Tag: Partnerships
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Picking Up Threads or Spinning New Yarns? Presentation
I presented a paper (‘Picking Up Threads or Spinning New Yarns? Investigating the Uncanny in Industrial Communities’) at this year’s (2025) DVMWHS Research Workshop, in the Strutt Centre, Belper, today, summarising the IF project. For any who were unable to make it; and audience members who might find further perusal useful; I’ve provided the content…
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How to participate
*Webpage under development [last updated 16-04-24]* If living or working in old buildings; or visiting historic buildings, sites and monuments; in these areas, and interested in looking for traces of folk magic in the past, let IF know! Join the mailing list to receive information sent directly to your mailbox, and / or follow this…
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How Might We Investigate Industrial-era Ritual and Belief?
Future posts will go into more detail regarding how the project goes about looking for and analysing evidence for folk rites and beliefs. But for now, I’ve outlined a few of the tasks involved in project work. The About page mentions some of the sources examined alongside historic environments and material culture; so here, I’m…
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Project Study Areas
Developing previous and ongoing research, IF investigates relevant locations in and around the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site. This will involve investigating samples of domestic, industrial and commercial buildings, sites, monuments, landscapes, and other features and spaces, dating to the late 1700s – to mid-1800s; or earlier contexts with activity potentially dating to this…
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Public and Corporate Participation
As outlined in the Study Areas post, IF will investigate relevant locations in and around the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site: the cradle of modern industry. Research primarily focuses on two areas in the Georgian and early Victorian town of Derby – which lays claim to the first factory in the world; the nearby industrial…