The Scottish Transport and Industry Collections Knowledge Network (STICK) annual conference will be held on Friday 27th October 2023, to be hosted online. This follows on from the themed conferences STICK held in 2020 and 2021 on Art and Industry and Photography and Industry. Speakers include: The Making of The Big Mill (1963), Justin Parkes, North Lanarkshire CouncilYou Don’t See it Anymore, Tracey Fearnehough & Holger Mohaupt, Room 8 StudioThe Use of Moving Image in Recording Industrial Subjects, Miriam McDonald, Historic Environment ScotlandRevisiting Nuclear Film: Factual, Fictional and the In-Between, Gair Dunlop, University of DundeeOpencast Broadcast: Resurfacing Other Coal Stories,
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Snapshot in Time: photography and industrial heritage STICK held its 2021 conference on Wednesday 17th November 2021 – “Snapshot in Time” – to discuss the importance of photography as a documentation and advocacy tool for industrial and transport heritage.
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STICK’s online Spring 2021 event and AGM fell on 22nd April, also International Earth Day. Focussing on the themes of the future of heritage combustion engines and green initiatives, the event explored justifying, offsetting or sustainably running engines, navigating new climate regulations at local and national levels, funding partnerships, and the future of running heritage engines.
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Our 2020 conference explored art and industry, with keynote Sue Jane Taylor joined by speakers from across the globe.
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STICK Conference 2019 Summary: 100 Years of Women in Engineering” STICK held its 2019 conference at the Glasgow Women’s Library on November 6th. We welcomed a host of superb speakers and colleagues from heritage, culture, engineering and research backgrounds, as well as interested individuals.
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Watt a Great Idea! 250 years of ethically curating, interpreting and working Watt engines, and the STICK Annual General Meeting
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STICK Conference 2018 The 2018 conference was held at the Scottish Maritime Museum, Irvine on Friday 26th October on the subject of ‘Old Heritage, New Uses’.
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STICK Conference 2017 The 2017 conference will be held Perth Museum and Art Gallery on Friday 29th September 2017. The subject is ‘Realising the Benefits of Our Industrial Collections’.
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STICK Conference 2016 The 2016 conference was on the subject of ‘Unsung Heroes of Our Industrial and Technological Heritage’. It was held in Edinburgh at the National Museum of Scotland on Friday 28th October 2016.
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