Abstract
‘Brass Bands and Beat Bands, Poets and Painters’ looks at cultural features and developments in the Ruhr area and its coalmining industry between the end of the Second World War and the onset of the structural crisis in 1966. It deals with mining traditions, amateur artists, popular culture and high art. These were features common to both the industry and the region and were promoted by both in their search for a new identity. The article pursues a cross-cultural approach and suggests that ‘re-using the industrial past’ in such a way might help to modernise labour and industrial history, enable international comparisons and contribute to a more differentiated picture of our past and present.
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