This module explains how remembering and forgetting in municipal lieux de memoire are socially constructed as specific case study analysis a contested nature of post-communist nostalgia in central European municipal lieux de memoire will be discussed.

Spatial Planning is a continuous process with both technical and political dimensions. The module explains how policies and regulations effects and shapes the city and also how the different visions of stakeholders impact on the implementation of these policies in the psychical, social, economical and environmental context. it highlight the role of the spatial planning in finding a common ground and shared strategic visions of the future among conflicting interests, while it provides tools for the decision makers.

The module explains what is the role of UrbanDesign: to make connections among people, places, movement and forms, urban patterns and nature. Theroleofdesignerinthisfluidand dynamiccontext thatisthe contemporary urban environment is also to understand how to mantain memory of the past and to control the transformation of the city in its possible / probable development / evolution.

This module explains topics related to sociology and anthropology of city with a special focus on European cities. Topics include classical and contemporary theories about how cities are socially and spatially organized; how urban way of life affects social interaction; anthropological and sociological methods for studying city as sociocultural phenomenon.

The student should, after the completing the course, be able to: present, discuss and critically reflect on different conceptions of sustainable development, - reflect on relationships between regional and sustainable development, reflect on of how conservation of cultural heritage can contribute to resilience, social cohesion, diversity, job creation and to other sustainable development aspects.

The student should, after the completing the course, be able to: demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of the theory and practice related to tourism and events, think critically about the urban environment and tourism’s role therein, research, structure and present their own arguments and methodological positions independently, indicate the various touristic uses of heritage dealt with in practical case study.

The module explains how the city can be seen as a cultural landscape. The aim of lecture is to provide the theoretical background of the key terms such as cultural identity of city, the Norberg-Schultz concept of cultural landscape, as well as integration of theory into the concept of postmemory.

The module explains how cultural heritage is conservedand transformed in cities and out of cities (in regions). The aim of the module is to show the specific case softransformed and forgotten cultural heritage as well as industrial heritage. The second part of the module is about the disneylandation, what is a current trend in many European metropoles that have been considered as “Disneylands” for tourists.

The main goal of this chapter is to present some of most significant concepts used in heritage studies, specifically the notion of heritage and the evolution of the term. Some connections between social memory, identity and democratization processes will be also discussed, while a city as unit for research of heritage studies will conclude this part.

This century is facing an increasing number of hazards and the vulnerability of historical and cultural heritage is putting them on high risk. the module offers an overview of how to mitigate disaster for urban historical centres and cultural heritages, some key case study are going to be shown.

Museums are much more than just storage spaces for historical collection or merely institutions representing the past. Providing access to rich symbolic resources, they may be regarded as identity platforms, and this is specially true for city museums, where different aspects and elements of identity receive object centred narratives. The chapter focuses on diverse functions and roles of museums in order to inspire students/readers to interpret musealised heritage as a part of their research activities. 

This chapter will be about the role of education in the process of cultural heritage protection and transmitting in the national, regional, local and European dimension. The question is: in which way the school programs and school books show it on the European background or as the separate elements not really connected with the common history and heritage. Which part of the cultural heritage is showed and which one is hidden, about what nobody want speaking ? What is the teachers' and student's awareness of the common cultural heritage. In which way the teaching process should be realised. When the cultural education need to be started and in which way? Are the teachers well prepared for it? Here are the questions for solving in this chapter.

The module explains how multiculturalism impacts development of urban spaces. The example of the city of Kraków demonstrates the role of international cultural heritage in creating the city’s narrative. In particular, the influence of Italian and Jewish culture as well as the multicultural heritage of Galicia will be analysed.

The student should, after the completing the course, be able to: demonstrate knowledge of some of the main terminology, theoretical perspectives and disciplinary boundaries of the innovation, understand and critique a concept of heritage transmission, understand the relationship between innovation(s) and digital technologies and understand the ways in which they can enable and constrain us, critically evaluate the transformative, utopian and dystopian claims surrounding debates about digital transformation.