Law, administration and management of Cultural Heritage

The teaching aims to provide a broad and articulate knowledge of the notion of cultural heritage, starting from its not easy definition, as a phenomenon that finds appropriate and effective legal protection in supranational, even before national, and of the existing legal instruments for its promotion and valorization. In particular, the teaching aims to give a comprehensive and current overview of the most relevant issues concerning the subject such as, in extreme summary: 1. The definition of the notion of cultural heritage in European and international law. 2. The system of sources of international and European law on the subject. 3. The evolution of the notion of cultural heritage in international law. 4. The establishment of international organizations with a mandate on the protection of cultural heritage: UNESCO. 5. International conventions on the protection of cultural heritage. The UNESCO Conventions on World Cultural and Natural Heritage (1972), on the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage (2001), on the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage (2003) and on Cultural Diversity (2005). 6. The competences of the European Union in the field of cultural heritage. 7. European legislation to protect cultural property and cultural heritage. 8. Cultural heritage in EU policies. The protection of cultural diversity in EU law. Digitization of cultural heritage: digital preservation and access. 9. Initiatives within the Council of Europe and other European oo.ii. (OECD and OECD). 10. Cross-cutting issues: armed conflicts and the protection of cultural heritage, the protection of human rights and cultural heritage, the European and international circulation of works of art and cultural goods and protection against their illicit import, export and transfer 11. Analysis of practical cases: the destruction of the Buddhas in Afghanistan, the damage to the UNESCO site of Palmyra.

No other propaedeutic teaching is required. The Professor will provide students with the knowledge necessary for comprehending the instructional content.

- E. Catani, G. Contaldi, F. Marongiu Buonaiuti (a cura di), La tutela dei beni culturali nell'ordinamento internazionale e nell'Unione europea, Macerata, 2020. To supplement the reported texts, handouts will be distributed during the course of the lectures.

Attendance is mandatory. Students are required to engage with all video lessons and study the associated teaching materials and slides.

The examination at the end of the course is held in oral form before a committee chaired by the teacher in charge of the course, with the test being evaluated in thirtieths. The exam aims to verify the level of preparation and knowledge acquired, as well as the ability to argue and clearly expound the knowledge gained. Representing an element of final evaluation is participation in interactive teaching activities: formative self-assessment test; problem solving question/answer forum; simulation webinar, discussion and solution of a court case with assignment delivery; summary webinar. The level of preparation is evaluated in thirtieths, and the determination of the final grade takes into account both the outcome of the oral examination (80 percent) and active and fruitful participation in the course e-activities (20 percent).

Teaching is conducted entirely at a distance. All teaching activities are conducted online via the UnitelmaSapienza e-learning platform and according to the UnitelmaSapienza e-learning model. The teaching has a total duration of 54 hours of teaching (dispensational plus interactive), including 36 video lectures equivalent to 36 hours of dispensational teaching activities (DE) and 18 hours of interactive teaching activities (DI), and involves a total student commitment of 225 hours, which includes attendance at dispensational teaching and interactive teaching activities, individual study, as well as participation in other self-study and self-assessment activities. The course uses the following teaching methods and tools: - Video lectures lasting about 30 minutes (didactic delivery - DE, through which the student acquires knowledge, understanding and learning skills); - Forum question/answer problem solving, e-activities with which the student practices applying acquired knowledge and skills to analyze, understand and solve practical problems, even at an advanced level of complexity, elaborating, arguing and communicating in written form the legal solutions, to be later also exposed in oral form in the end-of-course examination (interactive didactics - DI, through which the student acquires ability to apply knowledge and understanding, autonomy of judgment and communication skills); - Case-study analysis webinar, structured e-tivity with three phases: 1. study of in-depth material on the practical case; 2. webinar in which students, guided by the lecturer and in an interactive and collaborative learning context, analyze and discuss/simulate the case studied; 3. elaboration of a group work in written form, to be later also presented in oral form in the end-of-course examination (interactive didactics - DI, through which the student acquires ability to apply knowledge and understanding, autonomy of judgment and communication skills). A qualified Tutor provides assistance and support to the students' learning process.