|
|
|
INTERNATIONAL
SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE
Landscape
built on Coal
An
intellectual and artistic perspective of landscape diversity
in
post-industrial regions15th May 2008
Conference Hall at The Silesian University’s Law
and Administration Faculty
1b
Bankowa Street, Katowice, Poland
The
COAL Project partners: Institute for Ecology of Industrial Areas in
Katowice, Poland, Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice, Poland, Musee
d’Histoire Naturelle et Ethnographique in Lille, France and
Stiftung Industriedenkmalpflege und Geschichtskultur in Dortmund,
Germany would like to invite to participate in the International
Scientific Conference “Landscape built on coal. An intellectual
and artistic perspective of landscape diversity in post-industrial
regions”. The Conference will be held on 15th May 2008 in
Katowice, Poland.
The
C.O.A.L. project is part of the European Culture Programme
2007-2013, granted by the Education, Audiovisual and Culture
Executive Agency. It is an attempt at the expression of scientific
theory through the multifaceted language of art, thus portraying the
complexity of environmental, economic and social problems
accompanying the present restructuring of post-industrial areas in
accordance with the principles of sustainable development – all
this in the form of an artistic representation comprehendible by the
public.
The
regions of Nord-Pas de Calais, The Ruhr Valley and Upper Silesia
form the largest industrialised areas in Europe. Rapid development
of industry and aggressive urbanisation of these areas have not
always been in line with the care for the natural environment.
Changes found in the landscape form a common plain for the
perception of these areas, which themselves have literally been
‘built on coal’. Characteristic features here include landscape
diversity and a fusion of nature and industrial architecture –
this created by people with a powerful work ethos.
The
objective of the conference is to present an experiment which is a
merger of a scientific analysis and assessment of environmental
degradation of industrialised areas combined with an artistic take
on the issues at hand. The scientific analysis and environmental
assessment will be accompanied here by their artistic interpretation.
We
would like to extend an invitation to scientists, artists, local
authorities as well as members of non-governmental organisations and
teachers and students of artistic and scientific high schools to
take part in the conference.
For
more information please contact with:
Conference
Secretariat, Institute for Ecology of Industrial Areas in Katowice
The
COAL project’s website –
www.coalexpo.eu
|
|
Polish Thematic Network for Environmental
Technologies
Polish Thematic Network for
Problems of Air Pollution and Climate Change
U.S. EPA
Methane to LNG
Żory Coal Mine Project |
