Social housing and working class heritage - for iPod/iPhone
by The Open University
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.This material forms part of The Open University Course AD281 Understanding global heritage.You can discover something of what it's like to study the course by using the downloadable 'activities' files to explore post-war housing and its conse
Episodes
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Social housing and working class heritage
An introduction to this album.
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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?
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Social housing: fighting for survival
Shows campaigning by the Carpenters estate and the Excalibur estate to save their homes from demolition.
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Social housing: sense of place
Residents of the Carpenters estate talk movingly about what it is about the estate that is important to them.
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Global heritage: course taster
A sample of some of the ideas and case studies covered in the course AD281 Understanding global heritage.
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Winners and losers perspective: Rodney Harrison
Dr Rodney Harrison of The Open University talks about the ideas in the film.
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Winners and losers perspective: Alan Powers
Professor Alan Powers of Greenwich University talks about the ideas in the film.
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Fighting for survival perspective: Rodney Harrison
Dr Rodney Harrison of The Open University talks about the ideas in the film.
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Fighting for survival perspective: Alan Powers
Professor Alan Powers of Greenwich University talks about the ideas in the film.
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Sense of place perspective: Rodney Harrison
Dr Rodney Harrison of The Open University talks about the ideas in the film.
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Sense of place perspective: Alan Powers
Professor Alan Powers of Greenwich University talks about the ideas in the film.
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Studying global heritage
Dr Rodney Harrison talks about studying The Open University's Course AD281: Understanding global heritage.
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Global heritage: case studies
Dr Rodney Harrison talks about the audio and video case studies that are integral to the course AD281: Understanding global heritage.
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Critical heritage studies
Dr Rodney Harrison, course chair of the course AD281 Understanding global heritage, explains the concept of critical heritage studies.
About this show
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.This material forms part of The Open University Course AD281 Understanding global heritage.You can discover something of what it's like to study the course by using the downloadable 'activities' files to explore post-war housing and its conse
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