Cultural Heritage and Memory

Many students in Anthropology are interested in cultural heritage, museums, and how people make sense of and recall the past. The Minor in Cultural Heritage and Memory is designed for students who are interested in the ways the past is remembered and activated in the present, sometimes as a mechanism to construct narratives and make political or legal claims about community and/or national identities. The Minor also examines culturally shaped forms of remembering and commemoration. The Minor in Cultural Heritage and Memory is ideal for students interested in law and policy, development, museum studies, archives, cultural preservation, material culture studies, and the arts. The courses in the Minor will provide training for students interested in how the past is recalled and represented as well as the ethical dilemmas of commemoration.