Steiner, Marion: ‘Industrial Heritage From the South: Decolonial Approaches to the Social Construction of Heritage and Preservation Practices’. En: Tim Strangleman, Steven High, Sherry Linkon, Stefan Berger, Jackie Clarke, David Nattleingham (eds.): Routledge International Handbook on Deindustrialization Studies. Londres / Nueva York: Routledge (in print)
The book is being elaborated in connection with the transnational research project Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time (DéPOT), led by Steven High, Concordia University, Canada, and funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Canada, for seven years (2020-2017). The book will be published in English language and its peer reviewed manuscript was submitted to Routledge in July 2024.
Abstract. “Industrial Heritage” as a concept emerged in the 1970s and 80s in the Global North in the wake of the crises that deindustrialization provoked there at the time. Since then, theories and methods that developed from these specific contexts have been transferred to other world regions without much questioning of whether this was, and is, at all appropriate given the uneven experience of (de)industrialization and the distinctive social realities on the ground in each case. This chapter’s first part thus discusses fundamental convictions around Thinking Industrial Heritage from the South. The second part on Making Industrial Heritage from the Grounds presents three specific cases in Latin America and Asia highlighting the projects of five women who work and reflect on Postcolonial Heritage and Glocal Communities, Radical Nostalgia and Insurgent Heritage, Toxic Heritage, Healing and Global Networks of Care. Drawn together on the basis of active listening beyond language barriers, direct human exchange and immersion to the field, these situated and grounded experiences offer crucial conceptual and methodological suggestions for the on-going international industrial heritage debate. Ultimately, we aim to contribute to create decolonial futures and to critically remake global heritage organizations such as TICCIH and UNESCO.