News
News from STICK and other related items of interest in the Transport and Industrial heritage world.
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Our Blog
STICK now has a blog at http://stickssn.blogspot.com/.
What is a blog? A blog is a frequent, chronological publication of new, thoughts and Web links in a format that allows readers to subscribe to the information so it comes to them.
The STICK blog will be used to share news about our projects, resources to help make the most of your transport and industrial collections and other items of interest.
Latest news from the STICK blog:
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Old Tools New Uses Master Catalogue
The Master Catalogue is now available as complete resource for download and use. As well as the catalogue, our subject specialist David Woodcock has also produced guidance documents to help curators identify and describe the hand tools, typewriters and sewing machines in their collections.
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Archaeological Archives at the Museums Association Conference
Issues relating to the deposition of archaeological archives with museums are complex. The priorities and concerns of archaeological units, planning authorities and museums are different and potentially conflicting. However, all parties generally have the same overall aim: the long-term protection of cultural heritage.
A session is being proposed at the forthcoming Museums Association conference in Brighton (3rd-4th October 2011) to explore these complex issues. The session would take the form of a panel discussion of the topic.
If you would be interested in being involved in this discussion, please get in touch with Rob Symmons at coafish@sussexpast.co.uk. This is an excellent way to raise the profile of archaeological deposition in the wider museum community.
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ICOHTEC Symposium - Consumer Choice and Technology in Glasgow, Scotland on 2-7 August 2011
The deadline for submitting presentation proposals has been extended to Tuesday 15 February 2011. The link to the electronic proposal submission form can be found here.
The 38th ICOHTEC Symposium will be held in Glasgow on 2-7 August 2011. The main theme of the meeting will be "Consumer Choice and Technology". The aim is to examine the interaction of technology and consumer behaviour in a historical perspective; especially to focus on factors steering consumption and how consumers by their choices have influenced in technological development in the past. A transition from agrarian society to consumer society was one of the epochmaking phases in human history that can be studied from various aspects and contexts. You can download the CfP here.
ICOHTEC welcomes individual paper and poster proposals as well as the submissions of compact and coherent sessions to this pathbreaking symposium. The symposium programme will include scientific and plenary sessions, poster presentations, ICOHTEC's business meetings and general assembly, excursions, social events such as receptions and a formal banquet, and pre- and post-conference trips. The premises of the University of Glasgow will serve as venues for this meeting.
For further information about the conference and ICOHTEC, please, visit at http://www.icohtec.org/ and the website of the Local Organising Committee at http://www.gla.ac.uk/events/icohtec2011/
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Scottish Industrial Heritage Day
As a result of feedback from the STICK Annual Conference held earlier this year, the STICK Steering Group had taken forward the idea of an annual nataion Scottish Industrial Heritage Day. We are putting together a follow up survey to gather your thoughts on the subject and it will be available here soon.
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Govan Workspace Vacancies at Fairfield Shipyard
Govan Workspace is currently recruiting for two positions at the former Fairfield shipyard offices. They are a Construction Project Manager and a Heritage Development Officer. More details are available on this website and in this document.
This is the project to rescue and refurbish one of Govan’s most iconic buildings, the Fairfield building, which served as the main offices for Govan’s shipyard for more than 100 years. The building had been lying derelict since 2001 and was on Scotland’s buildings at risk register. Now the project by Govan Workspace will create a business and heritage space.
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Scottish Oral History Training
The Scottish Oral History Centre runs regular training courses on oral history. The next introductory training seminar is due to take place on Friday 21 January 2011 from 9.30 to 4.30pm.
They also run regular workshops which might be of interest as previous workshops have included 'Life in the Scottish Iron and Steel Industry: Workers' Recollections'.
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Can you identify the trade depicted in this panel?
The former Burgh Halls and fromer police station complex at the heart of Maryhill, Glasgow was built in 1878 and the subject of an ambitious regeneration project. The building's architectural appeal and historic merit is further enhanced by a unique series of twenty stained glass panels depicting the trades and industries of Maryhill in the late 19th century.
Designed and manufactured by Stephen Adam, the panels are being re-introduced to the building after many years in storage with Glasgow Museums. Modern glass is also being created to be displayed alongside the 19th century panels. For more information go to www.maryhillburghhalls.org.uk.
One of the panels is proving to be a conundrum and as little original archive survives regarding the commission of the panels it is unclear what trade or industry it represents.
The image on the right shows the glass panel in question. If you have any idea of what this chap might be doing, please contact Gordon Barr, Heritage Development Officer, Maryhill Burgh Halls Trust, Glasgow at gbarr@mbht.org.uk
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The conference will include the following themes:
· Histories and ethnographies of former mining communities
· Issues of preserving and managing mining heritage sites
· Mining for tourists – visitor experiences of mining heritage
· Interpreting and representing former mining activity
· Legacies and linkages with the contemporary mining sector
· Mining labour - mobilities and mining diaspora
· Memory, identity and belonging in former mining communities
· The languages of mining communities
Further details are available here, including how to submit an abstract if you are interesting in speaking at the conference.
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Scottish Industrial Heritage Day, have your say.
As a result of feedback from the STICK Annual Conference held at Kelvingrove Museum, Glasgow on the 16th October 2010, the STICK Steering Group has resolved to take forward the proposal of an annual national Scottish Industrial Heritage Day.
To that end, an online survey has been designed to gather your thoughts on the subject. The survey has been designed to be short in order to encourage maximum participation. The survey completion deadline is the 20th December 2010 and the results will be circulated in early January 2011. This will allow for initial preparations to take place if the consensus is positive, and to allow discussion of the idea at the first STICK AGM in early Spring.
You can find the survey here.