Prairie of mine(s): engaging with the remnants of extractive processes

• Main Author: Baxter, Shannon D.
• Other Authors: Trottier, Jean (Landscape Architecture)
• Language: en_US
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Post-Industrial; Land Reclamation; Cultural Landscape; Coal mining; Landscape Architecture; Design; Bienfait; Coalfields; Interpretive Landscapes; Industrial Landscapes; Prairie
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1993/3088

Prairie of Mine(s) explores the incorporation of cultural and historical elements within the reclamation of a post-industrial mining landscape in the South Saskatchewan prairie. Reclamation solely by ecological methods often fails to recognize the industrial processes and people that altered the landscape. This project utilizes experiential, cultural, and historical elements within the reclamation of mining lands to shed light on a part of our history that is frequently overlooked and draw attention to actions made on the earth everyday in order for us to live comfortably.