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Keywords

Cultural Geography, Global Urban History, European technological imperialism, Industrial Heritage

Countries

Germany, Chile

Biography

Marion is a cultural geographer, specialized in global industrial heritage interpretation. She holds a degree from Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, a Master in Geopolitics from Université Paris 8 and a PhD in Urban Heritage from Bauhaus Universität Weimar. During her professional career, she has been participating in three World Heritage site nominations of former industrial regions in France, Germany and Chile.

From 2011 to 2015, she was the first Coordinator of the Berlin Center for Industrial Heritage BZI, from 2016 to 2018, Vicedirector of the Industrial Heritage Department of the Ruhr Regional Association RVR, and from 2018 to 2022, Associate Professor at the Institute for Geography of Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile. Currently, she in an independent researcher affiliated with the University of Chile, directs the ESPI Lab Valparaíso and acts as Secretary General of The International Committee for the Conservation of the Industrial Heritage (TICCIH).

Her research focuses on global urban history, European technological imperialism and emerging decolonial perspectives on heritage from the South. Marion lives in Valparaíso (Chile) and Berlin (Germany). She speaks and writes English, German, Spanish and French.

Activities

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Employment (5)

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso: Valparaiso, Valparaiso, CL

2018-08-01 to 2022-08-31 | Profesora Asociada (Instituto de Geografía)
Employment
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Marion Steiner

Regionalverband Ruhr: Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, DE

2016-01-01 to 2018-03-31 | Stellv. Referatsleiterin, Teamleitung Nationale und internationale Netzwerke (Referat Industriekultur)
Employment
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Marion Steiner

Berliner Zentrum Industriekultur: Berlin, DE

2011-12-01 to 2015-03-31 | Koordinatorin
Employment
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Marion Steiner

Association Bassin Minier UNESCO: Lille, Nord-Pas de Calais, FR

2004-10-01 to 2005-07 | Chargée de mission à l'international
Employment
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Marion Steiner

Anti-Café: Madrid, ES

2002-11 to 2003-06 | Barwoman and cultural manager
Employment
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Education and qualifications (5)

Bauhaus-Universität Weimar: Weimar, Thüringen, DE

2013 to 2019-02-04 | Dr. phil. (Fakultät Architektur und Urbanistik)
Education
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Marion Steiner

Université Paris 8: Saint-Denis, FR

2003-10-01 to 2004-09-30 | DESS (Institut Français de Géopolitique)
Education
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Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin: Berlin, Berlin, DE

1996-04-01 to 2002-05 | Dipl. Geogr. (Institut für Geographie)
Education
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Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz: Mainz, Rheinland-Pfalz, DE

1994-10-01 to 1995-06 (Institut für Philosophie)
Education
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Marion Steiner

Gesamtschule Wulfen: Wulfen, Stadt Dorsten, DE

1986-08 to 1994-05 | Abitur
Education
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Professional activities (8)

The International Committee for the Conservation of the Industrial Heritage (TICCIH): Ironbridge, GB

Member since 2005-02, Board Member since 2018-09, Secretary General since 2019-11
Membership
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Marion Steiner

Georg-Agricola-Gesellschaft für Technikgeschichte und Industriekultur (GAG): Freiberg, Sachsen, DE

Mitglied seit 2009-09, Mitglied des Wissenschaftlichen Beirats seit 2018-08
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Arbeitskreis Theorie und Lehre der Denkmalpflege: Bamberg, DE

2018 to present | Mitglied
Membership
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Marion Steiner

Wikimedia Deutschland: Berlin, DE

2017 to present | Mitglied
Membership
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Marion Steiner

Aula de Formación Gestión e Intervención en el Patrimonio Arquitectónico e Industrial (G+I PAI), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid: Madrid, ES

2016 to present | Miembro del Comité Asesor
Invited position
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Historische Gesellschaft der Deutschen Bank: Frankfurt am Main, DE

2013-08 to present | Mitglied
Membership
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Marion Steiner

Bauhaus-Institut für Geschichte und Theorie der Architektur und Planung: Weimar, DE

2013 to present | Mitglied
Membership
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ESPI Lab on Critical Industrial Heritage Studies: Valparaíso, CL

2006-06 to present | Inhaberin
Service
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Funding (14)

Luz, Poder y Progreso: La electrificación urbana alemana de América Latina en su contexto geopolítico y cultural, 1880-1920

2023-03 to 2026-03 | Grant
Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo (Santiago, CL)
Source: Self-asserted source
Marion Steiner

Explorando perspectivas decoloniales emergentes sobre el patrimonio industrial a nivel mundial

2022-06 to 2023-12 | Grant
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (Valparaíso, CL)
URL: http://espi.rhondda.de/perspectivas-decoloniales-emergentes/
Source: Self-asserted source
Marion Steiner

El patrimonio industrial desde el Sur: Su reconceptualización decolonial como aporte al desarrollo social desde la identidad institucional

2022-05 to 2023-03 | Grant
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (Valparaíso, CL)
URL: http://espi.rhondda.de/el-patrimonio-industrial-desde-el-sur-ii/
GRANT_NUMBER:

039.368/2022
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Marion Steiner

El patrimonio industrial desde el Sur: Hacia una reconceptualización postcolonialista

2021-04 to 2022-03 | Grant
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (Valparaíso, CL)
URL: http://espi.rhondda.de/el-patrimonio-industrial-desde-el-sur/
GRANT_NUMBER:

039.368/2021
Source: Self-asserted source
Marion Steiner

Complejo Hidroeléctrico El Sauce y La Luz. Patrimonio Industrial de Placilla de Peñuelas, Valparaíso

2020-03 to 2021-12 | Grant
Ministerio de las Culturas, las Artes y el Patrimonio (Santiago de Chile, CL)
URL: http://espi.rhondda.de/complejo-hidroelectrico-el-sauce-y-la-luz/
GRANT_NUMBER: Fondart Regional 551999
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El Patrimonio Eléctrico Berlinés en Valparaíso. Un Aporte a la Universalización de la Electrópolis Berlín desde el Sur Global

2019-03 to 2019-11 | Grant
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (Valparaíso, CL)
URL: http://espi.rhondda.de/el-patrimonio-electrico-berlines-en-valparaiso/
GRANT_NUMBER: DAE Red de Docentes 2019
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Hacia una reconstrucción crítica y global del patrimonio industrial de Valparaíso

2019-01 to 2019-12 | Grant
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (Valparaíso, CL)
URL: http://espi.rhondda.de/hacia-una-reconstruccion-critica-y-global-del-patrimonio-industrial-de-valparaiso/
GRANT_NUMBER: Semilla 039.277/2019
Source: Self-asserted source
Marion Steiner

Global Electropolis: The German Contribution to the Electrification of Metropolitan Chile, Valparaíso and Santiago, 1880-1925

2015-10 to 2015-12 | Grant
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar (Weimar, DE)
GRANT_NUMBER: Promotions-Abschlussstipendium
Source: Self-asserted source
Marion Steiner

TICCIH World Conference in Lille and its region, Northern France

2015-09 to 2015-09 | Grant
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar (Weimar, DE)
GRANT_NUMBER: Konferenzreise ins Ausland
Source: Self-asserted source
Marion Steiner

Forschungsaufenthalt in Valparaíso und Santiago de Chile

2015-07 to 2015-08 | Grant
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar (Weimar, DE)
GRANT_NUMBER: Forschungsaufenthalt im Ausland
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Annual Conference of the US National Trust for Historic Preservation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

2006-10 to 2006-11 | Award
Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: International scholarship, Travel Award
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DESS Gestion des territoires et enjeux de géopolitique locale

2003-10 to 2004-09 | Grant
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (Bonn, DE)
GRANT_NUMBER: Aufbaustudium
Source: Self-asserted source
Marion Steiner

Diplom-Studium der Geographie

1998-10 to 2002-05 | Grant
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (Bonn, DE)
GRANT_NUMBER: Studienförderung
Source: Self-asserted source
Marion Steiner

Voluntary peace work in Southern Chile

1996-12 to 1997-03 | Grant
Carl Duisberg Gesellschaft e.V. & Land NRW (Düsseldorf, DE)
GRANT_NUMBER: Konkreter Friedensdienst
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Industrie“kultur“ oder Barbarei der Mächtigen? Kritische Überlegungen aus Sicht des Globalen Südens

FUTUR 21. kunst, industrie, kultur: Katalog zur Konferenz und zum Festival des Landschaftsverband Rheinland/ Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe 2022
2022-11-13 | Book chapter
Contributors: Marion Steiner
Source: Self-asserted source
Marion Steiner

Charlottenburg Moabit. Industriekultur - Die Metropole neu entdecken

Ammian-Verlag
2022-11-01 | Book
Source: Self-asserted source
Marion Steiner

Industriekultur in Chile: Bodenschätze, Eisenbahnen und Company Towns

IndustrieKultur
2022-09-19 | Journal article
Contributors: Marion Steiner
Source: Self-asserted source
Marion Steiner

Valparaíso – Welterbestadt am Pazifik

IndustrieKultur
2022-09-19 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0949-3751
Contributors: Marion Steiner
Source: Self-asserted source
Marion Steiner

Los Súper Tomates de Limache: Frutos de un proyecto infraestructural inacabado en el hinterland de Valparaíso, Chile

Patrimonio con gusto
2022-05-11 | Book chapter
Contributors: Marion Steiner
Source: Self-asserted source
Marion Steiner

Luz para Valparaíso: El Complejo Hidroeléctrico El Sauce y La Luz.

Centro Cultural Placilla
2021-12-31 | Book
Contributors: Marion Steiner; Pamela Fuentes Pradenas
Source: Self-asserted source
Marion Steiner

Geografía, Trabajo Social y Diseño: abordaje interdisciplinario y diálogo de saberes en la vinculación con el medio para el cambio eco–socio–territorial

+E: Revista de Extensión Universitaria
2021-12-29 | Journal article
DOI: 10.14409/extension.2021.15.Jul-Dic.e0017
Contributors: Pablo Mansilla–Quiñones; Marion Steiner; Leticia Arancibia; Juan Carlos Jeldes Pontio
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Reflexiones postcolonialistas acerca de la percepción de Berlín como ciudad modelo de la modernidad técnica

Historia, Trauma, Memoria
2021-12-01 | Book chapter
Contributors: Marion Steiner
Source: Self-asserted source
Marion Steiner

Spandau Siemensstadt. Berliner Industriekultur – Die Metropole neu entdecken

Ammian-Verlag
2021-11-25 | Book
Contributors: Marion Steiner
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Marion Steiner

Treptow-Köpenick. Berliner Industriekultur – Die Metropole neu entdecken

Ammian-Verlag
2021-11-25 | Book | Writing - original draft
Contributors: Marion Steiner
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Marion Steiner

Expediente Técnico para una Declaratoria Patrimonial de Limache: Un Territorio Liberal Progresista emblemático de la República de Chile del Siglo XIX

Laboratorio Geografía y Patrimonio, PUCV
2021-02 | Working paper
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Marion Steiner

Zur Industriekultur Berlins aus globaler Perspektive

Achtes Berliner Forum für Industriekultur und Gesellschaft, Berlin Center for Industrial Heritage
2020-12-03 | Lecture
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Marion Steiner

Open Session "Reinterpreting industrial heritage from a global perspective" and Round Table on "Sharing industrial heritage glocally"

TICCIH & UQAM Chaire de recherche du Canada en patrimoine urbain
2020-11-11 | Other
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Marion Steiner

Our Global Networking and Membership Campaign

TICCIH Bulletin
2020-10 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: ISSN: 1605-6647
Source: Self-asserted source
Marion Steiner

Lo que más valoro de tí, Valparaíso

Unidad de Patrimonio Histórico y Museográfico, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso
2020-10-29 | Artistic output or performance
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Marion Steiner

Join Us - Launch of the TICCIH Membership Campaign

TICCIH Bulletin
2020-07 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: ISSN 1605-6647
Source: Self-asserted source
Marion Steiner

Zur Industriekultur des Ruhrgebiets aus globaler Perspektive

2020-04-31 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 978-3-86859-584-0
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Marion Steiner

Begegnungen mit Helmuth: Raucherpausen, lokale Initiativen und globale Ambitionen zur Industriekultur

Lebenswerk Welterbe. Aspekte von Industriekultur und Industriearchäologie, von Wissenschafts- und Technikgeschichte. Festschrift für Helmuth Albrecht zum 65. Geburtstag
2020-04-08 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 978-3-86225-120-9
Part of ISBN: 978-3-86225-534-4
Source: Self-asserted source
Marion Steiner

Hello from Your New Secretary General

TICCIH Bulletin
2020-04-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: ISSN 1605-6647
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Marion Steiner

Strom für die Welt. Wie die Elektropolis Berlin den Weltmarkt eroberte. Das Beispiel der chilenischen Steckdose

2020-01-01 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 978-3-89809-167-1
Part of ISSN: 2511-3143
Source: Self-asserted source
Marion Steiner

Símbolos del progreso local - vestigios del imperialismo alemán: El patrimonio eléctrico berlinés en América del Sur

IX Coloquio Latinoamericano de Patrimonio Industrial
2019-11-06 | Lecture
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Marion Steiner

Inauguration speech IX Coloquio Latinoamericano de Patrimonio Industrial

The International Committee for the Conservation of the Industrial Heritage, TICCIH
2019-11-04 | Lecture
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Marion Steiner

Entre proyectos locales y redes globales de poder: Los inicios de la electrificación en Valparaíso, Chile

2019-10 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 978-84-09-13010-8
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Marion Steiner

Die chilenische Steckdose. Kleine Weltgeschichte der deutschen Elektrifizierung von Valparaíso und Santiago, 1880-1920
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Marion Steiner

Sombras y luces de la modernidad

Parque Cultural de Valparaíso
2019-04-10 | Lecture
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Marion Steiner

Conference report: TICCIH Cuba

TICCIH Bulletin
2019-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: ISSN 1605-6647
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Marion Steiner

Cuba: The Bay of Havana’s industrial landscape

TICCIH Bulletin
2019-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: ISSN 1605-6647
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Marion Steiner

Industriekultur und Tourismus

Forum Geschichtskultur Ruhr
2018 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1436-7661
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Marion Steiner

Von Weimar über Berlin nach Barcelona. Mitteilungen der Herausgeber, RVR / Referat Industriekultur

Forum Geschichtskultur Ruhr
2018 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1436-7661
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Marion Steiner

El patrimonio industrial como recurso para el desarrollo sostenible de la región del Ruhr: Logros y desafíos

Plan Maestro, Oficina del Historiador de la Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba
2018-11-26 | Lecture
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Marion Steiner

Denkmal - Erbe - Heritage. Begriffshorizonte am Beispiel der Industriekultur | Monument - Patrimony - Heritage. Industrial heritage and the horizons of terminology

Verlag Jörg Mitzkat (Holzminden) & arthistoricum.net (Heidelberg)
2018-10-24 | Book
ISBN: 978-3-946653-98-1 (pdf)
ISBN: 978-3-95954-061-2 (print)
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Marion Steiner

Denkmal – Erbe – Heritage. Begriffshorizonte am Beispiel der Industriekultur. Einführung in das Tagungsthema. | Monument – Patrimony – Heritage. Industrial Heritage and the Horizons of Terminology. Introduction to the Conference Topic

Denkmal – Erbe – Heritage. Begriffshorizonte am Beispiel der Industriekultur. Monument – Patrimony – Heritage. Industrial Heritage and the Horizons of Terminology
2018-10-24 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 978-3-946653-98-1 (pdf)
Part of ISBN: 978-3-95954-061-2 (print)
Source: Self-asserted source
Marion Steiner

Industrial heritage interpretation and geopolitical analysis: The case study of early German electrification in Valparaíso and Santiago

TICCIH World Conference 2018 in Santiago de Chile
2018-09-13 | Lecture
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Marion Steiner

Patrimonio industrial desde una perspectiva global

12° Coloquio geográfico, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso
2018-09-12 | Lecture
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Marion Steiner

Transformaciones en el paisaje: Reflexiones sobre Valparaíso como una ciudad en permanente cambio y conflicto

Museo de Historia Natural de Valparaíso & PAR Explora
2018-09-06 | Lecture
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Marion Steiner

Strom für die Welt: Wie die Elektropolis Berlin den Weltmarkt eroberte. Das Beispiel der chilenischen Steckdose

Berliner Zentrum Industriekultur, Deutsches Technikmuseum
2018-04-27 | Lecture
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Marion Steiner

"El fantasma de la fuerza motriz del agua": Emil Rathenau y sus redes eléctricas en Chile y España

La electrificación y el territorio. Historia y futuro
2017 | Book chapter
ISBN: 978-84-697-6835-8
Source: Self-asserted source
Marion Steiner

Die Ausstellung zur Route der Industriekultur des Ruhrgebiets als Katalysator. Mitteilungen des Referats Industriekultur

Forum Geschichtskultur Ruhr
2017 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1436-7661
Source: Self-asserted source
Marion Steiner

Neugierig und solidarisch: Das Referat Industriekultur des Regionalverbands Ruhr

Forum Geschichtskultur Ruhr
2017 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1436-7661
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Marion Steiner

Indústria, territori i identitat: el Ruhr i Barcelona

MUHBA Butlletí
2017-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2013-8245
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Marion Steiner

"El fantasma de la fuerza motriz del agua”: Emil Rathenau y sus redes eléctricas en Chile y España

Labor e Engenho
2017-12-26 | Journal article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20396/labore.v11i4.8651201
Part of ISSN: 2176-8846
Source: Self-asserted source
Marion Steiner

Nuestro programa: juntos en Europa – repensar el futuro

Museu d'Història de Barcelona & Regionalverband Ruhr
2017-10-18 | Lecture
Source: Self-asserted source
Marion Steiner

Denkmal – Erbe – Heritage. Begriffshorizonte am Beispiel der Industriekultur. Einführung in das Tagungsthema

AKTLD & DFG-Graduiertenkolleg 'Identität und Erbe'
2017-10-05 | Lecture
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Marion Steiner

Rutas, redes y relatos: nuevas propuestas para el turismo industrial en Europa

TICCIH España, VII Congreso, As Pontes, Galicia
2017-07-06 | Lecture
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Marion Steiner

Rutas, redes y relatos: nuevas propuestas para el turismo industrial en Europa

El Patrimonio Industrial en el Contexto de la Sostenibilidad
2017-07-05 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 978-84-945966-5-0
Source: Self-asserted source
Marion Steiner

Von Manchester nach Schlesien: Ritt durch die Regionen der Industriekultur im Sinne einer europäischen Gesamterzählung

Milchhof Arnstadt, Thüringen
2017-06-13 | Lecture
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Marion Steiner

Ruhrgebiet Industrial Cultural Landscape. Draft Statement of Outstanding Universal Value. Proposal for an Update of the German Tentative List for UNESCO World Heritage

Stiftung Industriedenkmalpflege und Geschichtskultur
2017-04 | Book
ISBN: 978-3-935783-30-9
Source: Self-asserted source
Marion Steiner

A Future for our Past. Reviewing 40 years of European Architectural Heritage Year

Routledge: The Historic Environment. Policy & Practice
2017-03-01 | Book review
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17567505.2017.1295545
Source: Self-asserted source
Marion Steiner

Eine Zukunft für unsere Vergangenheit. Zum 40. Jubiläum des Europäischen Denkmalschutzjahres (1975–2015) / A Future for Our Past. The 40th anniversary of European Architectural Heritage Year (1975–2015) / Un Avenir pour Notre Passé. 40e Anniversaire de l'Année Européenne du Patrimoine Architectural (1975–2015)

Routledge: Journal of Architectural Conservation
2017-03-01 | Book review
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13556207.2017.1290960
Source: Self-asserted source
Marion Steiner

Energía y poder: Historizando la red eléctrica mundial

Energía: Infraestructuras y patrimonio industrial
2016 | Book chapter
ISBN: 978-84-617-8812-5
Source: Self-asserted source
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