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    ‘the melody that’s sweetly played in tune’ - the heritage ecologies of the Ardeer Peninsula, North Ayrshire, Scotland

    Mcfadyen, Lesley and Boyd, A. (2024) ‘the melody that’s sweetly played in tune’ - the heritage ecologies of the Ardeer Peninsula, North Ayrshire, Scotland. Landscape Research , ISSN 0142-6397.

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    Abstract

    This photo-essay explores the ways in which archaeology and photography work together and intervene in the world, to focus on landscapes that have been overlooked or actively ignored. It considers the site of a dynamite factory that was built by Alfred Nobel on the Ardeer Peninsula, Scotland, which has now been designated as brownfield. The prevailing narrative is of industrial progress followed by ruination; where institutional archives memorialise Alfred Nobel, the technology of dynamite manufacture, and the built environment whilst ignoring the lives of those that worked there. This narrative sits alongside the present landscape being viewed as derelict and in need of redevelopment; ignoring the fauna and flora that thrive there. We take an other-than-human approach and consider how multiple species and processes come together at Ardeer. A vibrant and lively landscape is brought to the fore in terms of an archaeology of factory workers and a heritage site as an ecology.

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    Item Type: Article
    Keyword(s) / Subject(s): heritage ecologies, archaeology, photography, other-than-human, patchiness, working landscapes, singing
    School: Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Historical Studies
    Research Centres and Institutes: Photography Research Centre, History and Theory of
    Depositing User: Lesley Mcfadyen
    Date Deposited: 19 Sep 2024 10:32
    Last Modified: 12 Nov 2024 18:24
    URI: https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/54275

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