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Unit Understand Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage.
Memory and Identity
Understanding Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage. Page |1
Module
Memory and Identity
STE3-HT Heritage Tourism Units: 3.0
Lesson Objectives
At the end of this lesson, the students should be able to:
1. To examine the different meanings of the concept of cultural property;
2. To consider the relevance of socio-anthropological meaning of cultural heritage;
3. To consider the relationship between cultural heritage and memory and identity of a
community.
4. Know the importance, benefits and advantages of museums.
The idea of cultural objects derives from the idea of cult and from the linkage between
patrimonial fact and religious fact. In the Latin language the word reliquae is linked to the idea of relics:
relics, of saints or heroes, or objects belonged to them, to which the faithfuls devote a cult.
• Enlightenment posed the idea of a complete rupture of the Christian idea of time: introducing
the faith in the human power to build and transform its destiny, the idea of a progressive
concept of time, the relevance of the past to know and define time, present and past.
• French Revolution determined on one hand the idea of a complete destruction of the past
relics, in particular religious, but on the other hand the idea of preserve and manage these relics
as a testify of past and an element of national identity.
• Cultural objects are considered and preserved as elements and testifies of the past: a tangible
proof of a time which existed and now doesn’t exist more.
• The concept of historic monument recollects the idea of sacral devotion, transforming it in the
idea of a laic devotion. The concept of monument is deeply related to the idea of relics.
• Historic monuments contain an exceptional power of evocation of past, something like magic,
because monuments and relics are objects survived to the destruction and – in this way – they
contain something miraculous.
An example of different perspectives around cultural heritage: the Museum and its evolution
The emergence of the idea of intangible cultural heritage defines the new role of the museum.
In the definition of the ICOM (2004):
- the museum is a permanent institution, without a lucratif purpose, at the service of society and
its development, open to the public and developing researches around material testifies of
human life and human environment, and them conserving, and exposing for the purposes of
study, education, aesthetic and intellectual satisfaction
The adaptation of the museum to the new concept of intangible cultural heritage derives from
the idea of the so-called “eco-museum”: a museal institution which links – to the development of a
community – conservation, presentation and explanation of the natural and cultural heritage belonging
to this same community, representing a way of life, a certain organization of work, placed in a certain
territorial scene» (A. Desvallées).
The eco-museum is a sort of mirror through which a community observes and recognizes itself,
looking for the explanation of the territory to which it belongs, and together the explanation of the
history of communities having preceeded, considering continuity and discontinuity of generations
In the definition of UNESCO, cultural heritage of a community is the memory of its living culture.
It consists of expressions both material (monuments, landscapes, objects) and immaterial (languages,
know-how, showing arts, music, dance, etc.
References:
• https://informationparlour.com/article-culture-tradition-the-importance-museum
SELF-CHECK PR-4.1.1
“Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage, Memory and Identity”
5. ____________________ refers to a document that sets out the significant heritage aspects of a
place or site, and details the appropriate policies to manage it, so that its values are retained for
future use and appreciation.
2. Cultural property
PERFORMANCE TASK TITLE: Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage, Memory and
Identity
PERFORMANCE TASK OBJECTIVE: After completing this written work you’ll be able to understand
Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage, Memory and Identity.
TOOLS AND MATERIALS: None
EQUIPMENT: None
ESTIMATED COST: None
Procedure:
1. Using the table below, provide at least five (5) examples for each of the following types of
Museum that can be found around the world:
o 5 Examples of Historical Museum
o 5 Examples of Art Museum
o 5 Examples of Science Museum
PRECAUTIONS: None
ASSESSMENT METHOD: PERFORMANCE TASK CRITERIA CHECKLIST
CRITERIA SCORING
Did I . . .
1 2 3 4 5
1. Understand the given topic well?
2. Able to answer all the given questions?
3. Applied the knowledge that I learned from the topic to the activities?
4. Interpret and comply with instructions?
5. Identify the different types of museums?
TEACHER’S REMARKS: ❑ QUIZ ❑ RECITATION ❑ PROJECT
GRADE:
5 - Excellently Performed
4 - Very Satisfactorily Performed
3 - Satisfactorily Performed
2 - Fairly Performed
1 - Poorly Performed
___________________________
STE3-TEACHER
Date: ______________________