Explorations in the Preservation of Coal Mining Heritage Areas I
During the Industrial Revolution coal was the most important energy source for both homes and industries. At the time, coal mining created strong regional industrial identities and mentalities, as well as industrial images and imaginaries in the eyes and minds of external observers. Such identities and ideas of coal would go on to shape industrial landscapes and communities.
The papers presented in this session will investigate the social and economic changes that were triggered by transformations within the energy market and de-industrialization processes from international and comparative perspectives. Against this background the session will discuss strategies and concepts of (re)-valuation in former mining areas. The industrial heritage will be reconsidered in a broader sense, i.e. in the context of the specific post-industrial landscape and new cultural tourism.
Sous sessions
- From black to green, the Spanish mining landscapes : memory and resignification before the European Green Deal
- Conférencier.ère Miguel Alvarez Areces
- 20 minutes | 11:00 AM -11:20 AM Partie de: Explorations in the Preservation of Coal Mining Heritage Areas I
- Paper
- The next step forward : retrospect and prospect the vicissitude of mining landscape in Houtong Coal-Mine Region
- Conférencier.ère Zhen-Hui Liu (Literacy Center for Creative Writing and Course Development, Providence University)
- 20 minutes | 11:30 AM -11:50 AM Partie de: Explorations in the Preservation of Coal Mining Heritage Areas I
- Paper
- Uncomfortable past : Qullissat coal mine as colonial memory and built heritage
- Présentateur.rice Jeppe Lorenzen (National Museum of Greenland)
- 20 minutes | 12:00 PM -12:20 PM Partie de: Explorations in the Preservation of Coal Mining Heritage Areas I
- Paper