In collaboration with AIPAI, Italian Association for Industrial Archaeological Heritage and TICCIH Italy, International Committee for the Conservation of Industrial Heritage, DICEA – Sapienza University of Rome, ISPRA Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale

The often irreversible impact of industrial activities on the environment has over time created new, heavily man-made landscapes characterized by extensive mineralization, dramatic caesuras, and distinctive landmarks. Downstream of a well-established backwash of heavy industrial activities, recognition of the heritage invariants of the sites and acknowledgement of the necessary environmental compensation drive toward a wide area project that seizes the operation of the industrial landscape, active or decommissioned, as an opportunity to restore a broken territorial balance. While in past centuries the extraction of raw materials from the ground was regarded as a resource for construction, currently the non-renewability of stone resources is being acknowledged and a balance is being sought between extraction and extension of the life cycle of materials. In noting these changes, the conference aims to direct attention toward a greater historical and landscape knowledge of industrial sites in light of necessary planning interventions, with a particular focus on mining activities and the processes of valorization and conversion to tourist use that characterize them.

Session I – Mining Landscapes in Transition. Industry memory landscapes in the making

Speakers:
• Manuel Ramello, AIPAI, ISPRA
• Agata Patanè, AIPAI, ISPRA
The Network of Museums and Mining Parks

• Giuseppe Paletta, Elba Island Mining Park
The Mining Park of Elba Island

• Daniele Rappuoli, National Park Museo Delle Miniere Dell’Amiata
National Park Mines of Amiata

Chair: Edoardo CURRA’, Sapienza University of Rome – President of AIPAI

The meeting is scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 16 from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. in Room 3