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Social Welfare Institutions
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Casella, EC and Fennelly, K, Social Welfare Institutions, The Oxford Handbook of Industrial Archaeology, Oxford University Press, EC Casella, M Nevell and H Steyne-Chamberlin (ed), United Kingdom, pp. 619-633. ISBN 9780199693962 (2022) [Research Book Chapter]
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Abstract
The rise of industrialization was accompanied by a new institutional management regime for the sick,
criminal, and unproductive. From the late eighteenth century onwards, an increasingly diverse array of
social welfare institutions were established to conne, treat, and relocate those deemed vulnerable or
dangerous to civic society. Drawing from European and North American case studies, this chapter
outlines the proliferation of monumental architectural spaces explicitly dedicated to the segregation,
classication, treatment, and punishment of their occupants. The homogenized block, ward, and
courtyard layouts of general inrmaries, urban prisons, and state penitentiaries are contrasted with
more specialized and domestic-style forms developed for lunatic asylums, maternity hospitals, and
health sanatoriums. By situating this built heritage within broader philosophical debates over nature
and purpose of ‘connement’, this chapter illustrates the architectural legacy of institutional welfare
during the industrial era.
Item Details
Item Type: | Research Book Chapter |
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Keywords: | industrial archaeology, social welfare, historical archaeology |
Research Division: | History, Heritage and Archaeology |
Research Group: | Archaeology |
Research Field: | Historical archaeology (incl. industrial archaeology) |
Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in history, heritage and archaeology |
UTAS Author: | Casella, EC (Professor Eleanor Casella) |
ID Code: | 142459 |
Year Published: | 2022 |
Deposited By: | Art |
Deposited On: | 2021-01-19 |
Last Modified: | 2022-11-07 |
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