(IN)TANGIBLE HERITAGE(S)
Abstract
Considering the impact of a factory in a city, and its role in the past, that transformed and marked a city for about a century and a half, now, after closing, we seek out to understand: What value does this type of heritage have? And for whom? For the same community? Does the new generation cares about this type of heritage? Does the inheritance, of a once important industrial building, awake memories for the preservation of this heritage? So, in this paper we want to reflect about how the intangible values (memory) of the factory have impact on the community and in the preservation of industrial heritage. This study is part of the POR1FIO project, in which it is intended to contextualize the remaining materials of the Companhia Nacional de Fiação e Tecidos de Torres Novas (CNFTTN, National Spinning and Weaving Company of Torres Novas) and find a way to return this heritage to the community. The CNFTTN was founded on October 2, 1845, and in 1881, it ranked 12th in the list of the 50 largest companies in the Portuguese manufacturing industry. Located in the city’s border area, along the Almonda River, after 166 years of existence, due to the economic difficulties faced and the impossibility of restructuring, was shut down definitively on July 29, 2011. Due to its importance and significance for the city through the years, it has been getting attention from several sectors, although, until now, there has been no investigation into its remaining collection.
Ânia Chasqueira is a Master in Conservation and Restoration in the specialization area of Integrated Heritage and holds a degree in Conservation and Restoration from Instituto Politécnico de Tomar (IPT, Portugal). Is a Researcher Fellow at TECHN&ART – Centre for Technology, Restoration and Art Enhancement at IPT with a PhD research grant supported by the Portuguese National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology (FCT; UI/BD/151231/2021). Ânia Chasqueira is a PhD student in Heritage Studies at the Universidade do Algarve. She is currently engaged in the study of Intangible Heritage and with the research of sustainable development and creative conservation.
Ricardo Triães is PhD in Geotechnologies, MSc in Industrial Rocks and Minerals from Universidade de Aveiro and holds a degree in Conservation and Restoration from Instituto Politécnico de Tomar (IPT, Portugal). He is an integrated researcher and member of the Executive Board of TECHN&ART – Centre for Technology, Restoration and Art Enhancement at IPT. Ricardo Triães is also the director of Conservation and Restoration Laboratory (LCR.IPT), director of degree in Conservation and Restoration at IPT, and is responsible for the classes of conservation and restoration of ceramic and archaeologic materials, entrepreneurship and integrated heritage. He is currently engaged in the research of sustainable development and creative conservation.
Renata Faria Barbosa is an Architect and Urbanist from Mackenzie Presbiterian University, São Paulo. Master in Prehistoric Archeology and Rock Art Universidade Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD – Portugal), with Erasmus Mundus Scholarship. PhD Student in Architecture of Contemporary Metropolitan Territories, ISCTE – Lisbon University Institute/ ISTAR – Information Sciences and Technologies and Architecture Research Center with FCT Scholarship SFRH/BD/129702/2017, thesis Diagnostic Survey and Rehabilitation of Tomar Industrial Heritage. Collaborating researcher at TECHN&ART – Center for Technology, Restoration and Valorization of the Arts, where she collaborates on the research projects PAPER TRAILS: Post-industrial histories, technical memories and art practices in Tomar and POR1FIO – A conservação criativa do património industrial na construção da memória social de Torres Novas. She worked at the National Historical and Artistic Heritage Institute – IPHAN / SP 2004-2007. She develops works related to cultural heritage and industrial heritage in Brazil and Portugal.