DéPOT: Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time Castos https://deindustrialization.org The DéPOT partnership examines the historical roots of deindustrialization and the contemporary responses to it. The goal is to understand deindustrialization in transnational or comparative perspective, its causes, the responses to it, its effects, and its legacies. The partnership joins 25 leading specialists in the study of deindustrialization as well as 18 research centres and 16 industrial museums, heritage groups, trade unions, labour archives, Indigenous organizations, and publishers. The focus is on the transnational connections between and comparisons among the United States, Canada, Germany, France, Italy, and the United Kingdom – the heart of the old “industrial world.” The DéPOT podcast serves as a place for deindustrialization-related conversations about research, methodology, and publications, primarily with graduate student and post doctoral affiliates and co-investigators. Please visit https://deindustrialization.org to learn more about the project. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 20:58:59 +0000 en © 2021 https://episodes.castos.com/6176e2896f40a0-43923621/images/podcast-sq.png DéPOT: Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time https://deindustrialization.org The DéPOT partnership examines the historical roots of deindustrialization and the contemporary responses to it. The goal is to understand deindustrialization in transnational or comparative perspective, its causes, the responses to it, its effects, and its legacies. The partnership joins 25 leading specialists in the study of deindustrialization as well as 18 research centres and 16 industrial museums, heritage groups, trade unions, labour archives, Indigenous organizations, and publishers. The focus is on the transnational connections between and comparisons among the United States, Canada, Germany, France, Italy, and the United Kingdom – the heart of the old “industrial world.” The DéPOT podcast serves as a place for deindustrialization-related conversations about research, methodology, and publications, primarily with graduate student and post doctoral affiliates and co-investigators. Please visit https://deindustrialization.org to learn more about the project. Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time episodic The DéPOT partnership examines the historical roots of deindustrialization and the contemporary responses to it. The goal is to understand deindustrialization in transnational or comparative perspective, its causes, the responses to it, its effects, and its legacies. The partnership joins 25 leading specialists in the study of deindustrialization as well as 18 research centres and 16 industrial museums, heritage groups, trade unions, labour archives, Indigenous organizations, and publishers. The focus is on the transnational connections between and comparisons among the United States, Canada, Germany, France, Italy, and the United Kingdom – the heart of the old “industrial world.” The DéPOT podcast serves as a place for deindustrialization-related conversations about research, methodology, and publications, primarily with graduate student and post doctoral affiliates and co-investigators. Please visit https://deindustrialization.org to learn more about the project. Lauren Laframboise g.elliscow@gmail.com false https://feeds.castos.com/9n1r4 yes <![CDATA[Care, Closure, and Community: Stories from a Decommissioned Nuclear Town]]> Fri, 13 Jun 2025 20:58:59 +0000 Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/33503/episode/2064984 https://deindustrialization-and-the-politics-of-our-time.castos.com/episodes/care-closure-and-community-stories-from-a-decommissioned-nuclear-town In this episode of the DePOT Podcast, host Adna Camdzic speaks with cultural geographer and social theorist Leila Dawney about her in-depth research in Visaginas, Lithuania — a town built around the now-closed Ignalina nuclear power plant. Through long-term collaboration with photographers Laurie Griffiths and Jonty Tacon, Dawney explores what it means for a community to live through the slow, complex process of nuclear deindustrialization.

Far from the usual narratives of decline and abandonment, this conversation highlights how care, memory, and everyday practices sustain community life after closure. Dawney reflects on the emotional and social attachments people maintain to the place, the transformation of labor from generation to generation, and how residents navigate the enduring legacies of Soviet industrial planning and post-Soviet marginalization.

The episode offers a nuanced look at how people endure — and even reimagine — life in a decommissioned town, challenging assumptions about what happens after industrial futures fade.

]]> full 1 4 false In this episode of the DePOT Podcast, host Adna Camdzic speaks with cultural geographer and social theorist Leila Dawney about her in-depth research in Visaginas, Lithuania — a town built around the now-closed Ignalina nuclear power plant. Through long-term collaboration with photographers Laurie Griffiths and Jonty Tacon, Dawney explores what it means for a community to live through the slow, complex process of nuclear deindustrialization.

Far from the usual narratives of decline and abandonment, this conversation highlights how care, memory, and everyday practices sustain community life after closure. Dawney reflects on the emotional and social attachments people maintain to the place, the transformation of labor from generation to generation, and how residents navigate the enduring legacies of Soviet industrial planning and post-Soviet marginalization.

The episode offers a nuanced look at how people endure — and even reimagine — life in a decommissioned town, challenging assumptions about what happens after industrial futures fade.

]]> 00:47:50 <![CDATA[Confronting Decline in Luxembourg's Steel Industry]]> Sat, 24 Feb 2024 19:59:48 +0000 Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/33503/episode/1670247 https://deindustrialization-and-the-politics-of-our-time.castos.com/episodes/confronting-decline-in-luxembourgs-steel-industry We have a special episode today from DePOT affiliates at the University of Luxembourg examining the steel crisis in Luxembourg in the 1970s and the deindustrialization of East Germany's steel sector after 1990. Stefan Krebs, the head of the project Confronting Decline (CONDE) is joined by two PhD students, Zoé Konsbruck and Nicolas Arendt to discuss their research into the impacts industrial closure had on steel towns, with a particular emphasis on transnational comparisons.

]]> full 4 3 false We have a special episode today from DePOT affiliates at the University of Luxembourg examining the steel crisis in Luxembourg in the 1970s and the deindustrialization of East Germany's steel sector after 1990. Stefan Krebs, the head of the project Confronting Decline (CONDE) is joined by two PhD students, Zoé Konsbruck and Nicolas Arendt to discuss their research into the impacts industrial closure had on steel towns, with a particular emphasis on transnational comparisons.

]]> 00:26:28 <![CDATA[Aging Under Deindustrialization: Interview with Andy Clark]]> Tue, 09 Jan 2024 22:39:40 +0000 Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/33503/episode/1629906 https://deindustrialization-and-the-politics-of-our-time.castos.com/episodes/aging-under-deindustrialization-interview-with-andy-clark In this episode, Andy Clark of Newcastle University discusses his research on aging under deindustrialization in Britain. Utilizing an existing birth cohort study and an oral history approach, Andy explores questions of health impacts, social gerontology, and economic change. Part way through his oral interview process, Andy shares his preliminary findings, some of which challenge assumptions about getting older in the aftermath of closure.

]]> full 3 3 false In this episode, Andy Clark of Newcastle University discusses his research on aging under deindustrialization in Britain. Utilizing an existing birth cohort study and an oral history approach, Andy explores questions of health impacts, social gerontology, and economic change. Part way through his oral interview process, Andy shares his preliminary findings, some of which challenge assumptions about getting older in the aftermath of closure.

]]> 01:06:59 <![CDATA[La désindustrialisation de la Lorraine du fer: Entretien avec Pascal Raggi]]> Thu, 07 Dec 2023 20:29:09 +0000 Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/33503/episode/1612005 https://deindustrialization-and-the-politics-of-our-time.castos.com/episodes/la-desindustrialisation-a-lorraine-entretien-avec-pascal-raggi Cet épisode présente l'interview par Fred Burrill de Pascal Raggi, maître de conférences Habilité à Diriger des Recherches (HDR) à l’Université de Lorraine, chercheur au Centre de Recherche Universitaire Lorrain d’Histoire et directeur scientifique du Musée de l’Histoire du Fer.  Au menu: le rôle de l'État dans la désindustrialisation française, les techniques de travail en évolution, la violence syndicale, et l'importance des échanges transnationaux.

]]> full 2 3 false Cet épisode présente l'interview par Fred Burrill de Pascal Raggi, maître de conférences Habilité à Diriger des Recherches (HDR) à l’Université de Lorraine, chercheur au Centre de Recherche Universitaire Lorrain d’Histoire et directeur scientifique du Musée de l’Histoire du Fer.  Au menu: le rôle de l'État dans la désindustrialisation française, les techniques de travail en évolution, la violence syndicale, et l'importance des échanges transnationaux.

]]> 00:45:28 <![CDATA[DePOT 2023 Conference Recap with Lachlan MacKinnon and Sophia Richter]]> Wed, 18 Oct 2023 23:00:00 +0000 Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/33503/episode/1578041 https://deindustrialization-and-the-politics-of-our-time.castos.com/episodes/depot-2023-conference-recap-with-lachlan-mackinnon-and-sophia-richter This year the annual DePOT conference was held in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada from June 21-24 2023. Two of the organizers, Lachlan MacKinnon and Sophia Richter, join us to talk about the themes of the conference and discuss the deindustrialization of Cape Breton Island. Regional underdevelopment, the role of the state, settler colonialism, and memories of working class radicalism shaped the Cape Breton experience. The conference itself built on connections made last year in the Ruhr, and much of the showcased research was collaborative and transnational.

This year's program can be found here: https://deindustrialization.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/DePOT-2023-Annual-Meetings-Info-Packet-and-Preliminary-Program_Updated-June-7_PRINTER-COPY.pdf

You can find out more about the DéPOT project at www.deindustrialization.org

]]> full 1 3 false This year the annual DePOT conference was held in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada from June 21-24 2023. Two of the organizers, Lachlan MacKinnon and Sophia Richter, join us to talk about the themes of the conference and discuss the deindustrialization of Cape Breton Island. Regional underdevelopment, the role of the state, settler colonialism, and memories of working class radicalism shaped the Cape Breton experience. The conference itself built on connections made last year in the Ruhr, and much of the showcased research was collaborative and transnational.

This year's program can be found here: https://deindustrialization.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/DePOT-2023-Annual-Meetings-Info-Packet-and-Preliminary-Program_Updated-June-7_PRINTER-COPY.pdf

You can find out more about the DéPOT project at www.deindustrialization.org

]]> 00:54:24 <![CDATA[Tenant Organizing and Gentrification with Fred Burrill]]> Thu, 21 Apr 2022 04:32:00 +0000 Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time https://deindustrialization-and-the-politics-of-our-time.castos.com/podcasts/33503/episodes/tenant-organizing-and-gentrification-with-fred-burrill-1 https://deindustrialization-and-the-politics-of-our-time.castos.com/episodes/tenant-organizing-and-gentrification-with-fred-burrill-1 Fred Burrill joins host Amanda Marie Whitt to discuss his recently-submitted PhD dissertation, and his work engaging with tenant rights and gentrification through the lens of deindustrialization. This episode was recorded live at Concordia's 4th Space, and a video recording of Amanda and Fred's conversation can be viewed here. 

Find out more about the 4th Space on their website or follow them on twitter @cu4thspace. Thank you to Kari and the rest of the 4th Space team for hosting us.

Follow Deindustrialization and the Politics Of Our Time on twitter @deindustrialpol or on our website deindustrialization.org."

Music: "Never Give Up" by Ketsa. Used under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0; https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/summer-with-sound/never-give-up.

]]> full 8 false Fred Burrill joins host Amanda Marie Whitt to discuss his recently-submitted PhD dissertation, and his work engaging with tenant rights and gentrification through the lens of deindustrialization. This episode was recorded live at Concordia's 4th Space, and a video recording of Amanda and Fred's conversation can be viewed here. 

Find out more about the 4th Space on their website or follow them on twitter @cu4thspace. Thank you to Kari and the rest of the 4th Space team for hosting us.

Follow Deindustrialization and the Politics Of Our Time on twitter @deindustrialpol or on our website deindustrialization.org."

Music: "Never Give Up" by Ketsa. Used under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0; https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/summer-with-sound/never-give-up.

]]> 00:44:48 <![CDATA[Photographs, Affect & Childhood w/ Sinead Burns]]> Wed, 16 Mar 2022 12:16:00 +0000 Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time https://deindustrialization-and-the-politics-of-our-time.castos.com/podcasts/33503/episodes/photographs-affect-childhood-w-sinead-burns https://deindustrialization-and-the-politics-of-our-time.castos.com/episodes/photographs-affect-childhood-w-sinead-burns Sinead Burns joins Gabriel Ellison-Scowcroft to think through what photographs 'are', methodological approaches to using photographs, and the specifics of Sinead's use of photographs in the context of her research into childhood and deindustrialization in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

 

You can find out more about the DéPOT project at www.deindustrialization.org

 

Music: "Never Give Up" by Ketsa. Used under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0; https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/summer-with-sound/never-give-up.

 

]]> false Sinead Burns joins Gabriel Ellison-Scowcroft to think through what photographs 'are', methodological approaches to using photographs, and the specifics of Sinead's use of photographs in the context of her research into childhood and deindustrialization in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

 

You can find out more about the DéPOT project at www.deindustrialization.org

 

Music: "Never Give Up" by Ketsa. Used under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0; https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/summer-with-sound/never-give-up.

 

]]> 00:48:53 <![CDATA[Family Matters with Naomi Petropoulos]]> Wed, 02 Mar 2022 11:01:00 +0000 Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time https://deindustrialization-and-the-politics-of-our-time.castos.com/podcasts/33503/episodes/family-matters-with-naomi-petropoulos https://deindustrialization-and-the-politics-of-our-time.castos.com/episodes/family-matters-with-naomi-petropoulos Today we meet with Naomi Petropoulos, a DePOT affiliate and PhD candidate at Queens University Belfast.  Her work on the history of “The Original Derry Girls”– the workers of the women-dominated garment industry in Derry – led her to interview both her Grandmother and Mother in-law who had worked at the factories.  We discuss the experience of interviewing family, both from the perspective of being a researcher and oral historian, but also as a granddaughter and daughter-in-law. 

Find out more about DePOT here

Music: "Never Give Up" by Ketsa. Used under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0; https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/summer-with-sound/never-give-up.

]]> full 6 false Today we meet with Naomi Petropoulos, a DePOT affiliate and PhD candidate at Queens University Belfast.  Her work on the history of “The Original Derry Girls”– the workers of the women-dominated garment industry in Derry – led her to interview both her Grandmother and Mother in-law who had worked at the factories.  We discuss the experience of interviewing family, both from the perspective of being a researcher and oral historian, but also as a granddaughter and daughter-in-law. 

Find out more about DePOT here

Music: "Never Give Up" by Ketsa. Used under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0; https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/summer-with-sound/never-give-up.

]]> 00:49:41 <![CDATA[The Feminization of Brass Bands in British Mining Communities w/ Marion Henry]]> Wed, 16 Feb 2022 01:21:00 +0000 Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time https://deindustrialization-and-the-politics-of-our-time.castos.com/podcasts/33503/episodes/the-feminization-of-brass-bands-in-british-mining-communities-w-marion-henry https://deindustrialization-and-the-politics-of-our-time.castos.com/episodes/the-feminization-of-brass-bands-in-british-mining-communities-w-marion-henry Marion Henry joins Gabriel Ellison-Scowcroft to discuss her recent article "Des coulisses à la scène: la féminisation des brass bands dans les bassins miniers britanniques (1947-1984)" in Le Mouvement Social. Marion discusses the origins of the article and her methodological approach, the emergence of brass bands in British mining communities, and the relationship between deindustrialization and feminization in the second half of the twentieth century.

 

You can find out more about the DéPOT project at www.deindustrialization.org

 

Music: "Never Give Up" by Ketsa. Used under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0; https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/summer-with-sound/never-give-up.

 

 

]]> full false Marion Henry joins Gabriel Ellison-Scowcroft to discuss her recent article "Des coulisses à la scène: la féminisation des brass bands dans les bassins miniers britanniques (1947-1984)" in Le Mouvement Social. Marion discusses the origins of the article and her methodological approach, the emergence of brass bands in British mining communities, and the relationship between deindustrialization and feminization in the second half of the twentieth century.

 

You can find out more about the DéPOT project at www.deindustrialization.org

 

Music: "Never Give Up" by Ketsa. Used under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0; https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/summer-with-sound/never-give-up.

 

 

]]> 01:00:00 <![CDATA[Canadian Pension Funds with Tom Fraser]]> Wed, 02 Feb 2022 06:42:00 +0000 Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time https://deindustrialization-and-the-politics-of-our-time.castos.com/podcasts/33503/episodes/canadian-pension-funds-with-tom-fraser https://deindustrialization-and-the-politics-of-our-time.castos.com/episodes/canadian-pension-funds-with-tom-fraser Pension Pilled with Tom Fraser 

 

Host Amanda Marie Whitt joins Tom Fraser, a Masters Student at Concordia University, whose academic and journalistic work tackles the complicated relationships between Canadian Pension Funds and development projects around the world.  See Tom’s articles for Jacobin and Canadian Dimension here. 

You can find out more about the DéPOT project at www.deindustrialization.org   

Music: "Never Give Up" by Ketsa. Used under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0; https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/summer-with-sound/never-give-up. 

]]> full false Pension Pilled with Tom Fraser 

 

Host Amanda Marie Whitt joins Tom Fraser, a Masters Student at Concordia University, whose academic and journalistic work tackles the complicated relationships between Canadian Pension Funds and development projects around the world.  See Tom’s articles for Jacobin and Canadian Dimension here. 

You can find out more about the DéPOT project at www.deindustrialization.org   

Music: "Never Give Up" by Ketsa. Used under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0; https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/summer-with-sound/never-give-up. 

]]> 00:30:52 <![CDATA[Invisible Labour w/ Indranil Chakraborty]]> Wed, 19 Jan 2022 12:05:00 +0000 Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time https://deindustrialization-and-the-politics-of-our-time.castos.com/podcasts/33503/episodes/invisible-labour-w-indranil-chakraborty https://deindustrialization-and-the-politics-of-our-time.castos.com/episodes/invisible-labour-w-indranil-chakraborty Dr. Indranil Chakraborty discusses his recent monograph Invisible Labour: Support Service Workers in India’s Information Technology Industry with MA student and DéPOT affiliate Gabriel Ellison-Scowcroft.  Dr. Chakraborty also discusses his background in journalism covering the tech industry in India, the theorists and activists who have inspired his work, and his new postdoctoral project interviewing former Sears workers through DéPOT.

 

You can find out more about the DéPOT project at www.deindustrialization.org

 

Music: "Never Give Up" by Ketsa. Used under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0; https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/summer-with-sound/never-give-up.

]]> full false Dr. Indranil Chakraborty discusses his recent monograph Invisible Labour: Support Service Workers in India’s Information Technology Industry with MA student and DéPOT affiliate Gabriel Ellison-Scowcroft.  Dr. Chakraborty also discusses his background in journalism covering the tech industry in India, the theorists and activists who have inspired his work, and his new postdoctoral project interviewing former Sears workers through DéPOT.

 

You can find out more about the DéPOT project at www.deindustrialization.org

 

Music: "Never Give Up" by Ketsa. Used under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0; https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/summer-with-sound/never-give-up.

]]> 00:53:34 <![CDATA[Oral History Methodology w/ Naomi Petropolous, Rebekah Chatellier, Amber Ward & Pete Hodson]]> Fri, 07 Jan 2022 11:51:00 +0000 Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time https://deindustrialization-and-the-politics-of-our-time.castos.com/podcasts/33503/episodes/oral-history-methodology-w-naomi-petropolous-rebekah-chatellier-amber-ward-pete-hodson https://deindustrialization-and-the-politics-of-our-time.castos.com/episodes/oral-history-methodology-w-naomi-petropolous-rebekah-chatellier-amber-ward-pete-hodson In this episode of the DéPOT podcast, Naomi Petropoulos (Queen’s University Belfast) speaks with Rebekah Chatellier (University of Strathclyde), Pete Hodson (Trinity College Dublin) and Amber Ward (University of St. Andrews) about the use of oral history in their work, how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted their oral history practices, as well as their hopes for a future in which oral history interviewing is less encumbered by the pandemic. 

 

You can find more about the DéPOT project at www.deindustrialization.org.

 

Music: "Never Give Up" by Ketsa. Used under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0; https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/summer-with-sound/never-give-up.

]]> false In this episode of the DéPOT podcast, Naomi Petropoulos (Queen’s University Belfast) speaks with Rebekah Chatellier (University of Strathclyde), Pete Hodson (Trinity College Dublin) and Amber Ward (University of St. Andrews) about the use of oral history in their work, how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted their oral history practices, as well as their hopes for a future in which oral history interviewing is less encumbered by the pandemic. 

 

You can find more about the DéPOT project at www.deindustrialization.org.

 

Music: "Never Give Up" by Ketsa. Used under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0; https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/summer-with-sound/never-give-up.

]]> 00:50:23 <![CDATA[Intro to DéPOT w/ Dr. Steven High]]> Fri, 05 Nov 2021 10:22:00 +0000 Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time https://deindustrialization-and-the-politics-of-our-time.castos.com/podcasts/33503/episodes/intro-to-depot-w-dr-steven-high https://deindustrialization-and-the-politics-of-our-time.castos.com/episodes/intro-to-depot-w-dr-steven-high Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time (DéPOT)'s associate director Lauren Laframboise speaks with the project's principal investigator Dr. Steven High about the origins, scope and outcomes of DéPOT as well as about the field of deindustrialization more broadly.

 

You can find more about the DéPOT project at www.deindustrialization.org.

 

Music: "Never Give Up" by Ketsa. Used under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0; https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/summer-with-sound/never-give-up.

]]> full 1 false Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time (DéPOT)'s associate director Lauren Laframboise speaks with the project's principal investigator Dr. Steven High about the origins, scope and outcomes of DéPOT as well as about the field of deindustrialization more broadly.

 

You can find more about the DéPOT project at www.deindustrialization.org.

 

Music: "Never Give Up" by Ketsa. Used under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0; https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/summer-with-sound/never-give-up.

]]> 00:24:24