Social housing and working class heritage

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Would you consider a dilapidated seventies tower block as heritage? In England, some social housing developments have already been given listed status, a level of protection usually associated with castles, monasteries and stately homes. Others are considered as a failed experiment by an outmoded welfare state, fit only for demolition. In this album, we see working class residents of one such estate fighting for its survival. By doing so, they may be challenging some of our fundamental assumptions and preconceptions about heritage. The album also contains academic perspectives from Rodney Harrison, Lecturer in Heritage Studies at The Open University; and Alan Powers, Professor in Architecture and Cultural History at the University of Greenwich.

1 minute 36 seconds
Social housing and working class heritage
An introduction to this album.
10 July 2009, 11:41 pm
Transcript -- Social housing and working class heritage
Transcript -- An introduction to this album.
10 July 2009, 11:41 pm
12 minutes 39 seconds
Social housing: winners and losers
Iconic status or demolition? Social housing estates have had widely differing fates - which way will it go for the Carpenters' estate?
10 July 2009, 11:40 pm
Transcript -- Social housing: winners and losers
Transcript -- Iconic status or demolition? Social housing estates have had widely differing fates - which way will it go for the Carpenters' estate?
10 July 2009, 11:40 pm
11 minutes 16 seconds
Social housing: fighting for survival
Shows campaigning by the Carpenters estate and the Excalibur estate to save their homes from demolition.
10 July 2009, 11:39 pm
Transcript -- Social housing: fighting for survival
Transcript -- Shows campaigning by the Carpenters estate and the Excalibur estate to save their homes from demolition.
10 July 2009, 11:39 pm
9 minutes 16 seconds
Social housing: sense of place
Residents of the Carpenters estate talk movingly about what it is about the estate that is important to them.
10 July 2009, 11:38 pm
Transcript -- Social housing: sense of place
Transcript -- Residents of the Carpenters estate talk movingly about what it is about the estate that is important to them.
10 July 2009, 11:38 pm
5 minutes 4 seconds
Global heritage: course taster
A sample of some of the ideas and case studies covered in the course AD281 Understanding global heritage.
10 July 2009, 11:37 pm
Transcript -- Global heritage: course taster
Transcript -- A sample of some of the ideas and case studies covered in the course AD281 Understanding global heritage.
10 July 2009, 11:37 pm
7 minutes 15 seconds
Winners and losers perspective: Rodney Harrison
Dr Rodney Harrison of The Open University talks about the ideas in the film.
10 July 2009, 11:36 pm
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