Industry rediscovered: Technical knowledge as critical to understanding industrial sites in Eastern Canada II
It is widely accepted that understanding a historic place is a critical first step to guide subsequent management and conservation. Industrial sites present a number of challenges as understanding their form, function, design, boundaries, and conservation often requires a high degree of technical expertise and experience. In Canada, gaining this expertise and information sharing is hampered by a limited number of institutions offering training in industrial archaeology and the lack of a national professional and avocational organization. Additionally, legislation to protect and conserve heritage properties is inconsistent across the provinces and territories, and land-use planning will sometimes fail to appreciate the scale of industrial sites or their capacity for adaptive re-use. To address these challenges, this session will bring together industrial archaeologists and heritage planners from across eastern Canada to reflect on the importance of resource-specific technical knowledge, as well as best practice approaches for conserving and interpreting industrial heritage.
This session was originally proposed by Henry Cary
Sub Sessions
- The cultural significance of telecommunication heritage sites
- Speaker Maryam El Moumni
- 20 minutes | 11:30 AM -11:50 AM Part of: Industry rediscovered: Technical knowledge as critical to understanding industrial sites in Eastern Canada II
- Paper
- At the Intersection of memory loss and community creativity: The deindustrialization of the former railway workshops in Pointe St. Charles
- Speaker Andrew Elliott (Library and Archives Canada)
- 20 minutes | 12:00 PM -12:20 PM Part of: Industry rediscovered: Technical knowledge as critical to understanding industrial sites in Eastern Canada II
- Paper