The topic of multi- and interdisciplinary research has been gaining traction in recent years. Studies of industrial archaeology and heritage have long utilised interdisciplinary methods and perspectives, being concerned with various kinds of evidence of industrial processes and legacies, both material and immaterial. In this session we explore the place and value of multi- and inter disciplinary practices within studies of industrial pasts and legacies. In this, we acknowledge the growing interest in these topics within other disciplines, such as economic and oral history, sociology, geography, environmental humanities, photography and art, amongst others.We seek to examine the current conditions of knowledge production, how new bodies of knowledge and practice are being formed, the shifts of power, and how they change us. Some questions that we seek to address are: What relationships are currently being forged and why, and in what ways do different perspectives coalesce or clash, and why? Does it matter what we call ourselves? How are multi- and inter disciplinary approaches being incorporated, while maintaining communication with a ‘home’ discipline? Are there any anxieties over politics, disciplinary histories, identity, funding, career paths, acceptance, and recognition? What are perceived as typical and unconventional forms of practice?
Organisers: Hilary Orange; Independent • Mike Nevell; University of Salford • Hanna Steyne; University of Manchester
14:00 | Session organisers | Introduction
14:10 | João Luís Sequeira, Universidade do Minho, Portugal | Humanizing industrial archaeology
14:30 | Hanna Steyne, University of Manchester | The industrialisation of Thames water management in the 19th century from many, multi- and inter-disciplinary perspectives
14:50 | Susan Lawrence, Archaeology, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia; Jude Macklin, Geography, Lincoln University, Lincoln, UK; Mark Macklin, Geography, Lincoln University, Lincoln, UK; Peter Davies, Archaeology, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia; Ian Rutherfurd, Geography, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia; Ewen Silvester, Environment, Ecology and Evolution, La Trobe University, Albury-Wodonga, Australia; James Grove, Geography, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia; Jodi Turnbull, Archaeology, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia | Rivers of gold: Mining legacies from the perspectives of archaeology, science and art
15:10 | Coralie Acheson, Arup | The Iron Bridge in mixed media: An artistic reflection on interdisciplinary research
15:30 | - | BREAK
16:00 | Ronan O'Donnell, Durham University | The archaeology of 20th century factory management: Four factories on the Team Valley Trading Estate
16:20 | Helen L Loney, University of Worcester; Andrew W Hoaen, University of Worcester | “Garbology” and the archaeology of industry: Field walking in the hinterlands of Royal Worcester Porcelain
16:40 | Hilary Orange, Independent; Mike Nevell, University of Salford; Hanna Steyne
, University of Manchester | Discussion
17:30 | - | END
