Waterways
Waterways explores walking routes along the South Pennine Ring canal network which intersect the counties of Yorkshire and Lancashire. The interconnecting canals that constitute the network were originally trade routes since their inception in the 18th Century, but have since developed into hybrid spaces, a combination of quasi-heritage sites, symbols for an industrial past and vacant ‘non-places’ [Auge,1995].
By re-evaluating these once vital trade routes in relation to the present post-industrial canal side environments, insights into the complex mix of the pastoral, industrial, utilitarian domestic architecture and the tourist path reveals a rich and sometimes contradictory picture of the British industrial north.
References:
Auge, M. (1995) Non-places: Introduction to an anthropology of supermodernity. London, Verso.