Aus- und Weiterbildung in Kulturerbemanagement in der Schweiz. Analyse des aktuellen Angebots und der Nachfrage 2020–2022

Lawrence, Andrew Kenneth; Schaer, Andrea (December 2022). Aus- und Weiterbildung in Kulturerbemanagement in der Schweiz. Analyse des aktuellen Angebots und der Nachfrage 2020–2022 (Unpublished)

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This report is the result of a study carried out on the authors' own initiative between 2020 and 2022. The study pursued two objectives:
1) to develop an overview of the current range of training and further education courses on offer relating to cultural heritage management in Switzerland,
2) to evaluate the potential demand for further education in the field of heritage management.
The survey of courses currently on offer was conducted by means of online research, in which the curricula as well as documentation relating to further education courses (postgraduate diploma) of universities and
technical colleges in all language regions of Switzerland were registered (last update autumn semester 2022). For comparison, selected courses explicitly declared as cultural heritage management from other European countries were included. The results of the survey show that in Switzerland there is currently neither a degree nor any kind of continuing education programme explicitly dealing with cultural heritage management according to its definition. However, there is a fairly broad range of training and further education courses that cover (sometimes substantial elements) of heritage management.
Evaluation of demand for further education in the field.
In order assess the demand, an online questionnaire was carried out. All cantonal offices for archaeology and built heritage were surveyed. The questionnaire was also sent to other institutions such as the Federal Office of Culture (Section Baukultur) and NIKE (National Information Centre for Cultural Heritage).The evaluation of the answers from the online questionnaire shows that there is a fundamental need for training and further education opportunities in the field of cultural management. However, the demand is less directed towards comprehensive training in cultural heritage management, but rather towards specific, mostly practice-oriented topics and aspects thereof. In the day-to-day business of archaeology and heritage management, the focus is on the skills needed in areas such as project management and communication, as well as a basic understanding of political processes. Furthermore, there is a desire for
practice-oriented basics and documentation along with the development of best practices. There is, however, less demand for theoretical approaches at a basic level.
In view of the heterogeneous and dynamic range of existing training and further education opportunities on the one hand, and the very practice-focused needs of the offices and institutions surveyed on the other, it can be stated (at least among the institutions surveyed) that there is currently no need in
Switzerland for an explicit degree or postgraduate course in cultural heritage management. It is now necessary to clarify how the apparent demand for documentation and practical examples can be
met. To this end, one possibility would be to set up a nationwide information and exchange platform on cultural heritage management.
A publication of the present study is not planned. The present report will be filed in digital form with the Federal Office of Culture Section for Baukultur and with the Secretariats of the Conference of Swiss Cantonal Archaeologists KSKA and the Conference of Swiss Conservators of Built Heritage KSD. The identification with a DOI and storage in the BORIS repository of the University of Bern is planned, thus making it usable for the broader interested public.

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