Remember Where You Came From
| dc.contributor.author | Tsolakos, Dylan Ray | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-06-14T20:31:51Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-06-14T20:31:51Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
| dc.description | 117 pages | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The goal of this book is to demystify historic preservation for communities interested in potentially designating their own historic industrial sites. It will also benefit those interested in industrial history, and historic preservation professionals. The companion booklet does a deep dive into historic preservation terminology, framework, and funding options for reference. Topics include the use of historic preservation terminology, the invention of United States heritage and the historical perceptions of the working class, historic significance and industrial landscapes, the history of graffiti and how it ties into industrial preservation, and an economic resources guide. This user-friendly format allows readers to refer to the history, theory, and definitions; focus on the policies and solutions; or utilize any combination the reader finds most useful. The examples demonstrated are meant to showcase tangible strategies and the problem-solving methods used by different institutions, with a focus on how they personally decided to develop and interpret their own industrial heritage with public use of the site in mind. Often, comprehending the designation of historic sites can be limited by academic and institutional rules, regulations, and shop talk. Despite the process of nominating historic sites being open to the public, knowledge regarding the information and resources contained in this book is too often unknown, creating an unbalanced representation of the diversity of communities. Therefore, the systems of historic interpretation, historic preservation legal framework, and development will be explored in the companion book. Transparency and education about methods are important for each communities’ ability to use the information provided in this book to decentralize knowledge from the hands of “experts” and to provide an intro to the knowledge and tools for people to share their own histories and make their own community decisions. I hope that further representation of industrial communities’ histories empowers those communities and aids in sharing their complete history. Challenges come with compressing an incredibly complex topic and that will result in gaps of information. There are so many more sites, towns, and people impacted by the industrial past. There is always room for improvement and hopefully this will just be the first edition of this title, augmented by future communities, authors, contributors, resources, research, and interpretations. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1794/29518 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | University of Oregon | en_US |
| dc.rights | Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0-US | en_US |
| dc.subject | multi-disciplinary collaboration | en_US |
| dc.subject | U.S. Heritage | en_US |
| dc.subject | historic preservation | en_US |
| dc.subject | industrial landscapes | en_US |
| dc.title | Remember Where You Came From | en_US |
| dc.type | Terminal Project | en_US |