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.
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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