Screening the Seam Part 2 Project 2025 Liam Philpot Northumbria University Newcastle | UK Screening the Seam is a place-based national strategy designed to rebuild Britain’s most neglected coalfield communities. By harnessing existing railway infrastructure, the project metaphorically and physically unites the screen with the seam, to collectively protect, investigate, evaluate, and repair the post-industrial aftermath affecting community and ecology. At its core is an educational model grounded in SEAM: Socialism, Ecology, Art, and Management, a framework to future-proof communities through social, cultural, and environmental renewal.At the heart is The Seamworks Institute of Mechanical Reproduction - an exemplar site that establishes a bold civic presence in Seaham, County Durham. Reimagining the historic Mechanics' Institute as a living, public institution for contemporary resilience, the Institute extends the legacy of working-class education and empowerment into the Anthropocene. It becomes a civic interface fostering multi-generational learning, landscape stewardship, and ecological and creative education, positioning the community as active custodians of place.The Institute anchors a broader masterplan, which includes a new train station, surveillance tower, collaborative learning workshops and laboratories, an archival repository, community spaces, and residential accommodation. These elements create an integrated hub for collaboration and cultural production, renewing civic identity and reaffirming education as a transformative tool for empowerment in a declining town. Tutor(s)