New Opportunities for Students in Industrial Archaeology and Industrial Heritage

Summary

Michigan Technological University has established a cluster of interdisciplinary degree programs in Industrial Archaeology (MS) and Industrial Heritage and Archaeology (PhD), pioneering new areas among our partner and allied institutions around the world. Concurrent with a generational turnover of faculty, the university has introduced new degrees programs, including a new collaborative MS in Industrial Archaeology developed in partnership with the AmeriCorps Volunteer in Service To America program (VISTA) and the United States Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement. This program creates opportunities for students to bring archaeological perspectives on mining history and heritage to communities struggling with the social and environmental consequences of industrial wealth production. We created these unique degrees to fill a critical void in the modern intellectual and professional landscape. No other existing disciplinary degree programs place the complex situations of industrial society at the core of their curricula, linking public research fieldwork with heritage analyses engaged with the placemaking efforts of local and stakeholder communities.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Archaeologies of Mining and Industry   •
• Society for Historical Archaeology 2014

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology

Record Identifiers

PaperId(s): SYM-81,07