What is heritage?

What is heritage? This free course will introduce you to the concept of heritage and its critical study, exploring the role of heritage in both past and contemporary societies.

• Introduction
• Learning outcomes
• 1 Introducing heritage
• 1 Introducing heritage
• 2 Explaining heritage
• 2 Explaining heritage
• 2.1 What is heritage?
• 2.2 Governments, heritage registers and the ‘canon’
• 3 ‘There is no such thing as heritage’
• 3 ‘There is no such thing as heritage’
• 3.1 The heritage ‘industry’
• 3.2 Heritage as popular culture
• 3.3 Heritage and tourism
• 3.4 Heritage is not inherent
• 4 What does heritage do?
• 4 What does heritage do?
• 4.1 Case study: Harry S. Truman National Historic Site, Missouri, USA
• 4.2 Reflecting on the case study
• 4.3 Heritage and the production of culture
• 5 Themes in heritage studies
• 5 Themes in heritage studies
• 6 Conclusion
• 6 Conclusion
• Glossary
• References
• Acknowledgements