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Dodging Nostalgia: filming and dealing with facts in industrial heritage sites
| dc.contributor.author | Sol, Hermínia | |
| dc.contributor.author | Luz, João | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-12-08T19:17:26Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-12-08T19:17:26Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-11-05 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2021-12-08T19:05:46Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | Documentary film is commonly seen and defined has a genre with social engagement ambitions. In fact, many directors and critics view it as a form of social history by giving central roles to individuals or communities that tend to be rendered invisible or voiceless by mainstream media. This perspective gains relevance when one considers films which deal with labour relations in manufacturing plants which, often, expose forms of psychological violence inflicted by those in power positions towards the underprivileged. Filmmakers such as Luc Decaster, Michael Moore as well as Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert, to mention but a few, have all worked on film narratives that explore the process of deindustrialization in their countries of origin. While exposing the complexity and disturbing effects of the dismantling of an industrial order, the adopted stance is one that refuses to glorify the outgoing paradigm. Inspired by the work of the aforementioned directors, the authors of this paper have ceased the opportunity to work on a film about the extinction of a paper producing industrial node in Tomar (Portugal) and on the repercussions for the region. During the course of filming, however, they felt the need to produce a theoretical reflection on the negotiating process adopted to reach a balance between the perspectives of elements of former managerial and technical staff. With that in mind, this proposal aims at sharing their musings as well as the difficulties found during the research and shooting periods to distance themselves from an industrial sublime nostalgic narrative that effaces the complexity of class conflicts, along with the violence of manually assembled work, by focusing on the grandeur of the buildings and of the machinery. Special emphasis will be placed on the difficulties of dodging a nostalgic industrial sublime narrative. Firstly, because this narrative is still very much ingrained in a prevailing industrial heritage protection discursive trend and, secondly, because it was a narrative shared by white and blue collar-workers alike. Hence, the sanitizing and violent features of the dominant nostalgic discourse will be analyzed by resorting to a work still in progress. | pt_PT |
| dc.description.sponsorship | The documentary Watermark is an integral part of the project PAPER TRAILS: Post-industrial histories, technical memories and art practices in Tomar which is being developed at the Instituto Politécnico de Tomar’s R&D Unit Technology, Restoration and Arts Enhancement Center (TECHN&ART). Its making is being supported by FCT. Funding reference: UIDB/05488/2020. | pt_PT |
| dc.description.version | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 978-625-7034-18-0 | |
| dc.identifier.slug | cv-prod-2628201 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/38213 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | pt_PT |
| dc.peerreviewed | yes | pt_PT |
| dc.publisher | DAKAM Eastern Mediterranean Academic Research Center | pt_PT |
| dc.relation | Technology, Restoration and Arts Enhancement Center | |
| dc.title | Dodging Nostalgia: filming and dealing with facts in industrial heritage sites | pt_PT |
| dc.type | conference object | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| oaire.awardTitle | Technology, Restoration and Arts Enhancement Center | |
| oaire.awardURI | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/6817 - DCRRNI ID/UIDB%2F05488%2F2020/PT | |
| oaire.citation.conferencePlace | Istanbul, Turkey | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.endPage | 137 | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 128 | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.title | DAKAM MEMORY STUDIES '21 / VI. International Interdisciplinary Conference on Memory and the Past | pt_PT |
| oaire.fundingStream | 6817 - DCRRNI ID | |
| person.familyName | Pimenta Ferreira Sol | |
| person.familyName | Luz | |
| person.givenName | Hermínia Maria | |
| person.givenName | João | |
| person.identifier.ciencia-id | 941B-7834-5C49 | |
| person.identifier.orcid | 0000-0002-9989-9057 | |
| person.identifier.orcid | 0000-0002-5846-8314 | |
| project.funder.identifier | http://doi.org/10.13039/501100001871 | |
| project.funder.name | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia | |
| rcaap.cv.cienciaid | 941B-7834-5C49 | Hermínia Maria Pimenta Ferreira Sol | |
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