Abstract
Deindustrialisation is rapidly recreating Britain's economic landscape. Heavy industry is being replaced by the built forms and landscapes needed by service industries. This paper introduces an archaeology of deindustrialisation as it occurs in the present. It examines the ways in which the Taylorist and Fordist auto-manufacturing landscapes that have defined their environments are being reshaped and commemorated.
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La desindustrialización está transformando rápidamente el panorama económico británico. La industria pesada está siendo sustituida por las construcciones y los paisajes que necesitan los sectores de servicio. En este trabajo se presenta una perspectiva arqueológica de la desindustrialización, tal y como ocurre en el presente. En él se analizan las formas en las que los métodos de fabricación de automóviles taylorista y fordista, que han definido sus entornos, están siendo transformados y conmemorados.
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La désindustrialisation crée rapidement un nouveau cadre économique en grande Bretagne. L’industrie lourde est remplacée par des formes développées et un environnement nécessaires pour les industries des services. Cette étude présente l’archéologie de la désindustrialisation, telle qu’elle apparaît actuellement. Elle analyse les façons dont les sites de fabrication de voitures tayloristes et fordistes ont défini leurs environnements, sont restructurés et commémorés.
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My thanks are due to my supervisors, Dan Hicks and Chris Gosden; the organisers of the session in which this paper appeared, Brent Fortenberry and Adrian Myles; and to Jenny Craig, Hilary Orange, Perran Penrose and the two anonymous reviewers for valuable ideas and comments.
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Penrose, S. Recording Transition in Post-Industrial England: A Future Perfect View of Oxford’s Motopolis. Arch 6, 167–180 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11759-010-9126-8
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