Rough Idea No.3 for Progression Brief
Coinciding with my interest in the North of England, I would like to explore the industrial landscapes of England which lie predominantly north of Nottingham.
My dissertation is focusing on the effects of globalisation on photography. Globalisation is also affecting industry in the UK as products are now more likely to be sourced abroad due to the employment laws tending to be less restrictive; this results in cheaper labour as well as cheaper utility rates and (when needed) raw materials (as the materials are more likely to be locally sourced). For example, Scottish prawns are shipped to Belarus to be peeled due to cheaper labour. This has resulted in a high rate of employment in the UK and many local industries collapsing. Leeds for example used to be a pottery and engineering centre but due to globalisation and foreign trading these industries have died out and instead Leeds is now the second biggest financial city in the UK.
However I'm also torn between Globalisation and Space and Place.
Although this may not seem like much of a quandary, it is not just the industries that have died out. The communities built around these industries are disappearing and as towns are now not focused on their own trades instead they have the same shops and attractions as every other town. For example, Marks and Spencer's has over 700 stores in the UK alone, not counting the 300 stores worldwide in 40 different territories (as their website says). Tesco is even more advanced and boasts 2,316 stores in 13 countries. If that’s not globalisation I don’t know what is.
Perhaps the first industry that comes to mind is mining, rather than looking at the mining industry itself though such as the mines, equipment used or miners, for example, I would like to look at other aspects associated with mining towns. This would include the houses, traditionally back-to-back terraces. I dont want to look at mining though.
I prefer quarries ***images yet to be scanned of quarries***
Instead these are the images I used in my presentation. In hindsight I dont think it made any sense.
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