300653 Anthropology of Memory and Heritage (MA: Soziologie der Globalen Welt) (S) (WiSe 2025/2026)

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What gets remembered, and what gets forgotten? What is heritage, and to whom does this matter? Whose responsibility is it to do heritage and memory work, and for how long? These are just some of the questions that we will grapple with in this MA course. We will also look at how these questions have been studied in anthropology and apply these approaches to sites of memory around us. No prior knowledge of anthropology is required, and students from all backgrounds are all welcome.

In this course, we will look at how memory and past narratives have been produced, reproduced and presented. This includes material on how people, communities and histories have been represented in ways that have been, and sometimes continue to be, outdated, harmful, and offensive. We do not shy away from these problematic narratives in this course, but will engage with them as scholars as far as we can, without seeking to promote or reinscribe such views.

Please note that this course involves both reading and practical work. It is vital that you participate in all aspects of the course, as both form a crucial part of all the assessments.

Literaturangaben

Hicks, Dan. 2025 Every monument will fall: a story of remembering and forgetting. Penguin Books

Jong, Ferdinand De. 2022. Decolonizing Heritage: time to repair in Senegal Cambridge University Press.