This is a core course of the Modul Cultural Spaces
The UNESCO World Heritage Convention and the associated guidelines for its implementation apply equally to all sites worldwide. For practical implementation, the respective framework conditions of the country, the region and the cultural environment must be taken into account. Although World Heritage sites are researched in detail before they are inscribed on the World Heritage List, many questions arise in the context of efforts to preserve them in the long term that require further research into both basic and applied topics.
In this semester, students have the opportunity to develop new research questions by working together with experts who have already dealt intensively with the Hallstatt-Dachstein/Salzkammergut World Heritage region.
As part of this course, lectures and discussions are used to explain how to define a research question, how to collect the relevant data for the question and how to summarise the initial results in the form of an article that could be presented at a scientific conference.
Prerequisites: At least one completed seminar or similar theoretical work, knowledge of English.
Expected previous knowledge: Experience in scientific work
