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Online Course

Antiquities Trafficking and Art Crime

University of Glasgow via FutureLearn

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Provider FutureLearn
Cost Free Online Course (Audit)
Session Finished
Language English
Certificate Paid Certificate Available
Effort 4 hours a week
Start Date
Duration 3 weeks long
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Overview

Learn how art is stolen, trafficked, found, and returned

From fakes and fraud, to thefts and trafficking, art crime has turned archaeological sites in Iraq and Syria into “lunar landscapes”, decapitated Buddha sculptures in Cambodia and left empty frames on museum walls. So how do we protect our heritage from theft, illegal sale, and destruction? Delve into the world of art crime and antiquities trafficking with this online course, and get answers from those fighting to save the world’s precious artefacts.

All learners are invited to this course. No prior knowledge is required.

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Donna Yates

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Pete O

by Pete completed this course, spending 2 hours a week on it and found the course difficulty to be very easy.

For me, this was a completely different subject area - and isn't this one of the great benefits of MOOCs - that we can taste the unknown, presented in structured ways by knowledgeable people?

It was engaging, with some remarkable images (one before and after looters image was particularly memorable). For me, it gave me some basic history, as well as an understanding of how business happens in the art and antiquities worlds, and just how crime happens.

It covered different categories, times, and geographical regions, which meant that the material was wide ranging, and at times felt a little light, but provided enough referenced material to be able to head off to read more when I wanted to.

If you are into geopolitics, anthropology, or just plan art, this is a great backgrounder course. If you are like me, inartistic and blind to that half of the world, this is an eye opener.