Hello All!

I just wanted to make everyone aware of an upcoming book on industrial
heritage and archaeology, *Reanimating Industrial Spaces *(Left Coast Press
/ September 2014)*,* that might be of interest to some on our list.

I also wanted to spread the word about the Kickstarter campaign begun by
volume editor Hilary Orange to help fund the extra illustrations that we
would like to include in the book.

Please take a look at Hilary's forwarded message below to learn more about
the volume and the campaign.

Thanks much,
Sam

Dr. Sam Sweitz
Associate Professor of Anthropology and Archaeology
Department of Social Sciences
Michigan Technological University
1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton, MI  49931
Phone: (906) 487-1476



---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Hilary Orange <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 6:00 PM
Subject: Lanuch of a Kickstarter campaign - Reanimating Industrial Spaces
To: [log in to unmask]


Hello everyone,

An hour ago, or thereabouts, I threw myself into the world of crowd funding
by launching my first ever Kickstarter campaign. This is to raise
part-funding for illustrations for an edited book on post-industrial sites
& memory. The book 'Reanimating Industrial Spaces: Conducting memory-work
in post-industrial societies' is due to be published by Left Coast Press in
September 2014. You might remember that I ran sessions on this theme at TAG
(2009, with Sefryn) and EAA (2010, with Emily).

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1172412771/illustrate-book-reanimating-industrial-spaces

You may be wondering why I'm looking for funding. Well, Left Coast Press
normally print around 40 images per edited volume. Reanimating will include
around 90 images including 30 colour plates. The  publisher has asked for a
subvention of £1500 to use a different press for the colour printing. £1100
of the £1500 needed has already been raised. Just £400 to go!

I've  been inspired by a number of books to push for a richly illustrated
volume. "A Fearsome Heritage" by John Schofield and Wayne Cocroft; Steven
High and David Lewis' "Corporate Wasteland: The Landscape and Memory of
Deindustrialization"; and, of course, "Persistent Memories: Pyramiden - A
Soviet Mining Town in the High Arctic" by Hein Bjerk, Bjorar Olsen and Elin
Andreassen. Plus, the contributors to the volume have taken some wonderful
photographs which I feel deserve care and attention.

Hope that you will take a look at the Kickstarter and consider backing the
book or sharing the link. I'm very grateful for any support. 3 people have
so far bravely stepped out onto the Crowd funding dancefloor and in an hour
over £70 has been pledged which is brilliant!

Thanks everyone!


Hilary



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