HUSK: Næste seminar i Smedens Rum foregår på Herning Museum den 13. marts (ændret dato). Tilmelding direkte til Martin Winther Olesen martin@herningmuseum.dk

Velkommen!

Publikationen af Smedes rum II og III går langsomt - men sikkert - fremad.

Vi mangler et par artikler, men de fleste fagfællebedømmelser er i hus, og flere forfattere har også sendt deres rettede artikler tilbage.

Vi satser på, at fagfællebedømmelsensdelen er overstået ved juletid, og at vi kan gå i gang med at redigere i løbet af januar.

Peter Mik og Xenia

Råstoffer, affald og anlæg: hvad ved vi om jernudvinding på den sjællandske ø-gruppe?

Indtryk fra workshop på Københavns Universitet 2. november 2012

Råstoffer, affald og anlæg: hvad ved vi om jernudvinding på den sjællandske ø-gruppe? 

 

 

 

Workshoppens formål var - gennem udveksling af viden og erfaring - at få overblik og gøre status inden for et afgrænset geografisk område. Grundlaget er en forudgående research, som nogle museer allerede blev præsenteret for i 2009, da Smedens Rum stillede spørgsmål som: Er museet stødt på områder med naturligt forekommende myremalm? Er forekomsterne centreret i bestemte landskaber? Er der foretaget analyser af myremalm, slagger eller af jerngenstande i museets område?

På workshoppen var der sat tid af til at se på slagger og myremalm.
 

 

Program

10:15 Henriette Lyngstrøm, Smedens Rum: Velkomst

10:30 Helle Serup, Dansk Jagt- og Skovbrugsmuseum: Trækulssvidning
11:00 Nicolai Bentsen, cand.scient.: Når myremalm gendannes
 
12:30 Trine Borake, Sydvestsjællands Museum
12:45 Ida Bull & Rasmus Christensen, Københavns Universitet
13:00 Kjartan Langsted, Gilleleje Museum
 
14:15 Mette Palm, Hørsholm Museum
14:30 Susan Pallesen, Kroppedal Museum
14:45 Niels Wickman, Holbæk Museum
15:00 Kasper Wurr Stjernqvist, Næstved Museum
15:15 Katrine Kølle Hansen, Museum Lolland-Falster

 15:30 Afslutning og nye perspektiver

 

 

Anlæg med slagger og brændt ler i Åkilde ved Ågerup

Det rektangulære anlæg med slagger. Det er kantet med brændt ler (ca. 2,3 x 0,9)

Kanten af brændt ler

Anlægget fundet nær den meget lange palisade ved Ledøje/Ågerup



Kroppedal Museum udgraver i oktober et spændende anlæg med slagger fra jernhåndtering og med brændt ler, hvoraf dele kan optages som "klodser". Anlægget er fundet tæt på Stuvehøj nær Ledøje og Ågerup og der er naturlige forekomster af (mørk) myremalm tæt ved.

Gruben i Stude -

Så er BA-projektet om den store grube i Stude begyndt. Ida og Rasmus arbejder med slaggerne i laboratoriet på SAXO-instituttet og ser frem til at fortælle om de foreløbige resultater på workshoppen den 2. november.

Hjemmesiden opdateret!

Så er hjemmesiden opdateret efter vores sommer-pause. Læg mærke til, at vi nu har fået knyttet et par BA-projekt-skrivende studerende til: Ida og Rasmus. De arbejder med anlægget fra Sydvestsjællandsmuseum. Se også de to nye artikler, der er kommet link til.
Næste opdatering er 1. september hvor vi håber at have nyt om efterårets to seminarer!

Rust, Regeneration and Romance: Iron and Steel Landscapes and Cultures

International Conference Announcement and Call for Papers

Ironbridge International Institute for Cultural Heritage, University of Birmingham and The Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust

Rust, Regeneration and Romance: Iron and Steel Landscapes and Cultures

10-14 July 2013, Ironbridge, UK

For centuries iron and steel have been the fundamental building blocks of modernity. These metals and the technologies, societies and cultures surrounding them have revolutionised the lives of billions of people. From the earliest functional usage of iron in domestic life, to decorative cast iron, from weapons to knives and forks and from the use of high tensile steels in buildings around the world to the stainless steels of space exploration, the transformative power of iron and steel is undeniable. This capacity to transform extends to the landscapes and cultures which have themselves been transformed through the mining, production, processing and consumption of iron and steel. As China and India race to modernise their economies with imported iron and steel, many cities across Europe and North America are still struggling with the decline in production and manufacture. In many parts of Europe former centres of iron and steel production have undergone regeneration and now form part of the tourism economy. Rust has gained currency as part of industrial heritage. Still, in many parts of the developing world, ideas of heritage lie very much in the future, as communities continue to work in the mining of iron ore and the production and fabrication of steel.

This conference seeks to engage in an open multi-disciplinary analysis of iron and steel landscapes and cultures, from the ancient to the modern. It looks toward the legacies of both production and consumption and how these metals have influenced all aspects of social life. We wish to explore the relationships that communities, regions, nations share with iron and steel through its functional use, creative and artistic use and its symbolic use. Indicative questions the conference will address are: How are economies and societies transformed by the extraction and processing of iron? How does the environmental impact and legacy of iron and steel sites shape social and political life? How do governments and communities deal with both the expansion and decline of the iron and steel industries? What are the forms and formats of regeneration for iron and steel landscapes and communities?  To what extent are global communities connected through iron and steel, economically and culturally? How have the landscapes and cultures of iron and steel found expression through various art forms? How are these landscapes managed and understood?

The conference welcomes academics from the widest range of disciplines and wishes to act as a forum for exchange between the sciences, social sciences and the humanities. The conference will draw from anthropology, archaeology, art history, architecture, engineering, ethnology, heritage studies, history, geography, landscape studies, linguistics, metallurgy, museum studies, sociology, tourism studies etc. The conference will take place at the Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Site.

Indicative themes of interest to the conference include:

 •            Understanding iron and steel landscapes – historic and contemporary perspectives

•             Human – technology relationships

•             Challenges in the presentation and interpretation of iron and steel heritage

•             Touring and tourism in iron and steel landscapes

•             Histories and ethnographies of iron and steel communities - labour relations and working environments

•             Architectural tropes surrounding mining and fabrication

•             Representations of iron and steel cultures in the ‘popular’ media

•             The ‘cultural industries’ (arts, sport, tourism, etc.) in the regeneration of iron and steel communities

•             Languages of steel cities – dialects and territories

•             Symbolic economies of iron and steel - iconography, art and design

Abstracts of 300 words with a clear title should be sent as soon as possible but no later than January 31st 2013 to ironbridge@contacts.bham.ac.uk<mailto:ironbridge@contacts.bham.ac.uk>.

Please be sure to include your full contact details.

Information will be updated on the website http://ironandsteel2013.wordpress.com/.