British railway heritage: exemples in preservation, research and diffusion in industrial heritage

• Grant number: 15/03800-3
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research
• Start date: June 27, 2015
• End date: July 26, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - History
• Principal Investigator: Eduardo Romero de Oliveira
• Grantee: Eduardo Romero de Oliveira
• Host Investigator: Mike Robinson
• Host Institution: Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Rosana. Rosana , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: University of Birmingham, England

Abstract

The main purpose is to hold an international mission to Ironbridge International Institute of Cultural Heritage (IIICH) / University of Birmingham, England, for the purpose of technical and scientific cooperation and collaborative research planning on the subject of industrial heritage. This includes working meetings with researchers from the institution on exchanges and research collaborations; contact with other institutions of interest to our collaboration; technical visits to British industrial sites as an example of industrial heritage management; literature on the subject. (AU)