ABSTRACT
‘Industrial Heritage’ as a concept emerged in the 1970s and 1980s in the Global North in the wake of the crises that deindustrialization provoked there at the time. Since then, theories and methods that developed from these specific contexts have been transferred to other world regions without much questioning of whether this was, and is, at all appropriate given the uneven experience of (de)industrialization and the distinctive social realities on the ground in each case. This chapter’s first section thus discusses fundamental convictions around Thinking Industrial Heritage from the South. The second section on Making Industrial Heritage from the Grounds presents three specific cases in Latin America and Asia highlighting the projects of five women who work and reflect on Postcolonial Heritage and Glocal Communities, Radical Nostalgia and Insurgent Heritage, Toxic Heritage, Healing and Global Networks of Care. Drawn together on the basis of active listening beyond language barriers, direct human exchange and immersion to the field, these situated and grounded experiences offer crucial conceptual and methodological suggestions for the ongoing international industrial heritage debate. Ultimately, we aim to contribute to create decolonial futures and to critically remake global heritage organizations such as TICCIH and UNESCO.
