Whither Industrial Archeology
 
A special conference on the current state of practice in the field
of industrial archeology and on future directions for the
discipline will be held at Lowell, Massachusetts, November 12-14,
1998.  Jointly sponsored by the Society for Industrial Archeology,
Lowell National Historic Park, and the Historic American
Engineering Record, the conference will feature a series of
commissioned presentations by some of the foremost practitioners of
industrial archeology (IA) in the United States, Canada, and
Europe.  Topics will include critical reflections on the past
quarter-century of practice, public agencies and IA, theory and
interpretation in IA, education in IA, and new directions for IA.
Those attending the conference will be encouraged to participate in
special "break-out" discussion groups to evaluate various issues
stemming from the formal presentations.  Publication of the papers
and commentary from the "break-out" sessions is anticipated after
the conference.  The conference promises to provoke serious
discussion about the contributions of industrial archeology to
scholarship in other disciplines and about future prospects for the
field.  For more information, contact: Gray Fitzsimons, Park
Historian, Lowell National Historic Park, 67 Kirk Street, Lowell,
MA 01852-1029, phone: 978-275-1724, fax: 978-275-1762, e-mail:
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Patrick E. Martin, Associate Professor of Archaeology
Director of Graduate Studies in Industrial Archaeology
Editor of IA, Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology
Department of Social Sciences, Michigan Technological University
1400 Townsend Drive, Houghton, Michigan 49931-1295 USA
Telephone (906) 487-2070   Fax  (906) 487-2468   Internet  [log in to unmask]
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