75896 - Christianity and Cultural Heritage

Learning outcomes

The course analyses how the Christian Churches have determined and influenced the constitution and transmission of a huge cultural heritage that requires protection, conservation and enhancement: the student knows how to recognize and critically analyse the close relationships existing between Christianity and cultural heritage and he/she has an adequate knowledge of the archival-documentary heritage of the Churches themselves. At the end of the course the student is able to recognize in Christian buildings of worship the peculiar characters of the images whose meaning transcends the mere artistic dimension. Furthermore, the student is able to appreciate its production techniques, ornamental and liturgical functions within the framework of the cultural and social history of European civilization.

Course contents

The course, through thematic paths and analysis of concrete examples, analyzes how the Christian churches in modern and contemporary age have determined and influenced the constitution, transmission, protection and enhancement of a vast cultural, artistic, monumental and, above all, library-documentary heritage . Particular attention will be focus on the thinking about: 1) The value and role of cultural heritage for Christian Churches 2) The role of religious orders in the creation, protection and transmission of documentary and library heritage. The archive of a religious Order 4) Women's and women's books. 5) Pilgrimages and sacred journeys

For non-attending students, an online meeting will be held in which the aims and program of the course will be illustrated on 29/09/at 6.30.00 pm. Interested students are asked to contact the teacher via email who will send them the Teams link of the meeting.

 

Readings/Bibliography

A) Manuals and General reference texts: 

-Jörg Ernesti, Le Chiese cristiane. Identità ed evoluzione storica, 2012

Giulio Volpe, Manuale di diritto dei beni culturali: storia ed attualità, Cedam, Padova 2013. (Cap. I e II) 

Enchiridion dei Beni Culturali della Chiesa. Documenti ufficiali della Pontificia Commissione per i Beni Culturali della Chiesa , EDB, Bologna 2002. (Introduzione)

Angelo Turchini, Archivi della Chiesa e archivistica, Editrice la Scuola, 2011. (Introduzione)

((Students will be able to fill any gaps in their knowledge of the historical events and figures covered in class using the textbook: G.L.Podestà- G.Vian, Storia del Cristianesimo, Il Mulino, Bologna. (2010 edition: pp. 273-378 and pp. 433-455. 2014 edition: pp. 323-418 and pp. 483-515))

B) In-depth texts

 Le conseguenze sugli archivi ecclesiastici del processo di unificazione nazionale: soppressioni, concentrazioni, dispersioni, a cura di Gilberto Zacchè, Centro Studi nazionale sugli archivi ecclesiastici di Fiorano e Ravenna, Mucchi Editore, 2012.

M. C. Giannini, M. Sanfilippo, Gli archivi per la storia degli ordini religiosi, I, Fonti e problemi (secoli XVI-XIX), Viterbo, Sette Città, 2007.

 -Vite consacrate: gli archivi delle organizzazioni religiose femminili. Atti dei convegni di Spezzano, 20 settembre 2006 e di Ravenna, 28 settembre 2006. A cura di E. Angiolini, Mucchi, Modena 2007.

-E. Lamalle S.J., L'archivio di un grande Ordine religioso. L'Archivio Generale della Compagnia di Gesù, in Archiva Ecclesiae - Anni XXIV-XXV - 1 -1981-1982 Scaricabile da http://www.sjweb.info/arsi/documents/Lamalle.pdf

-Enrico Morini, Gli Ortodossi, Il Mulino, Bologna 2002.

-Per lettera. La scrittura epistolare femminile tra archivio e tipografia secoli XV-XVII, a cura di Gabriella Zarri, Roma, Viella, 1999

 -A. Valerio, Leopoldina Naudet, L'epistolario (1799-1834), 4 volumi, Gabrielli Editori, S. Pietro in Cariano, 2016-2018.

A. Valerio, Leopoldina Naudet, L’Amicizia Cristiana e la Bibbia: l’influenza dei gesuiti nell’apostolato del libro, in Archivum Historicum S.J., 2015 (1)

Archivio e Biblioteca Leopoldina Naudet, Verona, in Conoscere, conservare, valorizzare il patrimonio culturale religioso, a cura di O. Niglio e C. Visentin, vol. 3, Archivi, biblioteche, musei, Roma, Aracne Editrice, 2017.

E. Marchetti; G.L. Tusini; M. Neve, Viaggi e Pellegrinaggi. Storia, estetica e territorio. Aracne, Roma 2016.

I viaggi dell'anima. Società, Culture, Heritage e Turismo, a cura di F. Dallari, A. Trono, E. Zabbini, Patron, Bologna 2009.

Fernando e Gioia Lanzi, Pellegrinaggi e santuari cristiani nel mondo, Jaca Book, 2005

 

Specific bibliography will be indicated at the beginning of the course and during lessons

Teaching methods

Throughout the course, the professor, in addition to the front lessons, will use: the analysis of texts - which will be provided to the students; Projection of images and other audio-visual material; Guided tours and interdisciplinary meetings and seminars on topics related to lessons.

 

 

Assessment methods

The exam consists of an oral exam to be taken at the end of class.

Students attending class must be familiar with the following topics:

-A) Textbook and Readings;

-The material shared in class and posted on virtuale.unibo.it

-They must also agree with the instructor - in class or during office hours - one text from point B) Further Readings:

Students not attending class must be familiar with the following topics:

-A) Textbook and Readings;

-They must agree with the instructor - in class or during office hours - two texts from point B) Further Readings:

The exam consists of an oral interview to be held at the end of the lessons. It will be divided into questions that will cover the themes in depth through the materials presented and discussed in class. The final evaluation will also take account of the student's interventions during lectures, attendance at seminars and conferences organized or instructed by the professor.

For the purposes of passing the exam, the student must demonstrate that he has understood the main topics discussed during the course; the student will have to demonstrate in depth and critical the various themes by making the appropriate connections. The students will agree with the professor about the exam and, in particular, about the topic and the readings they intend to deepen.

Marks will be evaluated according following criteria:

The critical knowledge will be evaluated very positive or positive the student's ability to demonstrate the acquired knowledge in a personal and critical way, using an appropriate language.

More than sufficient will be evaluated the mnemonic knowledge, expressed with conciveness, in a correct language but not very appropriate.

Sufficient will be evaluated the basic knowledge expressed with inappropriate language.

Insufficient will be evaluated the incomplete knowledge of the readings, the incorrect and inappropriate language, the inability to manage bibliographies and texts analized during the lessons.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Teaching tools

The front lesson will be supported and completed by reading and commenting on sources, provided in a photocopy lesson; From the vision and commentary of audiovisual material. Guided visits to archives and exhibitions are also provided in collaboration with other Courses.

Students with learning disorders and\or temporary or permanent disabilities: please, contact the office responsible (https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en/for-students ) as soon as possible so that they can propose acceptable adjustments. The request for adaptation must be submitted in advance (15 days before the exam date) to the lecturer, who will assess the appropriateness of the adjustments, taking into account the teaching objectives.

 

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Office hours

See the website of Elisabetta Marchetti