Heritage Tourism

3 Credits.

This course explores the practice and theory of heritage tourism using materials from diverse disciplines and cultural fields to understand its meanings and impacts in various contexts. Through case studies and foundational theoretical readings, we will look closely at the relationship between culture, heritage, and tourism, devoting each week to a particular theme, including different kinds of site-based tourism, experiential forms of “intercultural” encounter, and struggles over agency and representation amid promises of economic development. Discussions and assignments are designed for students to use tools gained throughout the course and the program to engage critically with examples of heritage tourism with particular attention to multiple forms of sustainability.