Overview
Description
Comparative and historical study of industrial technology, communities, and landscape in America and Europe through physical remains.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Spring - Odd Years
Terms
spring
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- outline the history of IA and industrial heritage organizations (e.g., HABS HAER, SIA, AIA, TICCIH).
- describe methods in IA such as archival research, site survey, excavation, artifact analysis, and documentation of material remains.
- identify the physical remains of historic industrial sites, processes, structures, and artifacts, (e.g., material remains of mining, aviation, bridges, mills and railroads).
- evaluate infrastructural systems and industrial remains for how they shed light on culture, society, and human agency.
- discuss Industrial Archaeology in the context of local, regional, national, and international heritage.
- interpret case studies in IA that discuss, for example, technological change, identity, class relations, industrial communities, and heritage disputes.
- develop skills in critical thinking, academic writing and research, and scholarly public speaking.