| institution | Charles University, Faculty of Science |
| e-mail | jakub.jelen@natur.cuni.cz |
| dates | June 13th – 16th (3 nights) |
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| Problems and possibilities of mining heritage management, perception and interpretation |
Abstract:
Mining heritage as a part of the (post)industrial heritage is not recently perceived only as unsightly remains of mining activities which are left to dissolve. Increasingly, it is understood as being a part of protected cultural heritage and presented to the public. It is a complex of material and immaterial heritage that demonstrates high level of proficiency of our ancestors. However, mining processes and its accompanying activities are also associated with extensive landscape transformations and negative impacts on the environment. Thus interpretation and management mining heritage is very specific and exacting process that involves knowledge and experience from many disciplines (geography, historiography, tourism, heritage studies). These issues of heritage (trans)formation, interpretation, management and perception are discussed on the case of the Krušnohoří / Erzgebirge, the mining region which has been proposed for inclusion to the UNESCO World Heritage sites list recently. Particular attention is given to the Jáchymovsko area. This territory is known for heritage of its silver mining era as well as for being a centre of restricted uranium mining area where POWs and political prisoners had to work in harsh conditions in late 1940s and during 1950s. Emphasis is put on different ways, practices and means by which the heritage of this region are being interpreted. The role of present as well as former inhabitants, various stakeholders and institutions in these processes is discussed. An analysis of all these processes and actors should lead to a better understanding and preservation of mining heritage.
Keywords: mining heritage; Krušnohoří / Erzgebirge area; Czechia
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