ABSTRACT
The role of non-human creatures, whether terrestrial or aquatic, has been largely overlooked in studies of heritage. This case study of the salmon of the River Tyne in northeast England, and the artistic celebration of the fish’s post-industrial revival, broadens our understanding of the cultural heritage of waterscapes to include creaturely ingredients. It also examines the contestation of this biocultural ‘salmonscape’ by urban Tynesiders whose fluvial identities derive from signifiers of place provided by the former era of industrialism and manufacturing – specifically shipbuilding.
