Year: 2018
Type: article
Abstract: The concept of archaeological heritage management (AHM) has been key to wider archaeological research and preservation agendas for some decades. Many universities and other education providers now offer what is best termed heritage management education (HME) in various forms. The emphasis is commonly on archaeological aspects of heritage in a broad sense and different terms are often interchangeable in practice. In an innovative working-conference held in Tampere, Finland, we initiated a debate on what the components of AHM as a course or curriculum should include. We brought together international specialists and discussed connected questions around policy, practice, research and teaching/training, at local, national, transnational and World Heritage levels. In this article we take the Tampere discussions further, focusing especially on the meaning, necessity, implications and prerequisites of interdisciplinary HME. We offer our thoughts on developing HME that reflects the contemporary aspects and needs of heritage and its management.
Institutions: University of Helsinki, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, University of Jyväskylä, University of Turku, Tampere University of Technology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Universidad Europea de Canarias, Anton de Kom University of Suriname, University of the Witwatersrand, Newcastle University
Language: English
Subfield: Archeology (arts and humanities)
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
Funders: Helsingin Yliopisto, Newcastle University
OpenAlex ID: W2911498264