Industry was at the origin of the European Coal and Steel Community, which laid the foundations for the integration of European states and peoples that gave rise to the European Union.
However, the European Industrial Heritage was, until recently, seen as an unwanted inheritance. Following the abandonment of many factories, mines and infrastructures linked to industrial territories, replaced by new and innovative techniques, the European institutions were faced with the need to develop policies that promote the valorisation of Europe’s industrial legacy.
In 2019, the Council of Europe certified the ERIH – European Route of Industrial Heritage. Europeana.eu provides a thematic repository dedicated to European Industrial Heritage, which currently has around 890,000 items.
Funding programmes for the areas of culture, heritage and creative industries have promoted the development of projects that promote the safeguarding and enhancement of Industrial Heritage in Europe.
This seminar aims to present two of these projects, currently being developed by the University of Évora and associated partners from our research centres.
Link do Zoom: https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/91999620474
