Appel aux contributions: Désindustrialisation, nation, immigration : quelles réponses politiques ? / Deindustrialization, Nation, Immigration: What Political Responses?

New co-edited volume from DePOT affiliate María Esperanza Rock Núñez

Iniciando transformaciones: El patrimonio industrial como activo para el desarrollo regional. Miradas críticas desde y para el Sur global / Initiating Transformations Industrial Heritage as an Asset for Regional Development. Critical views from and for the global south

eds. María Esperanza Rock Núñez, Marion Steiner, Daniel Stewart & Andrés Torres González

Congratulations to DéPOT affiliate María Esperanza Rock Núñez and her co-editors on this new edited volume on industrial heritage in the Global South. The book, available in English and Spanish, can be downloaded here.

Here is a note from Esperanza on the book:

“The book titled Initiating Transformations Industrial Heritage as an Asset for Regional Development. Critical views from and for the global south offers a critical, interdisciplinary, and international perspective on the subject. This volume, imbued with a forward-looking vision, promotes collaboration and operationalizes respect through the recognition of differences.

Thanks to the collaboration between the Centro Cultural CREASUR (Chile) and the Núcleo de Investigación del Sur (NUDISUR), along with a prominent international network of partnerships such as TICCIH International and the financial support of the Government of the Biobío Region (Chile), a program was launched in 2023 that brought together the public sector, academia, regional artistic spheres, and communities to engage with the industrial heritage of the Biobío region, Chile.

The program assembled over 70 experts from around the world (including Indonesia, Egypt, Nigeria, India, Nepal, Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Cuba, Venezuela, Germany, France, Spain, and the United States) in Concepción, Chile, from October 16 to 20, 2023. Together, they reflected on diverse realities and discussed strategies for transforming industrial heritage from and for the Global South.

The event was complemented by the Arts in Ruins Festival and a training program in Collaborative Methodologies for Heritage Projects with a Critical Approach, sponsored by OTEC Cultura y Territorio (www.culturayterritorio.cl) and the Master’s Program in Architectural Heritage Intervention at the University of Chile.

The book is structured into four main chapters. The first chapter provides an introduction to the working method and emphasizes the importance of collaboration and networking. The second chapter documents the experiences and reflections from the “IV International and Interdisciplinary Cultural Heritage Congress on Industrial Heritage, Social Issues and Challenges for New Governance.” The third chapter features aspects of the Arts in Ruins Festival, highlighting how this artistic celebration enriched the congress and showcased the intangible heritage related to industrial heritage and its artistic narratives.

Finally, the fourth chapter addresses training in Collaborative Methodologies for Heritage Projects with a Critical Approach, offering valuable tools and perspectives for public administrators, cultural managers, and professionals from both the public and private sectors for effective heritage management.”

Version Español :

El libro titulado Iniciando transformaciones: El patrimonio industrial como activo para el desarrollo regional. Miradas críticas desde y para el sur global ofrece una perspectiva crítica, interdisciplinaria e internacional sobre el tema. Este volumen, impregnado de una visión de futuro, fomenta la colaboración y operacionaliza el respeto a través del reconocimiento de las diferencias.

Gracias a la colaboración entre el Centro Cultural CREASUR (Chile) y el Núcleo de Investigación del Sur (NUDISUR), junto con una destacada red internacional de alianzas, como TICCIH Internacional, y el financiamiento del Gobierno Regional del Biobío (Chile), en el año 2023 se llevó a cabo un programa que unió al sector público, la academia, las esferas artísticas regionales y las comunidades para activarse en torno al patrimonio industrial de la región del Biobío, Chile.

Este programa reunió a más de 70 expertos de todo el mundo (incluyendo Indonesia, Egipto, Nigeria, India, Nepal, Brasil, México, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Cuba, Venezuela, Alemania, Francia, España y Estados Unidos) en Concepción, Chile, entre el 16 al 20 de octubre 2023. En conjunto reflexionamos sobre las diversas realidades y luego se reflexionó sobre estrategias de transformación del patrimonio industrial desde y para el sur global.

El evento se complementó con el Festival de Artes en Ruinas y una significativa formación en Metodologías Colaborativas para Proyectos Patrimoniales con un Enfoque Crítico, patrocinada por OTEC Cultura y Territorio (www.culturayterritorio.cl) y el Magíster en Intervención del Patrimonio Arquitectónico de la Universidad de Chile.

El libro está estructurado en cuatro capítulos principales. El primer capítulo ofrece una introducción al método de trabajo y subraya la importancia de la colaboración y el trabajo en red. El segundo capítulo documenta las experiencias y reflexiones surgidas durante el “IV Congreso de Patrimonio Cultural Internacional e Interdisciplinario sobre Patrimonio Industrial, Cuestión Social y Desafíos para la Nueva Gobernanza”. El tercer capítulo presenta una parte del Festival de Artes en Ruinas, destacando cómo esta celebración artística enriqueció el congreso y puso en valor el patrimonio inmaterial relacionado con el patrimonio industrial y sus narrativas artísticas.

Finalmente, el cuarto capítulo aborda la formación en Metodologías Colaborativas para Proyectos Patrimoniales con Enfoque Crítico, proporcionando herramientas y perspectivas valiosas para administradores públicos, gestores culturales y profesionales del ámbito público y privado para una gestión efectiva del patrimonio.

The Artist-in-Residence program welcomes new talents!

Rémy Chhem

The End for Weirton Steel?

New DePOT Affiliate: Bharat Sundararajan

Read DePOT’s 2022-2023 Annual Report

Working-Class Knowledge(s) in the Academy: Theory, Practice and Method is looking for chapters from potential contributors!

DePOT Artist in Residence Program Open for Applications

Salaried Staff, Engineers and Middle Managers:  Are they the neglected workers of deindustrialization’s historians?

Welcome to DePOT’s five newest affiliates

The Politics of Industrial Closure Conference: Preliminary program and info package

The info package and preliminary program for DePOT’s 2023 conference is now available! You can read it here.

Registration for the conference is also open on Eventbrite.

If you have any questions or concerns, please email deindustrialization@concordia.ca.

Last updated: February 23, 2023 to correct a typo. To make sure that you’re consulting the most up-to-date version of the program, visit our conference page. 

Welcome Gabriela Julio Medel!

New Affiliates

Èlia Casals-Alsina

Gabrielle McLaren

Final Program for Transnationalizing Deindustrialization Studies Conference

The final program for the Transnationalizing Deindustrialization Studies conference this August 17-20 is now available! The program includes key information on our upcoming international conference, including schedules for public roundtables, regional industrial heritage tours, and a two-day academic conference.

Seana Irvine

Preliminary Program & Registration for Transnationalizing Deindustrialization Studies Conference now available

The preliminary program for DePOT’s Transnationalizing Deindustrialization Studies conference is now available. The inter-disciplinary conference will be taking place in the Ruhr in Germany from August 18-20.

Dr. Magdalena Novoa joins DePOT as a Co-Investigator

Dr. Novoa’s socially engaged scholarship focuses on the intersections of cultural heritage and social justice, industrial heritage and gender, and the politics of memory and grassroots organizing in Chile.

New Publication in the COHDS Inventory Series: United States Oral History Archives

The “US Oral History Interview Archival Inventory” compiles oral history interview collections related to deindustrialization in the United States. This report brings together collections from libraries, archives, museums, and educational institutions, and is intended to support research into the lived experiences of deindustrialization, as well as encouraging the use of existing oral history collections in future research.

Funded PhD scholarship at Swansea University

The Department of History, Heritage and Classics at Swansea University has just announced a fully-funded 3-year PhD fellowship for an incoming UK-based student studying deindustrialization. Click through for more information.

COHDS Inventory Series: UK Oral History Archives

We’ve just finished laying out the first of our published research reports! This one is an inventory of oral history interview archives located in the UK, put together by student affiliate James Ferns.

DePOT Annual Report 2020-2021 now available

The first Annual Report for Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Times has just been published. Click through to read it.

The DePOT podcast is now live!

We’re very pleased to announce that the first episode in our Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time podcast series, an intro to DePOT with Principal Investigator Dr. Steven High, is now live and ready for listeners.

CHAIRE

Canada Research Chair in Urban Heritage

Preliminary Program for 2022 Ruhr DePOT Conference Unveiled

We’re thrilled to release the preliminary program for DePOT’s 2022 Ruhr conference, ‘Transnationalizing Deindustrialization Studies,’ taking place May 12-14, 2022 in Bochum, Germany.

Postdoctoral Fellowship at Ruhr-Universität Bochum’s Institute for Social Movements

We are pleased to announce that applications are now open for a 6-month Postdoctoral Fellowship at Ruhr-Universität Bochum’s Institute for Social Movements in partnership with DePOT. The position is open to recent PhD graduates specializing in deindustrialization and/or industrial heritage.

Funded M.A. fellowship opportunities at Concordia and Dalhousie/UCB

We’re excited to announce three funded fellowships for incoming M.A. students just made available at Concordia, Dalhousie/Cape Breton University.

Welcome to our new co-applicant and partner organization

DePOT is pleased to welcome another new co-applicant and partner organization to our team: Dr. Hilary Orange and the Centre for Heritage Research and Training (CHART) at Swansea University.

Philip Rich 

Research Assistant

PhD opportunity at Queen’s University Belfast on Gender and Deindustrialization 

DePOT is thrilled to share a PhD opportunity working with Prof. Sean O’Connell based at Queen’s University Belfast in Northern Ireland.

Call for Papers – Transnationalizing Deindustrialization Studies and its Politics

This is the inaugural in-person conference of the “Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time (DePOT) partnership project, funded by Canada’s Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. We invite you to submit a proposal for a session, paper, workshop, or research-creation outcome. Local or regional studies are welcome too as long as they engage with wider horizons/debates.

Welcome to our new affiliates!

In the past few months we’ve welcomed 8 new affiliates to the project, who are joining us from France, the UK, Sweden, the US, and Canada.