Social housing and working class heritage: Track 15
Would you consider a dilapidated seventies tower block as heritage? In England,...
Would you consider a dilapidated seventies tower block as heritage? In England, some social housing developments have already been given listed status, a level of protection usually associated with castles, monasteries and stately homes. Others are considered as a failed experiment by an outmoded welfare state, fit only for demolition. In this album, we see working class residents of one such estate fighting for its survival. By doing so, they may be challenging some of our fundamental assumptions and preconceptions about heritage. The album also contains academic perspectives from Rodney Harrison, Lecturer in Heritage Studies at The Open University; and Alan Powers, Professor in Architecture and Cultural History at the University of Greenwich. This material forms part of The Open University Course AD281 Understanding global heritage. You can discover something of what it's like to study the course by using the downloadable 'activities' files to explore post-war housing and its conservation as part of the ‘canon’ of heritage, the ways in which decisions are made about which buildings are conserved as heritage and which are not, the relationship between heritage and a ‘sense of place', and heritage as a form of social and political action.
- Duration: 1 hour 30 mins
- Published on: Saturday 11th July 2009
- Intermediate Level
- Posted under: History & The Arts
Track 15: Activity -- Making the most of this album
Introducing the activities
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Tracks in this podcast:
| Track | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Social housing and working class heritage | An introduction to this album. Play now Social housing and working class heritage |
| 2 | Social housing: winners and losers | Iconic status or demolition? Social housing estates have had widely differing fates - which way will it go for the Carpenters' estate? Play now Social housing: winners and losers |
| 3 | Social housing: fighting for survival | Shows campaigning by the Carpenters estate and the Excalibur estate to save their homes from demolition. Play now Social housing: fighting for survival |
| 4 | Social housing: sense of place | Residents of the Carpenters estate talk movingly about what it is about the estate that is important to them. Play now Social housing: sense of place |
| 5 | Global heritage: course taster | A sample of some of the ideas and case studies covered in the course AD281 Understanding global heritage. Play now Global heritage: course taster |
| 6 | Winners and losers perspective: Rodney Harrison | Dr Rodney Harrison of The Open University talks about the ideas in the film. Play now Winners and losers perspective: Rodney Harrison |
| 7 | Winners and losers perspective: Alan Powers | Professor Alan Powers of Greenwich University talks about the ideas in the film. Play now Winners and losers perspective: Alan Powers |
| 8 | Fighting for survival perspective: Rodney Harrison | Dr Rodney Harrison of The Open University talks about the ideas in the film. Play now Fighting for survival perspective: Rodney Harrison |
| 9 | Fighting for survival perspective: Alan Powers | Professor Alan Powers of Greenwich University talks about the ideas in the film. Play now Fighting for survival perspective: Alan Powers |
| 10 | Sense of place perspective: Rodney Harrison | Dr Rodney Harrison of The Open University talks about the ideas in the film. Play now Sense of place perspective: Rodney Harrison |
| 11 | Sense of place perspective: Alan Powers | Professor Alan Powers of Greenwich University talks about the ideas in the film. Play now Sense of place perspective: Alan Powers |
| 12 | Studying global heritage | Dr Rodney Harrison talks about studying The Open University's Course AD281: Understanding global heritage. Play now Studying global heritage |
| 13 | Global heritage: case studies | Dr Rodney Harrison talks about the audio and video case studies that are integral to the course AD281: Understanding global heritage. Play now Global heritage: case studies |
| 14 | Critical heritage studies | Dr Rodney Harrison, course chair of the course AD281 Understanding global heritage, explains the concept of critical heritage studies. Play now Critical heritage studies |
| 15 | Activity -- Making the most of this album | Introducing the activities Play now Activity -- Making the most of this album |
| 16 | Activity -- Social housing: winners and losers | Activities relating to the winners and losers tracks Play now Activity -- Social housing: winners and losers |
| 17 | Activity -- Social housing: fighting for survival | Activities relating to the fighting for survival tracks Play now Activity -- Social housing: fighting for survival |
| 18 | Activity -- Social housing: sense of place | Activities relating to the sense of place tracks Play now Activity -- Social housing: sense of place |
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