COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CULTURAL TOURISM AND HERITAGE RELATIONS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CON 5062 CULTURAL TOURISM AND HERITAGE RELATIONS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ŞEBNEM GÖKÇEN

Offered to

M.Sc. Urban Conservation Planning
M.Sc. Urban Conservation Planning (Non-Thesis)

Course Objective

The course aims to provide an introduction to cultural tourism and its relations with heritage, since cultural tourism as a growth market segment offers new opportunities for the economic revival of historical cities, but at the same time, threatens the cultural resources. The main discussions cover the tangible and intangible resources of heritage, heritage industry, cultural tourism, creative industry, authenticity, tourismification, dynamics of a tourism erosion process and cultural policy. This course examines the relations between heritage conservation and tourism development and intends to stimulate the debate on urban planning concepts and strategies.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to introduce the student the concept of tourism and its implementation in the growing culture sector from a conservation perspective
2   to give students further training on analysis and investigation of cultural tourism policy, promotion and practice in Turkey and other countries and on relations of these with a broader conceptual framework of heritage
3   to give the students the ability to interpret contemporary knowledge on heritage tourism and its implications
4   to develop the students appropriate research and analytical skills as well as their critical assessment skills.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to Heritage and Tourism Relations
2 Conceptualizing Heritage Conservation from a Cultural Tourism Perspective
3 Cultural Tourism in Conservation Sites Cases of Archaeological sites
4 Cultural Tourism in Conservation Sites Local Perspectives Cases of natural conservation sites
5 Cultural Tourism in Conservation Sites Local Perspectives Cases of urban conservation sites
6 Urban Historical Cores and Culture-led Regeneration Conceptualizing Cultural Quarters
7 Urban Historical Cores and Culture-led Regeneration Local Perspectives
8 The festivalization debate
9 The authenticity debate
10 The politics of heritage
11 Midterm Exam Submission of term paper drafts
12 Managing heritage tourism
13 Perspectives on Cultural Policy
14 Conclusionary Discussions

Recomended or Required Reading

Timothy, D.J. & Boyd, S. (2003) Heritage Tourism, Prentice Hall, UK.
Herbert, D.T. (1995) Heritage, Tourism and Society, Mansell Publishing, UK.
Richards, G. (Ed.) (2007) Cultural Tourism, Routledge, UK.
Urry, J. (1990) The Tourist Gaze. Sage, London, UK.
Bianchini, F. & Parkinson, M. (1993) Cultural Policy and Urban Regeneration: The West European Experience. Manchester University Press, NY, USA.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Introduction and training is assessed by the Interim Exam.
Analysis and Interpretation is assessed by the Term Paper.
Skill development and critical thinking is assessed by the Final Exam.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.50 + FIN * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) ASG * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

-

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

sebnem.gokcen@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

tuesday 09:30 - 10:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for Mid-term Exam 1 10 10
Preparing Individual Assignments 1 65 65
Preparation for lectures 10 2 20
Midterm exam 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 125

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.11
LO.211
LO.3111
LO.411

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