Università Roma Tre

THIS COURSE WILL CONSIDER THE CONTESTED NATURE OF THE CONCEPT OF CULTURAL HERITAGE, FOCUSSING ON BOTH TANGIBLE AND INTANGIBLE FORMS OF HERITAGE, AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO CONCEPTS OF CULTURAL PROPERTY. ITS ASSESSMENT OF THE RELEVANT LEGAL REGIMES FOR THE PROTECTION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE WILL START AT THE INTERNATIONAL LEVEL WHERE A STUDY WILL BE MADE OF A RANGE OF UNESCO CONVENTIONS, INCLUDING THE WORLD HERITAGE CONVENTION, THE CONVENTION FOR THE SAFEGUARDING OF INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE AND THE CONVENTION ON THE PROTECTION AND PROMOTION OF THE DIVERSITY OF CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS. ISSUES IN THE REGIONAL AND NATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE UNESCO CONVENTIONS REGIME WILL BE EXPLORED. THE COURSE WILL THEN MOVE ON TO CONSIDER OTHER POSSIBLE LEGAL STRATEGIES FOR PROTECTING CULTURAL HERITAGE, INCLUDING: NATIONAL REGULATION OF MOVEABLE CULTURAL OBJECTS; ATTEMPTS TO USE VARIOUS FORMS OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW TO PROTECT SO-CALLED “TRADITIONAL” CULTURE AND KNOWLEDGE; AND PROPOSALS FOR SUI GENERIS REGIMES OF CULTURAL PROPERTY PROTECTION.