Study Guide Reinwardt Academy> Master Applied Museum and Heritage Studies>2022-2023
 

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General information

The Academy

In this programme guide, you will find the most important information about the content, structure and organisation of the master’s programme at the Reinwardt Academy for the 2022-2023 academic year.

The Reinwardt Academy, part of the Amsterdam University of the Arts, trains (future) heritage professionals. Heritage communicates who we have been, co-determines who we are and invites us to think about our future. Heritage is not a property; it is a quality. This quality is often attributed under conditions of urgency: something disappears, is affected or is the focus of social or political pressure. The heritage professional is faced with a choice: do I take a position, or do I act as a mediator? Do I aim for consensus, or do I make a decision before consensus has been reached? Can consensus be reached?

The Reinwardt Academy’s lecturers impart (future) heritage professionals with the knowledge and expertise necessary to acquire 'heritage wit'. Heritage wit is the ability to critically relate to, and cultivate, conversations around heritage. In this regard, it matters how, by whom, when and in which setting knowledge is contributed and shared.

Staff

We have a core team of lecturers with a wide range of expertise. This team is supplemented with other Reinwardt Academy staff and guest lecturers. Information of our core staff you can find here.

Research Group Cultural Heritage

Marking and treating things as "heritage" raises practical, ethical and theoretical issues. Based on these issues the Research group Cultural heritage together with a diverse network of partners researches how professionals can contribute to a sustainable and inclusive society by making constructive interventions in heritage interactions.  

The Research Group Cultural Heritage presents and publishes research results and contributes to the educational programs of the Reinwardt Academy. The group is headed by Professor Hester Dibbits. In the period 2019-2023 she works with a group of lecturers and partners from outside the academy on various projects that examine the relationship between emotions, historical knowledge, valuation