Industrial Heritage: Regeneration or Preservation
This blog is part of my university assignment about global and cyber heritage, I have decided to look at the issue of industrial heritage and its preservation and if this can be combined with regeneration.
Industrial heritage gives us connection to our past and future in a way that more traditional forms of heritage cannot. Industrial heritage is the story of the people who made nations.
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Web 2 tools can be used to inform and educate a new generation, by using these tools you are reaching people who may not take the time to visit the site.
I can't see why not really. The question really is do the existing industrial heritage sites have the resources and commitment to properly utilise web 2.0 resources?
I think a key way in which these resources could be used is to re-create the sense of community that existed within large industrial spaces.
There could be issues with barriers of technology and age, and the desire to interact/re-engage with these times, but if these can be surpassed then the use of these resources could engage both those who experienced these sites at the time and the wider and younger community around these sites.
Social networking sites would be better used for creating open discussions where people could contribute and ask any questions they have about heritage in general. Through using a site as a forum for others to communicate and discuss their thoughts, it would require less time spent maintaining by the industrial heritage sites.
The internet can be used as a great tool for discustion and investigation of a number of subjects and this shouldn't be any different for industrial heritage. Weather or not social networking sites could be used to aid this it may be difficult to get the correct type of intrest and points of view required this subject.
Nobody can ignore the influence of the internet nowadays, therefore why ignore it? It should be seen as being as important if not more so in generating interest and support for industrial heritage particularly within the younger genereation who may normally skip this subject.
Yes. But the sites have to maintained and kept up to date with constant new information and points of interest. Especially the younger people have a short attention span and need to be engaged. A poor website can work against the venue rather than for it.
That depends upon who your target audience is. Many people, like myself, have a keen interest in the Nation's Heritage but may not readily subscribe to the Internet, or have a desire to join social networking sites.
Yes, but you mustn’t see these tools a ‘silver bullet’ to fix all ills. They’re just one thing which can be used as part of a promotional campaign. When you’re a keen user of these sites, it’s easy to assume that everyone uses them like you do – they don’t!
Yes, I think they'd be useful but as two previous posters said - not everyone uses them. But they're good for creating discussions and they perhaps would get some attention from a generation who have no idea what some of these industries even were.
Why bother......In a world of subject degradation and a gap ever-widening between the richer and poorer countries, what benefit can either facebook, twitter and other web 2.0 communication platforms offer outside of localised glorification.
Yes. Especially if people who have worked at the site can be encouraged to participate
ReplyDeleteWeb 2 tools can be used to inform and educate a new generation, by using these tools you are reaching people who may not take the time to visit the site.
ReplyDeleteI can't see why not really. The question really is do the existing industrial heritage sites have the resources and commitment to properly utilise web 2.0 resources?
ReplyDeleteI think a key way in which these resources could be used is to re-create the sense of community that existed within large industrial spaces.
ReplyDeleteThere could be issues with barriers of technology and age, and the desire to interact/re-engage with these times, but if these can be surpassed then the use of these resources could engage both those who experienced these sites at the time and the wider and younger community around these sites.
Yes. Especially as these sites are now attracting a far broader age range of users.
ReplyDeleteSocial networking sites would be better used for creating open discussions where people could contribute and ask any questions they have about heritage in general. Through using a site as a forum for others to communicate and discuss their thoughts, it would require less time spent maintaining by the industrial heritage sites.
ReplyDeleteThe internet can be used as a great tool for discustion and investigation of a number of subjects and this shouldn't be any different for industrial heritage. Weather or not social networking sites could be used to aid this it may be difficult to get the correct type of intrest and points of view required this subject.
ReplyDeleteNobody can ignore the influence of the internet nowadays, therefore why ignore it? It should be seen as being as important if not more so in generating interest and support for industrial heritage particularly within the younger genereation who may normally skip this subject.
ReplyDeleteIf Facebook can mount a campaign to have Betty White host Saturday Night live then the obvious answer is "yes" - particularly with a younger audience
ReplyDeleteYes. But the sites have to maintained and kept up to date with constant new information and points of interest. Especially the younger people have a short attention span and need to be engaged. A poor website can work against the venue rather than for it.
ReplyDeleteThat depends upon who your target audience is. Many people, like myself, have a keen interest in the Nation's Heritage but may not readily subscribe to the Internet, or have a desire to join social networking sites.
ReplyDeleteYes, but you mustn’t see these tools a ‘silver bullet’ to fix all ills. They’re just one thing which can be used as part of a promotional campaign. When you’re a keen user of these sites, it’s easy to assume that everyone uses them like you do – they don’t!
ReplyDeleteYes, I think they'd be useful but as two previous posters said - not everyone uses them. But they're good for creating discussions and they perhaps would get some attention from a generation who have no idea what some of these industries even were.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely! However, the sites cannot be created and then just left, they need to be updated to keep the interest of the younger "lost generation"
ReplyDeleteI am sure it can contribute as part of a broader and whole strategy as it will reach those that may not be accessed by more conventional means.
ReplyDeleteWhy bother......In a world of subject degradation and a gap ever-widening between the richer and poorer countries, what benefit can either facebook, twitter and other web 2.0 communication platforms offer outside of localised glorification.
ReplyDelete