Hi All,
Re Patricks quote,
'Increasing emphasis on workers'communities, landscapes, and truly archaeological perspectives on industrial society has changed the face of IA in recent years. The view that it "has virtually nothing to do with the archaeology of everyday life" is thankfully out of date.'
When I wrote my book on Coal Mining in Lunesdale which is hopefully Industrial Archaeology meeting his and the modern research criteria. I fully intended to look at the whole picture, but I do not know if I have achieved this, althought several hundred copies have been sold, I have not had any 'learned' feed back at all. I did send out quite a number of review copies, including ones to the UK Industrial Archaeology Review, but I have not seen or recieved information of anyone in the IA profession making any sort of comments.
A second volume on the Lune Valley is on the blocks but I am still working in the dark.
Cheers Phil Hudson at
http://www.users.daelnet.co.uk/hudson-history/index.html
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From: Patrick E. Martin (Patrick Martin)
Sent: 07 June 1999 18:34
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Subject: Re: P-M Archaeology
>With the possible problem that "Industrial archaeology" is typically the
>study of industry and related areas - mostly (though admittedly by no
>means exclusively) urban ones - and is very building oriented.
>Conceptually
>the term "Industrial archaeology" as used in this country has virtually
>nothing to do with the archaeology of everyday life in non-industrial
>settings,
>and is thus a painfully inadequate term to deal with the full panoply of
>archaeological research post-dating, say, 1750.
>
>Alasdair Brooks
>Department of Archaeology
>University of York
>King's Manor
>York
>YO1 7EP
>England, UK
I think that you'll find contemporary industrial archaeology as practiced
in the UK much broader and more adequate if you take the opportunity to
look at recent publications, particularly the work of Marilyn Palmer and
Peter Neaverson, such as "Industrial Archaeology, Principles and Practice",
Routledge, 1998, any of David Crossley's work, and recent issues of the
Industrial Archaeology Review. Increasing emphasis on workers'
communities, landscapes, and truly archaeological perspectives on
industrial society has changed the face of IA in recent years. The view
that it "has virtually nothing to do with the archaeology of everyday life"
is thankfully out of date.
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