CO4102 Impact of Society and Culture on Built Heritage Syllabus:

CO4102 Impact of Society and Culture on Built Heritage Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

 To enable understanding of the scientific approach to cultural studies and cultural theories related to perception and interpretation of built heritage.
 To provide students with various theories of cultural study and discuss various methodologies to study culture
 To enable students to understand the concept of vernacular architecture and various traditional materials associated with them.
 To enable students to develop holistic understanding of conservation by studying the core disciplines of conservation
 To introduce the importance of culture mapping among various social communities of India.

UNIT I INTRODUCTION TO HISTORY & SOCIAL SCIENCES

Understanding the concept and development of society – Core disciplines including social sciences (Anthropology, Sociology, History, Art-History, etc.), Archaeology, Museology and Planning. Synergies between the core disciplines of society in understanding built heritage.

UNIT II STUDY OF CULTURE

Definition of culture – aspects, identity of key factors – theories of cultural study – overlap of culture – Approaches and methodologies of study of culture – interrelation between different cultural parameters

UNIT III ARCHITECTURE AND CULTURE

Architecture as a cultural element – concept of vernacular architecture – elements and characters of vernacular architecture – selected study of Chettinad houses – Agraharam dwellings – Havelis – NaluKettu houses – Goan houses etc.

UNIT IV CULTURAL STUDY AND CONSERVATION

Importance of core disciplines in holistic understanding of conservation – Impacts of core disciplines on Conservation – Understanding various perception and interpretation of heritage – Evolving holistic and integrated habits of thought.

UNIT V CASE STUDY

Culture mapping and study of practices of selected social communities of India.

TOTAL: 45 PERIODS

COURSE OUTCOMES:

Students should be able to
CO1 Relate to the scientific approach to cultural studies and theories related to interpretation of built heritage.
CO2 Explain about various theories about cultural study and their methodologies.
CO3 Apply their mind and assess the importance of vernacular architecture in today’s context.
CO4 Analyze the importance of holistic understanding of conservation from a grass root level.
CO5 Build case studies based on culture mapping across various social communities.

REFERENCES:

1. Blistene, Bernard, ISBN:9782080105646, History of 20th-centuryArt, Flammarion, 2001,
2. Heath, Kingston Wm, Vernacular Architecture and Regional Design: Cultural., 720.103 HEA Process and Environmental Response,2009
3. Marie Louise Stig Sorensen, John Carman, ISBN:9780415431859, Heritage Studies: Methods and Approaches
4. Noble, Allen G., Traditional Building: A global survey of structural forms And cultural functions,ISBN:9781890206628
5. Sengupta, Gautam, ed. And Gangopadhyay, Kaushik, ed., 934ARC, Archaeology in India: Individuals, Ideas and Institutions, 2009