• the social and community aspects of mining and quarries;
• mining villages and the housing conditions of miners;
• the social and cultural life in mining communities (overall culture and festivities, sports, religion, songs and folk life, oral traditions,...) and the survival of these after the closure of the mines;
• international links and border-crossing aspects of mining and qarrying (as well technical aspects as economic (e.g. shareholders) and social aspects);
• the multicultural and multi-ethnic character of most mining communities, the co-habitation of migrants and local population, the co-habitation of different ethnic and religious communities;
• the preservation, restoration, interpretation and presentation of large mining complexes, including the adaptive re-use of these buildings;
• safety, pollution (e.g. soil pollution, asbestos,...) and the decontamination of past mining sites - including the effects these have on conservation and accessibility;
• recording and documenting, preserving, managing and interpreting mining landscapes;
• recording, documenting and presenting those aspects that cannot be preserved (e.g. underground galleries)
• the preservation, management and opening of large mining archives to esearchers and the public - including prints and drawings, plans, general documentation, books and journals: the need for international co-operation ? This list is not limitative, but other themes and aspects can be added and proposed by participants.
• The conference organizers aim at keeping the conference and its themes as open as possible, to enable participants to present without limitations their activities, research, projects and results. Thus one expects being able to draw a general overview of all the existing initiatives - to promote international cooperation and exchange of information. Call for papers
• Those willing to present a short paper (max. 15 minutes) during one of the working sessions are requesting to send as soon as possible a short summary (15 lines, max.1250 characters) to the conference organisers. These will be posted on the conference website (see below).

Although the main conference language will be English papers in French, German and Dutch can be accepted.

A summary of he papers - to be duplicated and handed out during the conference - should reach the conference secretariat not later than June 1^st 2007   

• The conference will also offer the possibility to present its activities and results through poster exhibits. Each participant, and even those who cannot take part in the conference, do have the right to exhibit two pannels (max 100 x 100 cm each) during the poster exhibition that will be housed in the old shower rooms of the mine. One is also requested to register as soon as possible by sending a short summary of the content of the posters to the conference secretariat: this summary has to reach the organizers before June 1^st 2007 .
• Participants will have full opportunity to put leaflets and brochures at the disposal of participants, or to sell publications (tables will be availabe, please register beforehand)

IMHC 2007

c/o Vredelaan 72

B-8500   Kortrijk

Tel +32.56.255171

Fax +32.56.255173

mailto:[log in to unmask]

        

E-FAITH

the European Federation of Associations of Industrial and Technical Heritage

http://www.e-faith.org

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The E-FAITH-website holds information on the campaign for a

"European Industrial and technical Heritage Year" (2006)

Please visit:  http://www.e-faith.org/

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