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James Gunn

Information & Knowledge Manager
Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd
Participe à 2 sessions

James started working at Scotland’s Dounreay nuclear site as a Scientific Trainee in 1978. He graduated with an honours degree in Chemistry from Edinburgh University and worked in the laboratories of both Dounreay and the neighbouring Vulcan Naval Reactor Test Establishment. Following various roles in project management and decommissioning strategy at Dounreay, James is currently the site’s Information and Knowledge Manager, which includes records management and heritage. The Dounreay heritage strategy was published in 2010 and he has managed the strategy’s implementation plan from this time. He has published conference papers about Dounreay’s heritage project and given presentations throughout the UK and Europe, including the TICCIH 2015 conference in Lille. Due to his industrial heritage experience he has recently been seconded to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority to act as its Heritage Officer in a part-time role alongside his work at Dounreay.

Sessions auxquelles James Gunn participe

Jeudi 1 Septembre, 2022

Fuseau horaire: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 heure 30 minutes

This session will bring together four specialists in the history of the production of oil and petroleum, natural gas, coal and nuclear energy, to debate the distinct as well as shared issues around the study and protection of their industrial heritage. The history of energy production is characterized by groundbreaking technological advances and achievements, enormous technological, social and environmental consequences, and the evolution of distinctive landscapes and communiti...

Sessions auxquelles James Gunn assiste

Lundi 29 Août, 2022

Fuseau horaire: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM | 30 minutes
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | 1 heure 30 minutes

During the Industrial Revolution coal was the most important energy source for both homes and industries. At the time, coal mining created strong regional industrial identities and mentalities, as well as industrial images and imaginaries in the eyes and minds of external observers. Such identities and ideas of coal would go on to shape industrial landscapes and communities.The papers presented in this session will investigate the social and economic changes that were triggered by t...

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 heure 30 minutes

During the Industrial Revolution coal was the most important energy source for both homes and industries. At the time, coal mining created strong regional industrial identities and mentalities, as well as industrial images and imaginaries in the eyes and minds of external observers. Such identities and ideas of coal would go on to shape industrial landscapes and communities.The papers presented in this session will investigate the social and economic changes that were triggered by t...

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 heure 30 minutes

During the Industrial Revolution coal was the most important energy source for both homes and industries. At the time, coal mining created strong regional industrial identities and mentalities, as well as industrial images and imaginaries in the eyes and minds of external observers. Such identities and ideas of coal would go on to shape industrial landscapes and communities.The papers presented in this session will investigate the social and economic changes that were triggered by t...

Mardi 30 Août, 2022

Fuseau horaire: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 heure 30 minutes

Cette session nous permettra d’explorer à travers neuf cas d’études internationaux les différentes stratégies de mise en valeur de patrimoines industriels ainsi que leurs impacts sur les communautés et leur territoire.  L’analyse de musées, d’espaces culturels, de parcours et d’aménagements urbains sera l’occasion de mettre en relief les questionnements d’identité, de sens, de pertinence et d’impacts qui animent l’ensemble des acteurs de ce patrimoine en transformation.  ...

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 heure 30 minutes

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 na...

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | 1 heure 30 minutes

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 na...

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | 1 heure 30 minutes

Cette session nous permettra d’explorer à travers neuf cas d’études internationaux les différentes stratégies de mise en valeur de patrimoines industriels ainsi que leurs impacts sur les communautés et leur territoire.  L’analyse de musées, d’espaces culturels, de parcours et d’aménagements urbains sera l’occasion de mettre en relief les questionnements d’identité, de sens, de pertinence et d’impacts qui animent l’ensemble des acteurs de ce patrimoine en transformation.  ...

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | 1 heure 30 minutes

During the Industrial Revolution coal was the most important energy source for both homes and industries. At the time, coal mining created strong regional industrial identities and mentalities, as well as industrial images and imaginaries in the eyes and minds of external observers. Such identities and ideas of coal would go on to shape industrial landscapes and communities.The papers presented in this session  investigate the s...