Theoretical-methodological challenges to the study and safeguarding of industrial tile production memories. The case of the Constância Ceramics Factory in Lisbon

Abstract

This work addresses the field of memory related to the industrial production of ceramics in Portugal between the 19th and the 20th century, namely the knowledge of materials and techniques of tile production. The study of the industrial and socio-technical memory is seen a way to enrich techinal and scientific knowledge and, thus, contributes to enable more conscious practices of conservation and restoration of the tile heritage, alongside to the safeguarding of this same memory. With this objective, the theoretical and methodological perspective of the research (which is under development) is performed over the case study, of the memories of the socio-technical aspects, of the Fábrica de Cerâmica Constância (Constância Ceramic Factory), in Lisbon.