In the spirit of self-mockery? Labour heritage and identity in the Potteries

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ID5700940
AuthorsEmma Waterton (0000-0002-1861-4567, Western Sydney University, corresponding author)
Year2011
Volume17
Issue4
Pages344-363
Publication date2011-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Heritage Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1352-7258 • E-ISSN: 1470-3610
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13527258.2011.577967
OpenAlexW2152977744
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited45

This paper focuses upon the Potteries region in Staffordshire, UK and offers an examination of the ways in which people living there are actively and critically engaging with processes of identity and meaning-making. The overarching aim of the paper is to extend the analysis of labour history originally developed by Smith (2006 Smith, L. 2006. The uses of heritage, London: Routledge. [Crossref] , [Google Scholar]) in Uses of Heritage by examining the processes of identity and meaning-making at a range of museums/visitor centres. Like Smith’s work, the paper rests upon the analysis of one-to-one social surveys with visitors to the Gladstone Potteries Museum. The questions asked were designed to capture a range of responses regarding motivations for visiting, understandings of heritage, identity and memory work, audience interpretations and the validation and/or rejection of intended messages

Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Cultural heritage · Cultural heritage management · Industrial heritage · Media studies · Sociology · Visitor pattern · Visual arts · Computer Science · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Engineering · History · Museums and Cultural Heritage · Psychology

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