Od hałdy w perspektywie ludzkiej do perspektyw hałdy: wpływ pandemii na kształt badań terenowych
From the Human Perspective of Slag Heap to the Slag Heap’s Perspective: Influence of the Pandemic on the Character of Field Research

Summary/Abstract: This article is a description of the conceptual, methodological and practical changes that were applied to the project “Mining. Three Stories from the Slag Heaps” as a result of the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Initially, it was focused on the specific use of the space of three post-mining slag heaps: Ajska in Świętochłowice, Hałda Panewnicka in Katowice and Góra Antonia in Ruda Śląska. As a result of the developing pandemic situation, direct contact with people was impossible, and so the planned interviews had to be abandoned. Instead of asking about the slag heaps from a human perspective, the emphasis was placed on finding traces of the practices of the subjects creating the heaps. The change in the character of the research broadened the methods of collecting and organizing information, which made it possible to finalize the project with a different type of materials, which made it possible to create a visual-textual map that presents the paths of the researchers.

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