Post-Industrial Landscape Scars [electronic resource] /
Storm, A.author.
Post-industrial landscape scars are traces of 20th century utopian visions of society; they relate to fear and resistance expressed by popular movements and to relations between industrial workers and those in power. The metaphor of the scar pinpoints the inherent ambiguity of memory work by signifying both positive and negative experiences, as well as the contemporary challenges of living with these physical and mental marks. In this book, Anna Storm explores post-industrial landscape scars caused by nuclear power production, mining, and iron and steel industry in Malmberget, Kiruna, Barsebäck and Avesta in Sweden; Ignalina and Visaginas/Snie?kus in Lithuania/former Soviet Union; and Duisburg in the Ruhr district of Germany. The scars are shaped by time and geographical scale; they carry the vestiges of life and work, of community spirit and hope, of betrayed dreams and repressive hierarchical structures. What is critical, Storm concludes, is the search for a legitimate politics of memory. The meanings of the scars must be acknowledged. Past and present experiences must be shared in order shape new understandings of old places.
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Introduction; Temporality and Significance; Scars, Wounds, and Related Metaphors; Heritage and Scars; Post-Industrial Landscapes; Industrial Heritage; Localized Utopian Visions and Conflict Zones (the Places of the Book); Categories of Post-Industrial Landscape Scars; Chapter 2 Unstable Mountain; Rich Mountains of the North; An "Expendable Community"; The Town and the Company at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century; The Company Land and Local Heritage Processes; Kiruna on the Move
The Pit-Simultaneously "Feeding" and "Eating" the TownConcluding Remarks; Chapter 3 Distance of Fear; A Christmas Gift; Shaping Local and Regional Trust; Antinuclear Winds; A Danish View over the Sound; Chernobyl and a "Premature" Shutdown; The Spirit of Barsebäck; Closing Down; Significance and Future Use; Concluding Remarks; Chapter 4 Lost Utopia; The Plant and the Town; Soviet Nuclear Activities; Chernobyl; The Žemyna Club and Sajudis; Ignalina and Snieckus within New Borders; Improved Nuclear Safety and a Sacrifice to the West; Nuclear Fear and a Long-Lived Heritage of Radioactive Waste
Memory WorkConcluding Remarks; Chapter 5 Industrial Nature; Industrial Nature and the Ruhr District; Abandonment, Discovery, and Spectacle; Heritage and Nature in Coexistence or in Conflict?; An Alternative Beauty of the Post-Industrial Landscape?; A Possible Substitution Story; Concluding Remarks; Chapter 6 Enduring Spirit; A Place in the Forest, along the River; Early Heritage Recognition; The European Bison; The Spirit of the Company Town; A New Owner of the Old Industrial Area; A "Cultural Team of Workmen" and a Municipal Project; The New "Acropolis"; Shaping Local Views
The European Bison, Part TwoConcluding Remarks; Chapter 7 Prospective Scars Unfolding; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Post-industrial landscape scars are traces of 20th century utopian visions of society; they relate to fear and resistance expressed by popular movements and to relations between industrial workers and those in power. The metaphor of the scar pinpoints the inherent ambiguity of memory work by signifying both positive and negative experiences, as well as the contemporary challenges of living with these physical and mental marks. In this book, Anna Storm explores post-industrial landscape scars caused by nuclear power production, mining, and iron and steel industry in Malmberget, Kiruna, Barsebäck and Avesta in Sweden; Ignalina and Visaginas/Snie?kus in Lithuania/former Soviet Union; and Duisburg in the Ruhr district of Germany. The scars are shaped by time and geographical scale; they carry the vestiges of life and work, of community spirit and hope, of betrayed dreams and repressive hierarchical structures. What is critical, Storm concludes, is the search for a legitimate politics of memory. The meanings of the scars must be acknowledged. Past and present experiences must be shared in order shape new understandings of old places.
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European History.
Cultural History.
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