CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2016
| Author | Shamah, Michael Joseph |
|---|---|
| Title | Cultural Cherry-Picking: From Neglect to Equal Treatment, Value and Community Dissemination: A Case Study of Wallsend, North Tyneside, England |
| Summary | Local communities are often proud of their heritage but the reality is that often some "layers" of that heritage are deliberately disregarded; their significance is downplayed in contemporary memory. The Tyneside town of Wallsend is the case study for the thesis. This thesis focuses on how one town's industrial heritage has been affected by largely undesirable modern urban development since the Second World War, but also how it has been overwhelmed by other aspects of its heritage history (specifically the Roman). The local community sees the industrial heritage as the heart and soul of the town. This thesis also focuses on how heritage value helps define local identities in the community. Through the use of various sources, and mainly interviews, I explored how local Wallsend people interpret their local heritage through memory and nostalgia. These nostalgic feelings and memory add to heritage value and have become part of the community’s own legacy. In addition, these notions also help understand why one specific heritage is being neglected or gets special treatment. Spatial observation from the view of an outsider in Wallsend town was conducted to gain a closer insight into why the modern historical industrial heritage is under threat. The research confirms that the decline and neglect of specific heritage, mainly the industrial heritage, has in a way, “killed the pride in the community.” Thus, many people feel that much more needs to be done to preserve and safeguard the industrial heritage, particularly coal-mining and shipbuilding, which once defined them personally as “Wallsenders." In response to this concern, the thesis proposes a 360-degree approach to disseminating of information concerning the industrial heritage. |
| Supervisor | Choyke, Alice Mathea |
| Department | Medieval Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2016/shamah_michael.pdf |
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