Deindustrialization

Brownfield / friche industrielle/ Industriebrache / Area dismessa
2020-12-11 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York)
Chairperson: Lachlan MacKinnon
Other Presenters: Jana Golombek, James Rhodes, Steven High, Keith Gildart , Sean O’Connell, Andrew Perchard.
By examining the meaning and significance of “brownfield” in different national contexts we will consider the territorial stigmatization of industrial lands but also the ways that residential areas get stigmatized by industry and its loss. Popular culture will also be considered.

Note that the recording does not include the discussion and question period at the end.

Ruination / Verfall / Rovine / ruine et perte
2020-11-13 10:00 - 12:00
Chairperson: Alice Mah
Other Presenters: Arthur McIvor, Roberta Garruccio, Fred Burrill, Rebecca Dolgoy, and Olaf Schmidt-Rutsch
Fundamentally, deindustrialization is a process of physical and social ruination as well as part of a wider political project that leaves working-class communities impoverished and demoralized. This workshop will examine the concept of ruination in different national contexts, what it offers deindustrialization studies, and other intersecting concepts that are used in its place.

Note that the recording does not include the discussion and question period at the end.

Deindustrialization / Deindustrializzazione / Désindustrialisation / Deindustrialisation / Deindustrialisierung
2020-10-16 10:00 - 12:00
Chairperson: Gilda Zazzara
Other Presenters: Tim Strangleman, Xavier Vigna, Stefan Berger, Jackie Clarke, Dimitry Anastakis, Steven High.
This workshop considers the emergence of deindustrialization as a core concept in academic scholarship and more widely in different national contexts, its evolving politics, and other adjacent or intersecting concepts such as the German idea of Strukturwandel.

Note that the recording does not include the discussion and question period at the end.
