Hi Iain,

Eleanor Conlin Casella and I have recently explored this issue in our edited
Springer volume Industrial Archaeology:New Directions. The volume argues for a
social archaeology of industrialization. A common theme in this volume is that
that the physical recording of machines and industrial processes is not
enough.

james



Quoting Iain Stuart <[log in to unmask]>:

> Industrial Archaeology vs. Industrial Heritage 
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> Anyone noticed how we are loosing industrial archaeology to the grab bag
> term “heritage”? Any idea why? 
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> I seem to recall that when it was discovered that industrial archaeologists
> were found to be doing history, archaeology, engineering etc it was deemed
> that it must be “heritage “ rather than “archaeology” But don’t historical
> archaeologist do much the same thing??
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> Is it important that we keep the term industrial archaeology?
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> Yours,
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