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Tourism and Heritage

Code: 104966
Credits: 6
2026/2027
Degree programme Type Course
Tourism OB 2

Contact lecturer

Name :
Xavier Carmaniu Mainadé
Email :
xavier.carmaniu@uab.cat

Teaching staff

Estefania Piñol Álvarez

Group languages

You can consult this information at the end of the document.

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites

Objectives

On completing this subject, students should be able to:

  • Define the notion of tangible and intangible cultural heritage.
  • Understand the value of cultural heritage in relation to the present.
  • List the principal organs that work to support its effective conservation and management.
  • Explain the potential represented by both tangible and intangible cultural heritage as an increasingly significant trend within cultural tourism.
  • Identify selection and interpretation criteria that affect culture in this respect.
  • Acquire basic historical and cultural knowledge from prehistorical to contemporary times in current-day Europe.
  • Indicate the various touristic uses of heritage dealt with in practical case study.
  • Apply a methodological, reflective and critical approach to the analysis of heritage (with a view to future professional praxis within cultural tourism).
  • Demonstrate acquisition of the ability communicate in written and spoken form correctly.
  • Correct use PowerPoint to structure an argumentative presentation.
  • Integrate photography in a logical and justified manner within suitably argued verbal presentations

Learning outcomes

  • CM36 (Integrate cultural heritage as a tourism resource in accordance with the Sustainable Development Goals.) Integrate cultural heritage as a tourism resource in accordance with the Sustainable Development Goals.
  • CM37 (Generate projects and plans to develop tourism heritage based on tourism sustainability concepts.) Generate projects and plans to develop tourism heritage based on tourism sustainability concepts.
  • KM41 (Relate the basic principles of tourism from the field of heritage and how to manage and operate it.) Relate the basic principles of tourism from the field of heritage and how to manage and operate it.
  • KM42 (Define the concepts of management and marketing of heritage and tourism resources.) Define the concepts of management and marketing of heritage and tourism resources.
  • SM54 (Apply the concepts of management and marketing of heritage and tourism resources to projects related to the tourism sector.) Apply the concepts of management and marketing of heritage and tourism resources to projects related to the tourism sector.
  • SM55 (Develop projects using tourist heritage resources as a team and with customer service orientation, and taking into account their interaction with the environment .) Develop projects using tourist heritage resources as a team and with customer service orientation, and taking into account their interaction with the environment .

Contents

Topic 1. Cultural heritage and its relationship with tourism. Tangible and Intangible heritage. New trends in cultural tourism. World Heritage in Europe (UNESCO)

Topic 2. Prehistory. The birth of art. Great artistic sites from prehistory. Case analysis.

Topic 3. The Ancient World: From Greece to Rome. Case analysis.

Topic 4. The Medieval World: The Great Evolutionary Process. From the Romanesque to the Gothic. The MNAC. Case analysis.

Topic 5. The Modern Era: Europe in Upheaval. The Renaissance and the Baroque. Case analysis.

Topic 6. The Nineteenth Century. The Big Changes. Neoclassicism and Romanticism. Case analysis.

Topic 7. Modernism in Catalonia. Case analysis.

Topic 8. Contemporary Europe. The Vanguard. Case analysis.

Topic 9. Great painters and their relationship with Catalonia: Picasso, Miró i Dalí

Learning activities and methodology

Title Hours ECTS Learning outcomes
Tutoring 12 0.48 CM36, CM37, KM41, KM42, SM54, SM55
Online Activities 12 0.48 CM36, CM37, KM41, KM42, SM54, SM55
Works 35 1.4 CM36, CM37, KM41, KM42, SM54, SM55
Study 35 1.4 CM36, CM37, KM41, KM42, SM54, SM55
Classroom 40 1.6 CM36, CM37, KM41, KM42, SM54, SM55

This subject is taught in Spanish in the Tourism Degree and in English in the Tourism Degree in English


The course will have two diferent dynamics:

  1. Master class sessions: Lecturer’s presentation of the theoretical content of the program in a straight forward, systematic and organized way (students will find at the Virtual Campus the main slides on each topic). This methodology will be based on the students’ participation in class; the lecturer will consider their contributions, reflections and doubts raised during the sessions.
  2. Presentations of the work’s team class group, in a session of PowerPoint or similar (according to a timetable agreed earlier this year). Students must perform a historical context, create a profile for the specific resource, its management and its value in use today and finally assesses websites that allow us to understand so clear appeal.


The continuous assessment consists of the elaboration of a work and a complementary written test

The single assessment consists of a final exam where the entire syllabus of the subject is fully included, as well as another activity that the teacher considers necessary to assess the student's knowledge.

The reassessment will be an exam similar to the single assessment exam, only accessible by students who have obtained between a 3.5 and a 4.9.

Annotation: within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.

Assessment

Continuous assessment activities

Title Weight Hours ECTS Learning outcomes
Partial Exams 40% 4 0.16 CM36, CM37, KM41, KM42, SM54, SM55
Research Work 10% 4 0.16 CM36, CM37, KM41, KM42, SM54, SM55
Oral Presentations, Works 50% 8 0.32 CM36, CM37, KM41, KM42, SM54, SM55

Course assessment is as follows: (Partial or total plagiarism will result in being awarded a Fail grade for the entire subject)

1- Assessment Continuos Evaluation:

  1. In-class delivery of a PowerPoint presentation (or similar) to class colleagues (weighting within final grade: 50%) FEEDBACK: the lecturer will publish the grade obtained—plus all relevant commentary—for each group on Autònoma Interactiva. (class attendance will also be considered within this section)
  2. Individual Research work done throughout the course will represent 10% of the final grade.
  3. Two multiple-choice tests, representing 40%.This exam will consist of material covered by the theoretical and historical issues from course lectures, documents from the text dossier, guided visits done as class activities, and in-class presentations.FEEDBACK: the lecturer will publish the results on Autònoma Interactiva.

2- Assessment Unic Evaluation:

The student will have to done a work that will determine the teacher as well as a final exam. The student within the tutorial schedule of the teacher will have to request a meeting to specify the bases of this work, having a deadline for the meeting until the end of January. (Partial or total plagiarism will result in being awarded a Fail grade for the entire subject)

The continuous assessment consists of the elaboration of a work and a complementary written test

The single assessment consists of a final exam where the entire syllabus of the subject is fully included, as well as another activity that the teacher considers necessary to assess the student's knowledge.

The reassessment will be an exam similar to the single assessment exam, only accessible by students who have obtained between a 3.5 and a 4.9.


The grade for the subject will be NOT EVALUABLE when the student attends less than half of the assessment activities and/or does not attend the final exam.


Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Level: Restricted use.

Allowed only for support tasks (bibliographic research, proofreading, or translation) at the instructor's discretion. The student must clearly identify the AI-generated parts, specify the tools used, and include a critical reflection on how these have influenced the process and the final result. Lack of transparency in the use of AI will result in a 0 for the activity.


In the event of a student committing any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the grade awarded to an assessment activity, the student will be given a zero for this activity, regardless of any disciplinary process that may take place. In the event of several irregularities in assessment activities of the same subject, the student will be given a zero as the final grade for this subject.




Bibliography

General Bibliography

  • BALLART, José (1997): El Patrimonio Artístico y Arqueológico: valor y uso. Ariel. Barcelona,
  • Catalunya. Museus i Col·leccions obertes al públic (2001) Barcelona: Generalitat de Catalunya. Departament de Cultura.
  • MALTESSE, Corrado (Coor.): (1990). Las técnicas artísticas. Ediciones Cátedra. Madrid,.
  • GARCÍA MARCHANTE, J.S.; POYATO HOLGADO, M. del C. (coord.) (2002) La función social del patrimonio histórico: el turismo cultural, Cuenca: Ediciones de la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha.
  • GONZÁLEZ-VARAS, Ignacio (1999) Conservación de bienes culturales. Teoría, historia, principios y normas, Madrid: Cátedra.
  • MARTÍN GONZÁLEZ, J.J.: Historia del Arte, 2 vols. Ed. Gredos, Madrid 1990
  • MARTÍN GONZÁLEZ, Juan José (1986): Las claves de la escultura. Cómo identificarla. Col. “Las Claves del Arte” Sèrie “Géneros”. Planeta. Barcelona.
  • PERELLÓ, Antònia Maria (1994) Las claves de la arquitectura. Cómo identificarla. Col. “Las Claves del Arte” Sèrie “Géneros”. Planeta. Barcelona.
  • VV.AA.: Patrimonio del Mundo. UNESCO. 17 vols. i 4 Annexos
  • AAVV: Patrimonio de la Humanidad, UNESCO – Editorial Planeta. 8 vols.
  • AAVV (2003): Historia Universal del Arte. Editorial Planeta. Barcelona.

Specific Bibliography

  • MALUQUER, J.: La humanidad prehistórica, Ed. Montaner y Simón, Barcelona 1973.
  • MICHALOWSKY, K.: El arte del antiguo Egipto, Ed. Akal, Madrid 1991.
  • RICHTER, R.: El arte Griego, Ed. Destino, Barcelona 1980.
  • STRUVE, V.V.: Historia de la Antigua Grecia. Ed.Akal, Madrid 1981.
  • HENING, M.: El arte romano, Ed. Destino, Barcelona 1983.
  • RAMIREZ, J.A.: “El mundo antiguo”, en Historia del Arte 2, Ed. Alianza, Madrid 1996
  • LAMBERT, E.: El Arte gótico en España, Ed. Cátedra, Madrid 1977
  • SUREDA, J.: El gótic Català, Ed. Hogar del Libro, S.A., Barcelona 1997
  • YARZA, J.: Baja Edad Media. Los siglos del gótico, Ed. Sílex, Col. Introducción al arte español, Madrid 1992
  • MUNARI, C.: Arte del mundo moderno, Ed. Teide, Barcelona 1977.
  • ARGAN, G.C.: El arte moderno, 2 vols., Ed. Fernando Torres, París 1970, Valencia 1977
  • LACUESTA, R. Y GONZÁLEZ, A.: Arquitectura modernista en Cataluña, Ed. Gustavo Gili, Barcelona 1990

Software

Microsoft Teams

Course groups and languages

The information provided is provisional until November 30. After this date, you will be able to consult the language of each group through this link. To access the information, you will need to enter the course CODE

Type of teaching Group Language Semester Shift
(TE) Theory 1 Spanish second semester morning-mixed
(TE) Theory 2 English second semester morning-mixed