A sample of some of the ideas and case studies covered in the course AD281 Understanding global heritage.

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Global heritage: course taster

Changing approaches to heritage

Dr Rodney Harrison of The Open University explores what is meant by world heritage and introduces the Lake District case study.

What is world heritage?

Illustrates some of the conflicting sets of heritage values competing for prominence in the Lake District.

Lake District: conflicting values

Explores the Lake District’s bid for World Heritage Site status.

Lake District: world heritage bid

Examines the decisions that go into interpreting the Lake District for the public with signposts, public sculptures and information boards.

Lake District: telling the world

Explores some parallels in the development of these two separate disciplines.

Archaeology: parallels with heritage

Describes a contemporary archaeology project where archaeologists “excavated” a Ford Transit van.

Archaeology: Ford transit van

Follows the process of designing a memorial to mark the 7th July bombings in London.

7th July bombings memorial

Dr Rodney Harrison talks about studying The Open University's Course AD281 Understanding global heritage.

Studying global heritage

Dr Rodney Harrison talks about the audio and video case studies that are integral to the course AD281 Understanding global heritage.

Global heritage: case studies

Dr Rodney Harrison, course chair of the course AD281 Understanding global heritage, explains the concept of critical heritage studies.

Critical heritage studies

If you could save one thing for posterity, what would it be? Your answer is likely to depend on the things you value. But the things that society values are changing all the time. The tracks on this album explore four different heritage stories. In the feature on the Lake District, we hear how the values of Wordsworth sometimes have to give way to the values of farmers. In two features on archaeology, we shine the spotlight on a discipline where there is increasing emphasis on the ordinary over the historic or spectacular. And in our feature on the memorial to the London July bombings, we hear from ordinary people in control of the design. The album also contains academic perspectives from Rodney Harrison, Lecturer in Heritage Studies at The Open University. This material forms part of The Open University Course AD281 Understanding global heritage. You can discover something of what it's like to study the course by using the downloadable 'activities' files to explore the concept of ‘World Heritage’, how it is defined, and conflicting interests in its management. You can also learn more about changing approaches to archaeology and heritage management, and the relationship between heritage and public memory.

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