23899 - Law of Cultural Heritage

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student will know the fundamental knowledge regarding international, national and regional legislation on the protection (and enhancement) of cultural heritage with particular regard to archival-libraries. The student also will acquire the fundamental skills in terms of administrative organization of the State and the local communities who are responsible for the protection of cultural heritage. In this sense particular attention will be given to the study of MIC (Ministry of Culture) and its various branches at local level. The skills acquired will also be implemented through the study of cases (also carried out in the form of groups) concerning the management and the conservation of cultural heritage.

Course contents

1. Historical evolution of the legislation on cultural heritage.

2. Constitutional principles.

3. The distinction beetwen the "protection" and the "promotion" of cultural property.

4. The Ministry for Cultural Heritage, Activities and Tourism and his organization.

5. The notion of cultural property and its distinctions.

6. The metods of identification.

7. The conservation and restoration of cultural property. The job of "restorer" of cultural property.

8. Internal and international circulation of the cultural property.

9. Archaeological research and discoveries.

10. The management of cultural heritage and the collective enjoyment.

11. The criminal and administrative sanctions.

12. The international protection of cultural heritage (in particular the UNESCO).

13. Study cases about the restoration of cultural property

Readings/Bibliography

BARBATI, CAMMELLI, CASINI, PIPERATA, SCIULLO (a cura di); Diritto del patrimonio culturale, Il Mulino, Bologna (ult.ed.).

Teaching methods

Lectures. During the course differents legal topics obout the restoration of cultural heritage will be discussed.

Assessment methods

The final exam is oral (with possible pre-checks in written form) and the evaluation will be expressed in thirty-one.

The discussion will focus on the topics related to those outlined in the "Course contents" section, in order to verify the acquisition by students of the knowledge imparted during the course.

In the final evaluation, it will be possible to take into account the results of the pre-ceck and the papers written (individually or in groups) during the practical exercises.

The evaluation will take into consideration:

• knowledge of institutional profiles;

• knowledge of case law and legal doctrine;

• connections between different parts of the program;

• debate skills;

• speaking ability;

• speaking accuracy.

Enrollment in the final exam can only be made on-line via the University web site.

An exhaustive development of the answer from which a clear understanding of the subject covered in the textbook emerges, with demonstration of critical sense, formation of logically coherent thinking and use of means of expression appropriate to the disciplinary context will be evaluated with the maximum scores in the 'grade range 27-30 with honors.

A discussion that denotes an adequate ability to identify the relevant theoretical analysis tools, the use of language expressions appropriate to the disciplinary context, partially satisfactory logical skills will be evaluated with a score included in the score range 21-26 .

The evidence of minimal acquisition of the analysis tools presented during the course, with inadequate verbal expressions and logical skills will be evaluated with a score in the range 18-20.

The absence of a minimum acquisition of the course subject, combined with inadequate verbal expression and logical skills, will be evaluated with insufficient marks.

Teaching tools

PowerPoints, PDFs of sources

All materials will be made available to the students during the classes, through the course website on the Unibo Virtuale platform: https://virtuale.unibo.it/

Students with a form of disability or specific learning disabilities (DSA) who are requesting academic adjustments or compensatory tools are invited to communicate their needs to the teaching staff in order to properly address them and agree on the appropriate measures with the competent bodies.

Office hours

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