II International Congress on Industrial Heritage - *Heritage, Museums and
Industrial Tourism: an opportunity for the 21st century.*
Catholic University – Foz Campus
Porto, 22-24th May 2014
Portugal

Industrial Heritage is a broad field of study that is growing in Portugal
and elsewhere. This Congress aims to contribute to its consolidation,
encouraging researchers to share their experiences, and to assess the state
of the art regarding practical application of the discipline’s concepts
and methodological principles, and of other related disciplines. The
presentation of practical work and methodological questions in the fields of
Heritage, Archaeology, Museology and Industrial Tourism, understood in a
wide array of situations and areas, is also proposed.

*General topics:*
1. Study, preservation and promotion of industrial heritage
2. Cultural landscapes of industrial heritage
3. Art and industrial heritage
4. Conservation and industrial heritage reuse
5. Industrial museums and conservation of technical and industrial
collections
6. Industrial and business archives
7. Education and training in industrial heritage
8. Legal protection of industrial heritage
9. Inventories and registration of industrial heritage
10. Theory and methodology of industrial heritage and its archaeology
11. Industrial tourism
12. Geological and Mining heritage: study, preservation and reuse


Researchers are invited to submit proposals and abstracts for oral or
poster presentations addressing the Congress theme or that are relevant to
other issues and subjects pertinent to our field.


Deadline for paper proposals submission: January 31, 2014


Visit the website at:
http://artes.porto.ucp.pt/II-Congresso-Internacional-Patrimonio-Industrial?





-- 
Leonor A. P. de Medeiros

*Industrial Heritage & Archaeology (PhD Student)*


*Department of Social SciencesMichigan Technological UniversityHoughton, MI
 USA *

Tel.: 906 487 14 65            Mob.: 906 370 23 29
skype: leonor_medeiros