SGTRF: Doctoral Program in Industrial Heritage and Archeology

SGTRF：工业遗产和考古学博士项目本提案要求提供一笔小额培训和研究补助金（SGTR），以支持2005年秋季开设的一个新的工业遗产和考古学博士项目。该企业从1991年开始的工业考古学（IA）成功而独特的硕士课程发展而来。IA涉及记录，解释和保存工业相关文物，遗址和系统在其文化和历史背景下的物理遗迹。密歇根理工大学的IA硕士课程将技术和考古学的历史融入课程和所需的实地经验。它包括对历史保护、建筑历史和物质文化的关注。每个毕业生都在IA领域找到了工作，最常见的是CRM（文化资源管理）咨询公司或政府机构;其他人则攻读博士学位。遗产旅游的增长也应该扩大未来毕业生的利基。该提案寻求对博士课程的支持，包括研究生奖学金和为期三年的博士后奖学金，以及在该时间结束时举行的技术，IA和物质文化历史国际会议。工业遗产和工业考古博士课程反映了博士准备解释工业和工作及其物质文化历史的紧急机会。该提案通过关注工业历史的物质遗迹，引用了工业遗产日益增加的货币，并将过去100 - 200年的事件添加到博物馆和历史遗址解释的历史景观中。新的国家公园致力于洛厄尔，马萨诸塞州，匹兹堡和密歇根理工大学周围地区的工业历史，反映了联合国教科文组织认可的世界工业遗产。 该提案是基于仔细的考虑，包括一个外部审查，承认密歇根理工学院的教师，谁，除其他外，编辑工业考古学会的杂志的独特资格。该项目的智力价值首先在于，通过整合技术历史学家，考古学家和其他探索工业物质文化的人的技术，工具和技能，推进了对工业和工作历史的技术史的长期学术兴趣。虽然工业考古学并不新鲜，但博士课程是;密歇根理工大学的计划将在美国独一无二对物质文化的跨学科关注在技术历史上的博物馆社区中一直是可见的，但这个博士课程标志着不仅要根据历史奖学金的最新潮流，而且还要使用当前的考古学方法来检查物体和文物。具体的研究目标是开发更大范围和深度的项目，其中一些具有国际视角，同时也要努力解决遗产一词本身有时存在的问题。更广泛的影响。首先，这是一个跨学科的教育项目。此外，该计划并不仅仅面向学术生涯，因为学生将有多种选择，包括作为私营部门CRM公司和政府机构的领导者。此外，我们现有的MS计划已经吸引了女学生（约占录取学生的40%），从而解决了技术史上的性别差距。课程毕业生将对公众了解工业历史产生重大影响，包括文物，建筑物和机械。在三年结束时举行的一次会议将确保通过NSF支持所取得的成果得到传播。最后，该计划将是国际化的，有博士后奖学金，教师和学生交流，以及确保国外学者参与的联合研究项目。

SGTRF: Doctoral Program in Industrial Heritage and Archeology This proposal requests a Small Grant for Training and Research (SGTR) to support a new doctoral program in Industrial Heritage and Archeology opening in fall 2005. This venture grows from a successful and unique Masters program in industrial archeology (IA), begun in 1991. IA involves recording, interpreting, and preserving physical remains of industrially-related artifacts, sites, and systems within their cultural and historical contexts. Michigan Tech's Masters program in IA integrates the history of technology and archeology in classes and a required field experience. It includes attention to historic preservation, architectural history, and material culture. Every graduate has found work in the IA field, most often with CRM (cultural resource management) consulting firms or government agencies; others have pursued doctorates. The growth of heritage tourism also should expand the niche for future graduates. This proposal seeks support for a doctoral program, including graduate student stipends and a post-doctoral fellowship for the three-year term of the award, and for an international conference on the history of technology, IA, and material culture at the end of that time. The doctoral Program in Industrial Heritage and Industrial Archeology reflects an emergent opportunity for Ph.D.s prepared to interpret the history of industry and work and its material culture. The proposal cites the increasing currency of Industrial Heritage by bringing attention to the physical remains of the industrial past, and adds events of the past 100-200 years to the historical landscape interpreted by museums and historic sites. New national parks devoted to industrial history in Lowell, MA, Pittsburgh, and the region surrounding Michigan Tech, mirror the world industrial heritage sites recognized by UNESCO. The proposal is based on careful consideration, including an external review that recognized the unique qualifications of the Michigan Tech faculty, who, among other things, edit the Society for Industrial Archeology's journal. The project's intellectual merit rests first, in advancing a long-running scholarly interest in the history of technology on the history of industry and work by integrating techniques, tools, and skill sets from the historians of technology, archeologists, and others who explore the material culture of industry. While industrial archeology is not new, a doctoral program is; Michigan Tech's program will be unique in the U.S. Interdisciplinary attention to material culture has always been visible in the museum community within the history of technology, but this doctoral program marks a commitment to examine objects and artifacts not only in light of the newest currents of historical scholarship but also using current archeological methods. The specific research objectives are developing projects of greater scope and depth, some with an international perspective, while also grappling with the sometimes problematic nature of the term heritage itself. The broader impacts. First, this is an interdisciplinary educational project. Moreover, the program is not oriented simply toward academic careers, for students will have multiple options, including as leaders for private sector CRM firms and government agencies. In addition, our existing MS program already attracts female students (about 40% of admitted students), thus addressing gender disparity in the history of technology. Program graduates will have a significant impact upon public understanding of the industrial past, including artifacts, buildings, and machinery. A conference at the end of three years will insure dissemination of the results achieved through NSF support. Lastly, the program will be international in flavor, with postdoctoral fellowships, faculty and student exchanges, and joint research projects insuring the participation of scholars from abroad.