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This course will consider the laws, policies, and politics that provide for the public commemoration of tangible and intangible heritage. It will explore ideas related to cultural property across a global and digital landscape including indigenous claims, institutional ownership, and legal rights. Beyond gaining an understanding of applicable laws and policies from a global perspective, students will also examine the politics of heritage and its social and economic impact, including the ways in which it is used in projects of nation building, cultural appropriation, economic development and sustainability, identity, and cultural hegemony. To this end we will take an in depth look at the current threats to world heritage and the laws and policies governing the response of the global community. We will consider what can and cannot, and for that matter what should and should not be done to protect both tangible and intangible world heritage at both the local and international levels and what this means for local and global communities.