Overview

Individual, group, local, regional, national and global identities; museums; political and cultural role of archaeology and history, the heritage in minority groups, the heritage of elites, oral culture, heritage and the nation state, the creation of heritage-based identities in past societies.

Learning Outcomes

• An ability to analyse documentary evidence or a particular heritage site and discuss its relevance to wider issues within heritage studies.

• An ability to present clear, cogent and evidence-based arguments about aspects of the role of heritage in the construction of identity in two essays, and support these with evidence.

• Demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of the role of heritage in creating various froms of individual and group identity.

• Show a detailed awareness of the varying contributions made by heritage to different forms of identity and an ability to compare and contrast the role of heritage in the creation of of different forms of identity