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PHIL 334: Professional Ethics in Heritage Resources Management deals with the ways that ethical issues shape heritage practice. These issues are approached through an understanding of moral reasoning, and of the various codes of practice that have been accepted as framing heritage practice. The course studies these issues in terms of specific issues about appropriation, ownership of heritage, censorship, and the exercise of public trust.

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Required Readings

Unit 1

Introduction: Professions In General
See your online Study Guide (Unit 1) for required readings for this unit.

Unit 2

Heritage Resources Management and Ethical Codes
Also see your online Study Guide (Unit 2) for other required readings for this unit.
Francis P. McManamon and Alf Hatton. “Introduction: Considering Cultural Resource Management in Modern Society.” Edited by Francis P. McManamon and Alf Hatton. London: Routledge, 2000, 1-20. Enter “1” beside “Go to page.” Read pages 1-20.
Patrick J. O’Keefe, “Codes of Ethics: Form and Function in Cultural Heritage Management.” International Journal of Cultural Property 7, no. 1 (Jan. 1998): 32-51.
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Unit 3

Moral and Ethical Principles for Heritage Resources Management: Foundations of Ethical Practice
See your online Study Guide (Unit 3) for required readings for this unit.

Unit 4

Institutional Versus Personal Ethics: Policies, Procedures and Virtue Ethics
See your online Study Guide (Unit 4) for required readings for this unit.

Unit 5

Legal, Cultural and Ethical Responsibility: Cultural and Intellectual Property
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Harry Chartrand Hillman. “Intellectual Property in the Global Village 1.” Government Information in Canada/Information gouvernementale au Canada 1, no. 41, 1995, 1-12.
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Michael Seadle. “Whose Rules? Intellectual Property, Culture, and Indigenous Communities.” D Lib Magazine 8, no. 3 (March 2002): 1-10.

Unit 6

Standards of Ethics in Conservation and Heritage
Also see your online Study Guide (Unit 6) for other required readings for this unit.
Gabi Dolff-Bonekämper. “Sites of Hurtful Memory.” Conservation 17, no. 2, 2002, 4-10. Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute.
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Ned Kaufman. “Historic Places and the Diversity Deficit in Heritage Conservation.7” In CRM: Journal of Heritage Stewardship 1, no. 2 (Summer 2004): 1-16. National Park Service, US Department of the Interior.
Titika Malkogeorgou. “The Ethics of Conservation Practice: A Look from Within.” Victoria and Albert Museum Journal 52 (Spring 2006): 1-3.
Frank Matero. “Ethics and Policy in Conservation.” Conservation 15, no. 1: 5-9. Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute.
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Unit 7

Cultural Relativism: Appropriation, Human Remains, and Indigenous “Others”
Also see your online Study Guide (Unit 7) for other required readings for this unit.
Moses Havini. “Indigenous Perspective on Art Collection of Traditional Culture of the Past, Present and Future-Bougainville.” Presented at the UMAC ICOM 2002 Conference in Australia, Exposing and Exploiting the Distinct Character of University Museums and Collections.
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Peter Thorley. “Current Realities, Idealised Pasts: Archaeology, Value and Indigenous Heritage Management in Central Australia.” Oceania (Dec. 2002): 1-16.

Unit 8

Feminist Ethics and Heritage Resources Management
Also see your online Study Guide (Unit 8) for other required readings for this unit.
Soren Blau. “Out of Breath[e]? A re-evaluation of the Use of Feminist Theory in Interpretations of Archaeology in Non-Western Countries.” World Archaeological Bulletin 11: 1-12.
Samantha Brennan. “Reconciling Feminist Politics and Feminist Ethics on the Issue of Rights.” Journal of Social Philosophy 30, no. 2 (Summer 1999): 260-275.

Unit 9

Censorship and Heritage Ethics
Also see your online Study Guide (Unit 9) for other required readings for this unit.
George Elliott Clarke. “From Onan to Lady Chatterley.” Globe and Mail, March 30, 2002, R3.
Andrea Fraser. “A ‘Sensation’ Chronicle.” Social Text 19, no. 2, Duke University Press, 2001, 127-156.
Lisa Gubernick. “Storm Brewing Over ‘Nazi’ Art Show.” Globe and Mail, January 11, 2002, R5.

Unit 10

Conflict of Interest: Looting and Repatriation
Also see your online Study Guide (Unit 10) for other required readings for this unit.
Sharon Sullivan. “Repatriation.” In Conservation. The Getty Conservation Institute 14, no. 3 (Fall 1999): 18-21.
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Unit 11

Conclusions: Stewardship, Heritage Discourse, and Justice
Uffe Juul Jense. “Cultural Heritage, Liberal Education, and Human Flourishing.” In Values and Heritage Conservation: Research Report. Los Angeles, CA: Getty Trust, 2000, 38-43. Scroll to page 38 of PDF.
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David Lowenthal. “Stewarding the Past in a Perplexing Present.” In Values and Heritage Conservation: Research Report. Los Angeles, CA: Getty Trust, 2000, 18-25. Scroll to page 18 of PDF.
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Smith, Laurajane. “Selection.” Excerpt from “The Discourse of Heritage.” In Uses Of Heritage. London: Routledge, 2006, 29-43. In Table of Contents, click Part I, then 1 The Discourse of Heritage.
Emma Waterton, Laurajane Smith, and Gary Campbell. “The Utility of Discourse Analysis to Heritage Studies: The Burra Charter and Social Inclusion.” International Journal of Heritage Studies 12, no. 4 (July 2006): 1-15.

Supplementary Readings

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