History, Heritage, and Urban Regeneration: The Global and Local Worlds of Welsh Copper
Lead Research Organisation:
Swansea University
Department Name: College of Arts and Humanities
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People |
ORCID iD |
| Huw Bowen (Principal Investigator) |
| Description | A world of copper : globalising the industrial revolution 1830-70 |
| Amount | £122,814 (GBP) |
| Organisation | The Leverhulme Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2011 |
| End | 08/2013 |
| Description | A world of copper : globalising the industrial revolution 1830-70 |
| Amount | £122,814 (GBP) |
| Organisation | The Leverhulme Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2011 |
| End | 08/2013 |
| Description | Cu @ Swansea : the regeneation of the Hafod-Morfa copperworks |
| Amount | £542,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Government of Wales |
| Department | Cadw |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2011 |
| End | 12/2013 |
| Description | Researching the industrial and post-industrial communities of the Swansea Valley |
| Amount | £24,585 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | AH/J013560/1 |
| Organisation | Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2012 |
| End | 12/2012 |
| Description | Researching the industrial and post-industrial communities of the Swansea Valley |
| Amount | £24,585 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | AH/J013560/1 |
| Organisation | Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2012 |
| End | 12/2012 |
| Description | City and County of Swansea |
| Organisation | Swansea Council |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Resrrcah finding informed the development of collaborative projects supporting a regeneration ptogramme in the Lower Swansea Valley. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Porvision of expertise, staff time, and facilities. |
| Impact | The collaboration has supported a programme of community engeement activities rather than drive the creation of specific research outputs. |
| Start Year | 2011 |
| Description | National Waterfront Museum, Swansea |
| Organisation | National Museum Wales |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Provision of reserch finding and research support to the development of community heritage research |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provision of expertisie, support, staff time, meeting rooms, and exhibition space. |
| Impact | The outcomes have been a series of community public engagement events and activities hosted by the Museum. |
| Start Year | 2007 |
| Description | RCAHMW |
| Organisation | Royal Commission on Ancient and Historic Monuments of Wales |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Provision of research findings. |
| Collaborator Contribution | provision of facilities |
| Impact | Animated diitial reconstruction of the Hafod-Morfa Copperworks |
| Start Year | 2010 |
| Description | World of Welsh Copper |
| Organisation | University of Glamorgan |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | A global copper history research network funded by the Leverhulme Trust |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners contributed resercah findings and heirtage policy insights. |
| Impact | None as yet |
| Start Year | 2011 |
| Description | A world of Welsh copper |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A project exhibtion held at the National Waterfron Museum, Swansea between 2 July and 16 October 2011 The was a greatly increased awareness of the projects and the influence it was having on the emerging regenartion project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| URL | http://welshcopper.org.uk |
| Description | If only every day could be copper day... |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Article in SHCG News newsletter There was a notable increase in requests for information about the project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| URL | http://www.shcg.org.uk/domains/shcg.org.uk/local/media/downloads/SHCG67.pdf |
| Description | Swansea copper day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A one-day city-wide Copper Day held on 5 March 2011 to publicise the project and its research findings After the Copper Day, there was widespred media and public intetest in the project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| URL | http://copperday.org.uk |
| Description | The Hafod Copperworks |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | An animated 3-D film of the Hafod Copperworks presenting a digitised reconstruction of the buildings and its copper smelting processes. This film now forms part of the permanent display materials at the National Maritime Museum Swansea. This film now forms part of the permanent display materials at the National Maritime Museum Swansea. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | The copper kings |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | A 2500-word feature article that appeared in the Western Mail newspaper on Wednesday 30 March 2011, pp. 17-19 Western mail |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |