The Sense of Place of Local Mining Heritage in Wallonia

IF 0.8 0 HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY Heritage and Society Pub Date : 2023-09-15 DOI:10.1080/2159032x.2023.2254967
Lauriano Pepe, Serge Schmitz
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ABSTRACTMining activities have shaped the landscape and local communities in Belgium and several countries worldwide. This research investigates the uses and ascribed heritage status of former coal mining sites and slag heaps that are not listed as major mining sites. Many former mining sites lack official recognition and are challenging for planning and regional development. However, in many places, populations, NGOs, and authorities want to maintain the traces of local history, which mostly requires finding new usages. Based on an oral survey of residents living near two former Belgian mining sites and semi-structured interviews with actors active in transforming these sites (regarding their functions and physical components), this paper analyzes the relations between the population and these places and explores the interests of local actors. Through descriptive and exploratory statistical analyses, we underline that former mining sites and their slag heaps provide several services for society (including recreational, environmental, and cultural services), which make them significant for inhabitants. Furthermore, while local authorities showed low interest in mining heritage, they recognize the assets of former mining sites to support urban and economic development and the preservation of green infrastructure and cultural heritage. Today, various local actors influence the preservation and management of local mining heritage by selecting elements of the place’s history, developing new uses, and rewriting narratives that include past and present activities.KEYWORDS: Heritage functionsindustrial heritagelocal heritagememorymining heritagesense of placeBelgium‌Wallonia AcknowledgmentsWe thank the actors interviewed and the inhabitants surveyed for contributing to this research.Disclosure StatementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s ).Notes1 All the research participants were informed about the aim of the research and how the data would be used. All the research participants have provided consent to publish.
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摘要采矿活动已经影响了比利时和世界上一些国家的景观和当地社区。本研究调查了未被列为主要矿区的原煤矿遗址和矿渣堆的用途和遗产归属状况。许多以前的采矿地点缺乏官方承认,对规划和区域发展构成挑战。然而,在许多地方,民众、非政府组织和当局都希望保留当地历史的痕迹,这大多需要寻找新的用途。基于对居住在两个比利时前矿区附近的居民的口头调查和对积极改造这些矿区的行动者的半结构化访谈(关于其功能和物理组成),本文分析了人口与这些地方之间的关系,并探讨了当地行动者的利益。通过描述性和探索性的统计分析,我们强调了前矿区及其矿渣堆为社会提供了几种服务(包括娱乐、环境和文化服务),这使得它们对居民具有重要意义。此外,虽然地方当局对采矿遗产不感兴趣,但他们承认前采矿地点的资产,以支持城市和经济发展,保护绿色基础设施和文化遗产。今天,各种各样的当地行动者通过选择当地历史的元素,开发新的用途,重写包括过去和现在活动的叙述,影响着当地采矿遗产的保护和管理。关键词:遗产功能;工业遗产;地方遗产;;;;;披露声明作者未报告潜在的利益冲突。注1所有的研究参与者都被告知了研究的目的和数据将如何使用。所有的研究参与者都同意发表。
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Heritage and Society
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期刊介绍: Heritage & Society is a global, peer-reviewed journal that provides a forum for scholarly, professional, and community reflection on the cultural, political, and economic impacts of heritage on contemporary society. We seek to examine the current social roles of collective memory, historic preservation, cultural resource management, public interpretation, cultural preservation and revitalization, sites of conscience, diasporic heritage, education, legal/legislative developments, cultural heritage ethics, and central heritage concepts such as authenticity, significance, and value. The journal provides an engaging forum about tangible and intangible heritage for those who work with international and governmental organizations, academic institutions, private heritage consulting and CRM firms, and local, associated, and indigenous communities. With a special emphasis on social science approaches and an international perspective, the journal will facilitate lively, critical discussion and dissemination of practical data among heritage professionals, planners, policymakers, and community leaders.
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