Contribution of Culture to EU enlargement in Southeast Europe”. International Journal of Cultural Policy, 23 (6):675–689.
43. VOS, Claske. 2019. “Constructing the European Cultural Space. A Matter of Eurocentrism?”. In: Eurocentrism in European History and Memory, eds. Marjet Brolsma, Robin de Bruin and Matthijs Lok. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 223–243.
44. WEEDA, Hanneloes, Corina ŞUTEU and Cas SMITHUIJSEN, eds. 2005. The Arts, Politics and Change. Participative Cultural Policy-Making in South East Europe. Amsterdam: European Cultural Foundation – ECUMEST Association – Boekmanstudies.
45. ZLATAR, Andrea. 2008. Prostor grada, prostor kulture. Eseji iz kulturne politike. Zagreb: Naklada Ljevak.
46. ŽUVELA, Ana. 2016. Krojeno po mjeri? Prakse i tendencije kulturnog obrazovanja u Hrvatskoj. Zagreb: Zaklada “Kultura nova”.