The objects of the lectures tend to get basic informations and knowledge on industrial monument preservation and industrial archaeology. Special attention be meant for the history and the methods of industrial archaeology and the duties as well as the strategies of monument preservation when dealing with the industrial heritage.

The history of industrial revolution, the history of industrial monument preservation in Austria and in several European countries, the development of industrial archaeology to be established as a scientific field; definition of terms like 'technical monument' or 'industrial heritage' as well as 'industrial landscape'.

Core subject in the Module "Monument Preservation"

Introductional lecture (for previously registered students only!) on 06.03.2017, 5:00 p.m. at the Auditorium 11 (Main Building, Stairs 3, 2. floor)

Meetings every Wednesday, 1:00 p.m.

Start: 15.03.2017 (SEM 257, Main Building, Stairs 3, 2. floor)

William Jones: Dictionary of Industrial Archaeology, Sparkford (2nd ed.) 2006

Detlef Hopp (Hg.): Industrie. Archäologie. Essen. Industriearchäologie in Essen, Essen 2011

Hans-Peter Bärtschi: Industriekultur im Kanton Zürich. Vom Mittelalter bis heute, Zürich 1994