1st shift – LABOUR/CONTRACT
INDUSTRIAL LANDSCAPE
Some industries grew around cities where workers and transport were based, others grew in remote places closer to raw materials and energy and leading to new villages. Which industries are building new cities today, can you name one in Europe?
20. View of the houses and support infrastructures for HICA workers. HICA (Cávado river hydroelectric plant). 1945-1964. Teófilo Rego Archive, Casa da Imagem – Manuel Leão Foundation, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal.
A mountain, a road, some landslides show how the site of industrial extraction of raw materials may seem rural and bucolic. Is this a natural or a man-made landscape?
21. View of the roads through the mountain. HICA (Cávado river hydroelectric plant). 1945-1964. Teófilo Rego Archive, Casa da Imagem – Manuel Leão Foundation, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal.
Industrial landscapes are all those marked by processes inherent to one or more industrial activities. It is a privileged setting for observing the transformations brought about by mankind. There is ample evidence of natural resources’ exploitation in Europe, ranging from the pre-industrial period to the digital revolution. By analysing this territory, it is possible to understand how the different cycles of industrialisation occurred in different countries. In case these industries are still active, the observations of landscape changes allow us to understand, for example, how these industries adapted their assembly line to the plan to reach the Climate Goal in 2030 defined by the EU. In case these industries are no longer active, the landscape study allows us to understand the readaptation politics of a sustainable post-industrial space.
The Alpine Industrial Landscapes (AILs) project aims to generate significant knowledge about AILs and to develop and test sustainable transformation strategies applicable and replicable in the whole Alpine space. A multidisciplinary, and transnational team collects first-hand accounts of the Alpine identity of the villages, the history and memory of the industrial past, the cultural traumas brought about by the disappearance of the golden age of industry and the transitions taking place, and the imaginaries and aspirations for the future.Industrial landscapes are all those marked by processes inherent to one or more industrial activities. It is a privileged setting for observing the transformations brought about by mankind. There is ample evidence of natural resources’ exploitation in Europe, ranging from the pre-industrial period to the digital revolution. By analysing this territory, it is possible to understand how the different cycles of industrialisation occurred in different countries. In case these industries are still active, the observations of landscape changes allow us to understand, for example, how these industries adapted their assembly line to the plan to reach the Climate Goal in 2030 defined by the EU. In case these industries are no longer active, the landscape study allows us to understand the readaptation politics of a sustainable post-industrial space.
The Alpine Industrial Landscapes (AILs) project aims to generate significant knowledge about AILs and to develop and test sustainable transformation strategies applicable and replicable in the whole Alpine space. A multidisciplinary, and transnational team collects first-hand accounts of the Alpine identity of the villages, the history and memory of the industrial past, the cultural traumas brought about by the disappearance of the golden age of industry and the transitions taking place, and the imaginaries and aspirations for the future.