After successful completion of the course, students are able to evaluate a monument from different perspectives. In addition, they can write an analytical text and develop a visual representation for the initial classification of a monument.
Basics of the history of monument preservation and understanding the common heritagevalues, application of the heritage values, functions and legal framework of the inventory, strengthening of the argumentation security, development of text competences.
In the course we try out different methods and perspectives in order to evaluate monuments and at the same time learn basic knowledge about the theory of monument preservation, which includes basic methods such as the inventory or the justification of a heritage value within the legal framework. The aim is to identify possible heritage values of a self-selected example, to discuss these values, to reflect them critically and to present the developed considerations in a poster. Building on these initial considerations, a systematic examination of fundamental value categories, such as the aesthetic, historical, and social significance of monuments, will follow. In doing so, we will deal with both historical methods of classifying monuments, such as Alois Riegl's Denkmalkultus, as well as contemporary approaches to value classification of monuments and world cultural heritage, including the potential for conflict. We also address questions about the possible limits of individual heritage values against the background of different issues, such as the treatment of monuments of colonialism or the protection of buildings of Brutalism.
Riegl, Alois, Der moderne Denkmalkultus. Sein Wesen seine Entstehung, Wien 1903. URL: https://archive.org/details/modernedenkmalk00denkgoog/page/n20/mode/2up
Meier, Hans-Rudolf/Scheurmann, Ingrid/Sonn, Wolfgang (Ed.): Werte. Begründungen der Denkmalpflege in Geschichte und Gegenwart, Berlin 2013.
Oevermann, Heike/Mieg, Harald A. Mieg: Städtische Tranfsormationen erforschen. Die Diskursanalyse im Bereich Denkmalschutz und Stadtentwicklung, in: Forum Stadt, 3 (2012), p. 316–326.
Vinken, Gerhard: Amt und Gesellschaft: Bewertungsfragen in der Denkmalpflege, in: Franz, Birgit/Vinken, Gerhard (Ed.), Denkmal – Werte – Bewertung. Denkmalpflege im Spannungsfeld von Fachinstitution und bürgerschaftlichen Engagement, Veröffentlichung des Arbeitskreises Theorie und Lehre der Denkmalpflege e.V., Volume 23, Holzminden 2014, p. 19-28.
