What is Heritage of Cruelty

Educating with, from, towards, and for heritage involves a revision of the teaching contents and the dominant traditional teaching methodology. The search for new strategies to work on heritage on the basis of relevant socio-environmental issues has led us to consider the convenience of a selection of heritage content not in terms of aesthetic or environmental values, but to arouse conflict or controversy in relation to heritage, either ideological, political, economic, environmental or by interaction among them. The aim of this selection is to equip the students with skills and abilities characteristic of critical thinking and contribute to the education of citizens committed to social participation and planetary sustainability. To this end, in the present work we intend to ground, categorise and exemplify the controversies that arise around heritage, its management and conservation or safeguard as a reference for social science teachers intending to work on heritage education from this perspective.