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The Mine – a Witness to History and Technological Monument


 I. The subject matter


The issue of revalorization of technological monuments and old mines that have been or are being closed as well as of change of their function is relatively new. It is highly important to consider how these old, closed mines and industrial plants together with their whole technological infrastructure can be used to create economic development opportunities through the expansion of tourism, recreation, balneology, and didactics.
The specialists who deal with underground and ground monuments across various industries have for many years insisted on integration and exchange of views. The Mine - a Witness to History and Technological Monument session is an interdisciplinary forum with a broad range of issues where participants can acquaint themselves with and discuss the present condition and the development prospects of underground historic monuments and interesting technological monuments. We hope it can become an opportunity to exchange opinions and reflections, to have vivid discussions, to make new friends and cement the existing friendships.
We also hope that the session can become another step towards the integration of all specialists in the broad field of underground monuments.

Addressing this Session to everyone, who is interested in the traditions of mining and conservation of material heritage of mining culture, we will lay particular emphasis on the following issues:

  • mining in the process of technological and cultural transformations
  • industrial archaeology - the rudiments of methodology
  • active preservation of material testimony of mining heritage

 II. Place

THE MINE – A WITNESS TO HISTORY AND TECHNOLOGICAL MONUMENT session shall be held in the historic chambers of the Wieliczka Salt Mine.

 III. Units organising the Session

• Mineral and Energy Economy Research Institute of Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN), Krakow
• Association for Restoration and Propagation of the "Królowa Luiza" Adit in Zabrze "ProFuturo"
• The Stanisław Staszic AGH University of Science and Technology
• Foundation of Open Museum of Technology at Wrocław University of Technology
• Polish TICCIH Committee (the International Committee for the Conservation of the Industrial Heritage)

 IV. Scientific Committee
  • Chairman: Bronisław Barchański, Professor, Ph.D. Eng.
    AGH University of Science and     Technology, Faculty of Mining and Geoengineering

Members:

  • Antoni Jodłowski, Professor, Ph.D.
    Director of the Museum of Krakow Salt Works
  • Stanisław Januszewski, Assistant Professor, Ph.D.
    Wrocław University of Technology, Institute of History of Architecture, Art and Technology
  • Piotr Strzałkowski, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Eng.
    Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice, Faculty of Mining and Geology
  • Eufrozyna Piątek, PhD. Eng.
    Foundation of Open Museum of Technology
  • Maciej Madziarz, PhD. Eng.
    Wrocław University of Technology, Faculty of Geoengineering, Mining and Geology
 V. Organisational Committee
  • Ludomir Wiśniewski, MSc. Eng.
    Association for Restoration and Propagation of the "Królowa Luiza" Adit in Zabrze "ProFuturo"
  • Michał Kopacz, PhD. Eng.
    Mineral and Energy Economy Research Institute of Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN), Krakow
  • Piotr Saługa, PhD. Eng.
    Mineral and Energy Economy Research Institute of Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN), Krakow

 VI. Dates
  • Session date: September 10, 2008
  • Deadline for registering titles and abstracts of papers: June 20, 2008
  • Deadline for submitting complete publications: June 30, 2008
  • Please sent the publication via mail to:
    wislud@interia.pl
    kopacz@min-pan.krakow.pl
 VII. Membership conditions
    • Participants, who will prepare and present a paper, will obtain a consent to free-of-charge participation in the session on September 10, 2008.
    • Participants, who would wish to participate in the whole Convention and associated events, are subject to generally applicable participation conditions specified by the Organisers (http://www.wmc-expo2008.org/en/node/116).

 VIII. Minute schedule of the Session

   

     Session Programe - link here

    

 IX. Publication of materials

All articles qualified for printing will be published in a special, scored convention publication.

The Conference materials shall be provided in English. The spoken languages shall also include English.