Futures in the history of Deindustralization
Programma
13 Ottobre
ore 14-15
Welcome by Maura Grandi (Director of Museum of Industrial Heritage of Bologna) and Alessandro Cristofori (Italian Society of Labour History). Introduction by Eloisa Betti and the organizing team.
ore 15-16.30
Panel 1: Long Shots of Post-Industrial Temporalities (Chair: Liliosa Azara)
From Ploughs to Computers: Socialist Visions of a Post- Industrial Age
Martin Babička (University of Oxford)
Alternative Futures? Preliminary Ideas on the Italian Workers’ Movement between Deindustrialization and Environmentalism
Gilda Zazzara (University of Venice)
The Future of Deindustrialization – A Cultural Turn? The Future of Former Industrial Landscapes and Industrial Societies in Central Europe
Tibor Valuch (Ezterhazy Karoly University)
ore 17-18
Presentation of the project “Il lavoro e la memoria”, based on the collection of video-interviews of miners from Sulcis-Iglesiente, by liliosa Azara with the participation of Monica Grossi (Soprintendenza archivistica della Sardegna)
14 Ottobre
ore 10-12
Panel 2: Image politics, cultural politics and heritagization (chair: Stefan Moitra)
“The Ruhr – Heading For a New Future”: Pasts and Futures in Regional Image Politics
Helen Wagner (University of Erlangen-Nürnberg)
Negotiating a Future for Coal: the RAG AG and the Creation of the Zollverein World Heritage Site
Gertjan Plets (Utrecht University) and Marin Kuijt (Leiden University)
Deindustrialization as Cultural Trauma: The Future of Mountain Industrial Ruins between Local and Global Imaginaries
Gianluca Lanfranchi (University of Bologna)
ore 12-13: lunch break
ore 13-15: Guided tour of the Museum of industrial heritage of Bologna
ore 15-17
Panel 3: Coming to terms with fears and hopes (chair: Francesca Sanna)
Middletown Revisited: Deindustrialization and Local Structures of Feeling in Muncie, Indiana (USA)
Patrick Collier and James J. Connolly (Ball State University)
Dystopian Futures: Cultural Creation and Decline in Asturian Coalfields
Ruben Vega (University of Oviedo)
The Healing Power of Art: Future Strategies for Mending a Cleaved Ex-industrial Community
Lisa Taylor (Leeds Beckett University)
ore 17.15-18
Presentation of Bologna metalmeccani@ and screening of the short film “Noi siamo la Minganti” by Eloisa Betti, Carlo De Maria, Maura Grandi with the participation of Michele Bulgarelli (Fiom-Cgil Bologna).
15 ottobre
ore 10-12
Panel 4: Urban planning and Local strategies (chair: Christian Wicke)
The Factory Between Heritage and Production: Memories and Perspectives of an Incomplete Deindustrialization
Francesco Caiazzo (University of Bologna)
ore 12-12.30: closing discussion
ore 12.30-13.30: lunch break
ore 14-18
Industrial heritage guided tour across Bologna area organized by the Museum of Industrial Heritage of Bologna (in English)