A representação da identidade regional na região do Ruhr, na Alemanha, assenta-se predominantemente no patrimônio industrial. Desde a década de 1960, ao longo da transição em curso da indústria pesada para um cenário pós-industrial, o Ruhr conheceu um movimento para preservar os objetos históricos associados à sua indústria de carvão e aço. Vindo de baixo, o movimento de defesa do patrimônio industrial tornou-se um fenômeno dominante no Ruhr. O panorama conciso aqui apresentado das mais importantes evoluções históricas do patrimônio industrial no Ruhr cobre 1) as origens do patrimônio industrial, 2) a consagração do patrimônio industrial durante a desindustrialização do Ruhr e 3) as tendências e debates recentes na região.
The representation of regional identity in Germany's Ruhr region is predominantly based on industrial heritage. Since the 1960s, in the course of its ongoing transition from heavy industry to a postindustrial landscape, the Ruhr has experienced a movement to preserve the historical objects associated with its coal and steel industry. While this had initially been a movement from below, industrial heritage has become a mainstream phenomenom in the Ruhr. This concise overview of the most important developments in the history of industrial heritage in the Ruhr covers 1) the origins of industrial heritage in the Ruhr, 2) the mainstreaming of industrial heritage during the Ruhr's deindustrialization, and 3) the recent developments and controversies in the region.
RésuméLa représentation de l’identité régionale de la région du Ruhr, en Allemagne, repose surtout sur le patrimoine industriel. Depuis les années 1960, au long de la transition de l’industrie lourde vers un paysage post-industriel, le Ruhr a connu un mouvement voué à la préservation des objets historiques associés à son industrie houillère et d’acier. D’abord un mouvement venu d’en bas, la défense du patrimoine industriel est devenue un phénomène dominant au Ruhr. L’exposition succinte ici présentée des plus importantes étapes historiques du patrimoine industriel du Ruhr recouvre 1) les origines du patrimoine industriel, 2) la consolidation du patrimoine industriel au long de la désindustrialisation du Ruhr et 3) les développements et les débats récents dans la région.