ANTH 332 - Ruins and Haunting Heritage

Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)

Landscapes hold the tangible remains of cultural heritage in preserved buildings, erected monuments, and documented archaeological sites. But the ignored places are often those with the most interesting stories to tell. To an archaeologist, ruins are places where the past permeates into the present and asks to be remembered. Every town has its own ruins, whether it be the abandoned buildings of a once-bustling downtown or industrial district, an overgrown cemetery, or a road that simply ends. Such places may hold the more subversive histories of a place, This course considers the sanctioned and unsanctioned histories of places through intentionally preserved sites, persistent ruins, local lore, and ghost tourism. We use the National Register of Historic Places criteria of significance to evaluate such heritage sites within the Hudson Valley. April Beisaw.

Prerequisite(s): ANTH 130 or ANTH 230 or ANTH 233 or ANTH 236.

One 3-hour period.

Course Format: CLS