ORIGINAL PAPER
Standards and mechanisms for the management of mining heritage sites. Coal Heritage project research findings
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Central Mining Institute
Submission date: 2025-03-12
Final revision date: 2025-06-12
Acceptance date: 2025-09-07
Publication date: 2026-02-16
Gospodarka Surowcami Mineralnymi – Mineral Resources Management 2026;42(1):205-220
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ABSTRACT
Coal mining heritage encompasses both the tangible and intangible legacies of coal mining activities. Industrial heritage objects are important in many dimensions: technical, historical, architectural, scientific, and cultural. Postmining sites serve as reminders of industrial advancements and the socio-economic transformations that have shaped regions across Europe. They are the basis of local identity and are important for economic change. On the other hand, monument protection authorities are not always able to maintain all such objects, and the process of making decisions for or against the preservation of a given object is based not only on economic criteria. Maintaining industrial heritage facilities is a multifaceted challenge that requires a tailored approach, considering the specific context of each site. Managing mining resources as cultural heritage is a multifaceted challenge requiring comprehensive strategies. These strategies must address technical, social, economic, and environmental aspects while fostering collaboration among various stakeholders, including local communities, cultural institutions, local authorities, and experts in related fields.
The article presents the chosen results of a survey carried out by the Central Mining Institute – National Research Institute (GIG-PIB) within the project “Coal Heritage: Conservation and promotion of the Coal Mining Heritage as the EU’s cultural legacy” financed by the Coal and Steel Research Fund Accompanying Measures. The discussion integrates key insights from experts’ comprehensive and consistent perspective on the challenges in the management of mining heritage.
FUNDING
The article has been prepared as part of the project Coal Heritage: Conservation and Promotion of the Coal Mining Heritage as Europe’s Cultural Legacy, grant agreement No. 101112138, financed by the Research Fund for Coal and Steel Accompanying Measures.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The Authors have no conflict of interest to declare.
METADATA IN OTHER LANGUAGES:
Polish
Standardy i mechanizmy gospodarowania obiektami dziedzictwa górniczego. Wyniki badań zrealizowanych w ramach projektu Coal Heritage
górnictwo, dziedzictwo, zarządzanie, dziedzictwo przemysłowe
Dziedzictwo górnictwa węgla kamiennego obejmuje zarówno materialne, jak i niematerialne dziedzictwo działalności górniczej. Obiekty dziedzictwa przemysłowego są ważne w wielu wymiarach: technicznym, historycznym, architektonicznym, naukowym i kulturowym. Tereny pogórnicze przypominają o postępie przemysłowym i przemianach społeczno-gospodarczych, które ukształtowały regiony w całej Europie. Stanowią one podstawę lokalnej tożsamości i są ważne dla przemian gospodarczych. Z drugiej strony organy ochrony zabytków nie zawsze są w stanie utrzymać wszystkie takie obiekty, a proces podejmowania decyzji za ochroną danego obiektu albo przeciw niej opiera się
nie tylko na kryteriach ekonomicznych. Utrzymanie obiektów dziedzictwa przemysłowego jest wieloaspektowym wyzwaniem, które wymaga indywidualnego podejścia, uwzględniającego specyficzny kontekst każdego obiektu. Zarządzanie zasobami górniczymi jako dziedzictwem kulturowym jest wieloaspektowym wyzwaniem wymagającym kompleksowych strategii. Strategie te muszą uwzględniać aspekty techniczne, społeczne, gospodarcze i środowiskowe, a jednocześnie wspierać współpracę między różnymi interesariuszami, w tym społecznościami lokalnymi, instytucjami kulturalnymi, władzami lokalnymi i ekspertami w pokrewnych dziedzinach.
W artykule przedstawiono wybrane wyniki badań ankietowych przeprowadzonych przez Główny Instytut Górnictwa – Państwowy Instytut Badawczy (GIG-PIB) w ramach projektu „Dziedzictwo węglowe: konserwacja i promocja dziedzictwa górnictwa węglowego jako dziedzictwa kulturowego UE”, finansowanego ze środków Funduszu Badawczego Węgla i Stali. Dyskusja integruje kluczowe spostrzeżenia ekspertów, dając kompleksowe i spójne spojrzenie na wyzwania związane z zarządzaniem dziedzictwem górniczym.
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