- Docente: Alberto Malfitano
- Credits: 6
- SSD: HIST-03/A
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: In-person learning (entirely or partially)
- Campus: Ravenna
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Corso:
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in
History, preservation and enhancement of artistic and archaeological heritage and landscape (cod. 6703)
Also valid for Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Theories and Techniques for the Study of Works of Art (cod. 6251)
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from Sep 22, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026
Learning outcomes
This course aims to give students tools for analyzing and understanding the importance of cultural heritage, its promotion, and the political control it wields in contemporary Italy. Throughout the semester, we will study the public and parliamentary debates that have shaped institutional and legislative organizations in the field of cultural conservation. The chronological arc will span the initial decades following Italian unification to the creation of an autonomous ministry in 1974, thereby exploring the practices and initiatives implemented by liberal, fascist, and republican governments. By the end of the course, students will be able to explain the evolution in the relationship between politics and cultural heritage over time and discuss that relationship within its European context. Students will also have a good grasp of the main texts written on this subject and will be able to apply historiographic methods of analysis to the study of the protection and safeguarding of their cultural and environmental heritage
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