Mining, memory and war events in Europe in the 20th century

About the organisation:
Rural Development Group created in 1992 for the management of the LEADER Community Initiative with extensive experience in cooperation.

Website of the organisation: www.laserena.org

About the project:
Mining, memory and war events in Europe in the 20th century

Project objectives are to promote the following themes:
- Identification of territories within the European Union with tungsten mining exploited ineuropean war conflicts during the 20th century.
- Exchange of experiences, documentation and oral testimonies between these territories and citizens with the aim of documenting a common European history linked to this historical process.
- Analysis of the socio-economic situation of these rural territories that lived a period of splendor around mining period and its current situation, looking for new options for the future.
- Preparation of a European map through the study of the territories where the tungsten passed after its extraction until reaching the factories: route, transport, foundries, etc.
- Reflection on the limitation of natural resources such as lead, tungsten, lithium and the importance of generating new models of green and circular economy.

Keywords:
Historical memory, wolfram, oral memory, intangible heritage, mining, rural development, circular economy.

Partners searched mainly from:
Portugal, Germany, Italy, Poland; Rural Development Group, ONG, Universities

More information about the project can be found here.



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INSTITUTION Centre for Rural Development “La Serena”. Extremadura
TYPE OF INSTITUTION Other
CONTACT NAME Manuel Soto
CONTACT E-MAIL ceder@laserena.org
COUNTRY Spain
NAME OF THE PROGRAMME Europe for Citizens / European remembrance
PROJECT TOPIC Mining, memory and war events in Europe in the 20th century
WORKING LANGUAGE EN, ES
EXPIRATION DATE 01.03.2018.
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